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綺羅星のごとくきら星のごとく綺羅星のきら星のきらほしのごとくきらぼしのごとくExpression
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like glittering stars

件のくだんのごとしExpression
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Formal or literary term; Used at the end of a contract, deed, bond, etc.

the above is hereby affirmed; such is the purpose of this document

用心するにくはないようじんするにしくはない~い Adj.Expression
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Proverb

caution is the best policy

胆斗のたんとのごとしNoun
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being as bold as a lion

邪正一じゃしょういちにょExpression
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Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin

注意力欠障害ちゅういりょくけつじょしょうがいNoun
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Medicine

attention deficit disorder; ADD

深淵に臨むがしんえんにのぞむがごとしExpression
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like looking out on an abyss; like standing on the edge of an abyss

何によっていかんによってExpression
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After a noun (+ の)

depending on ...

Examples
成功は努力いかんによる
Success depends on your efforts.
露亦如電にょろやくにょでんNoun
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Buddhism

existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning

水の低きに就くがみずのひくきにつくがごとしExpression
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Proverb

water seeks its own level

注意欠多動性障害注意欠・多動性障害ちゅういけつじょたどうせいしょうがいNoun
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Medicine

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHD

傍らに人無きが傍らに人無きがごとし傍らに人なきがごとしかたわらにひとなきがごとしExpression
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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はっくのげきをすぐるがごとしExpression
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Proverb

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

巧詐は拙誠にかずこうさはせっせいにしかずExpression
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Proverb

better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive

始めは処女のく後は脱兎の如し始めは処女のごとく後は脱兎のごとしはじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとしExpression
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Proverb; From Sun Tzu's Art of War

hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare

君子の交わりは淡きこと水のごとし君子の交わりは淡きこと水のくんしのまじわりはあわきことみずのごとしExpression
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Proverb; From the Zhuangzi

friendships between wise men are plain and hence rock solid

動詞けつじょどうしNoun
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Grammar

defective verb

いかんともしがたい何ともしがたい~い Adj.ExpressionUsually kana
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nothing can be done (about); cannot be helped

いかなる理由何なる理由いかなるりゆうExpression
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(for) any reason

烈火のごとく烈火のれっかのごとくAdverbExpression
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(being angry) like a blazing fire; burning (rage)

なかなかどうして中々どうしてAdverbExpressionUsually kana
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considerably (beyond one's expectations); unexpectedly; surprisingly; contrary to one's expectations

Examples
彼女はなかなかどうして馬鹿ではない。
She is far from a fool.
何によらずいかんによらずExpression
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Often ...の〜

regardless of; irrespective of

何を問わずいかんを問わずいかんをとわずExpression
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Often ...の〜

regardless of; irrespective of

注意欠多動症ちゅういけつじょたどうしょうNoun
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Medicine

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; ADHD