ごとき – Vocabulary details

ごとき

Noun

Suffix

Usually written in kana

1. like; similar to

attributive form of ごとし

おれはこの世よの終おわりのごとき絶ぜっ叫きょうを上あげた。I let out a scream as if it were the end of the world.

Usually written in kana

2. something like ...; someone like ...

as ...のごときは

そもそも、俺おれごときが隙すきを作つくれるかも分わからないのだ。I don't even know if someone like me could create an opening in the first place.

ご

とき

like...; similar to...; is like...; is similar to...

私わたしごときが行いってはダメですか？

Would it be wrong for someone like me to go?

あたかも女め神がみのごとき名な前まえだな。

Why, that's a name just like a goddess's.

氷こおりのごとき冷ひややかな声こえが応こたえる。

A voice as cold as ice answers.

おれはこの世よの終おわりのごとき絶ぜっ叫きょうを上あげた。

I let out a scream as if it were the end of the world.

悪あく魔まごときが、この私わたしを欺あざむきおって！

How dare a mere demon deceive me!

そもそも、俺おれごときが隙すきを作つくれるかも分わからないのだ。

I don't even know if someone like me could create an opening in the first place.

やはり愚おろかな人にん間げんごときには、正ただしいことがわからないのですね。

As I thought, mere foolish humans can't understand what's right.

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