如く (ごとく) — like, as if, as though
如く
like
Frequency #8489
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
2 characters
auxiliary verb
Part of speech (JMdict: aux-v)
gotoku
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
ごとく[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- like
- as if
- as though