同然 – Vocabulary details

同どう然ぜん

Adjective (な)

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

as noun(+も)+同然 or verb+も+同然

ああ、この一ひと言ことで今日きょうの幸しあわせは約やく束そくされたも同どう然ぜんだ。Ah, with just this one word, today's happiness is as good as guaranteed.

same

sort of thing

ど

うぜん

the same; the said; likewise

-like

like a part of the family

as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive

彼かれは死しんだのも同どう然ぜんである。

He is as good as dead.

もう決きまったも同どう然ぜんだよ。

It's as good as settled.

彼かれは馬ば鹿かも同どう然ぜんだ。

He is no better than a fool.

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