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如し ごとし

  1. as if; like; the same as

胆斗の如し たんとのごとし

  1. being as bold as a lion

例によって例の如し れいによってれいのごとし

  1. as always; the same as it always is

深淵に臨むが如し しんえんにのぞむがごとし

  1. like looking out on an abyss; like standing on the edge of an abyss

過ぎたるは猶及ばざるが如し すぎたるはなおおよばざるがごとし

  1. less is more; the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing

歳月流るる如し さいげつながるるごとし

  1. time flies like an arrow

水の低きに就くが如し みずのひくきにつくがごとし

  1. nature takes its course; water seeks its own level; you can't stop the tide

動かざること山の如し うごかざることやまのごとし

  1. being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.); in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu)

傍らに人無きが如し かたわらにひとなきがごとし

  1. behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; doing whatever one wants even though others may be watching

白駒の隙を過ぐるが如し はっくのげきをすぐるがごとし

  1. like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi); time flies
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