Moto 如: Likeness; Like; Such AsKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジョ、ニョ
- Kun'yomi
- ごと(し)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 145 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジョ・ニョ)
- 欠如けつじょlack; absence
- 如実にょじつreality; actuality
- 如来にょらいTathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
- 突如とつじょsuddenly; all of a sudden
- 薬師如来やくしにょらいBhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
- 躍如やくじょvivid; lifelike
- きっきゅう如きっきゅうじょdeferential; humble
- 一如いちにょoneness
- 不如意ふにょいcontrary to one's wishes; gone awry
- 五智如来ごちにょらいfive dhyani buddhas; five wisdom buddhas
- 十如是じゅうにょぜten thusnesses (in Tendai)
- 多宝如来たほうにょらいPrabhutaratna (buddha)
- 大日如来だいにちにょらいVairocana; Mahavairocana (Bliss Body of the historical Gautama Buddha)
- 如にょtathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
- 如上じょじょうabove-mentioned
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 如しごとしlike; as if
- かくの如くかくのごとくthus; in this way
- かの如くにかのごとくにas if; as though
- 例によって例の如しれいによってれいのごとしas always; the same as it always is
- 例の如くれいのごとくas always; as usual
- 傍らに人無きが如しかたわらにひとなきがごとしbehaving outrageously as though there were no one around; doing whatever one wants even though others may be watching
- 光陰矢の如しこういんやのごとしtime flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man
- 動かざること山の如しうごかざることやまのごとしin being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable
- 堵の如しとのごとしin crowds (of spectators); in great numbers
- 如きごときlike; as if
- 如くごとくlike; as if
Other readings
- 如何どうhow; in what way
- 如何してどうしてhow; in what way
- 如何してもどうしてもby all means; at any cost
- 如何にいかにhow; in what way
- 如何にもいかにもindeed; really
- 如月きさらぎsecond month of the lunar calendar
- 三十六計逃げるに如かずさんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかずthe smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
- 不如帰ほととぎすlesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 何処を如何どこをどうhow; in what way
- 如かずしかずbeing inferior to; being no match for
- 如くは無ししくはなしpeerless; without equal
- 如すなす-like; resembling
- 如何あってもどうあってもwhatever the case; under any circumstances
- 如何いうどういうsomehow; how
- 如何かこうかどうかこうかsomehow or other
- 如何かと言うとどうかというとif you ask me ...; as for ...
- 如何こう言うどうこういうto raise objections; to complain
- 如何したどうしたsomehow; how
- 如何しようもないどうしようもないit cannot be helped; there's nothing for it
- 如何しようも無いどうしようもないit cannot be helped; there's nothing for it
- 如何せんいかんせんto one's regret; regrettably
- 如何でいかでhow
- 如何とでもどうとでもone way or the other; either way
- 如何ともどうともone way or the other; either way
- 如何ないかなwhat kind of; whatever sort of
- 如何なくいかんなくamply; sufficiently
- 如何なものいかがなものsomething one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
- 如何なるいかなるany kind of; every
- 如何にかかわらずいかんにかかわらずregardless of; irrespective of
- 如何にかなるどうにかなるto come out all right; to take care of itself
- 如何にしていかにしてhow; in what way
- 如何にもこうにもどうにもこうにも(not) in any way; in no way
- 如何にもならないどうにもならないhopeless; futile
- 如何によるいかんによるdepending on the ...; to depend on the ...
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