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15 examples found containing 'ごとし' (results also include variant forms and possible homonyms)
じんせい
人生
ゆめ
ごと

Life is but an empty dream.
たる
およ
ばざる
ごと

Never too much of anything.
みず
ひく
ごと
kotowaza
Water has a tendency to find its level.
かふく
禍福
あざな
える
なわ
ごと
kotowaza
It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good (literally: good luck and bad luck are intertwined like the strands of a rope).
ぎたるはなお
およ
ばざる
ごとし
Too much water drowned the miller.
ひとびと
人々
こういん
光陰
ごと
よく
みみ
する
We often hear people say that time flies.
あたかも
えいえん
永遠
きず
つける
ことないごとく
ひま
つぶしている
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.
いつもごとく
かれ
かんが
あまりに
げんじつてき
現実的
だった
As usual, his thoughts were extremely academic.
こういん
光陰
ごとし
よく
みみ
する
We often hear it said that time flies.
こういん
光陰
ごと

Time flies like an arrow.
ずば
けた
ちゃくそう
着想
という
おおおお
往々
して
てんけい
天啓
ごとくヒラメク[]()よう
Sometimes the most inspired ideas seem to just come from out of the blue.
なん
りんじん
隣人
おのれごとく
あい
べし
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
なんじ
じしん
自身
しんじつ
真実
であれ
なんじ
みずか
たにん
他人
いつわ
なきごとく
Be so true to thy self, as thou be not false to others.
かれ
だっと
脱兎
ごとく
げた

He ran like a scared rabbit.
こういん
光陰
ごとし
How time flies!
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