ごとく
(Gotoku)
just as / like / as if (literary).
Connection rules
- ＋V plain + (が)ごとく; noun + の + ごとく. Attributive: ごとき + noun.
- ＋Literary / classical simile marker — 'just as'.
- ＋Very formal / written register.
Examples
1.
矢のごとく、時間が過ぎていく。
Ya no gotoku, jikan ga sugi te iku.
Time passes just like an arrow.
「just as / like / as if (literary)」
2.
彼は狂ったごとく働き続けた。
Kare wa kuru ta gotoku hataraki tsuzuke ta.
He kept working as if possessed.
「just as / like / as if (literary)」
Practice
The crowd of people rushed into the store just like a storm.
大勢の人々が___店内に流れ込んできた。
Romaji also accepted