Vocabulary
如し
ごとし
like; as if; the same as
aux-v
freq #900
Example sentences
人生(じんせい)夢(ゆめ)の如(ごと)し。
Life is but an empty dream.
光陰矢(こういんや)のごとしと言(い)うのをよく耳(みみ)にする。
We often hear it said that time flies.
過(す)ぎたるは及(およ)ばざるが如(ごと)し。
Never too much of anything.
過(す)ぎたるはなお及(およ)ばざるがごとし。
Too much of a good thing.