ごとく

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See also: ことく, こどく, and ごどく

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
如く
若く

Adjective

ごとく (gotokuごとく (gotoku)?

  1. (Classical Japanese or literary) conjunctive form of ごとし (gotoshi): like, as if
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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ごとく – see the following entries.
五徳
(Confucianism) the five virtues
trivet, stove grate
(This term, ごとく (gotoku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 悟得.)