如

Meaning

如 centers on the idea of similarity or equivalence: being like something, such as, as if, or equal. The comparative senses (better, best) extend from the idea of matching or being on par with something.

• 如何いかが
  N5

  how; in what way; how about

• 如何にいかに
  N2

  how; in what way

• 如何いかん

  (depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of)

• 如何なるいかなる
  N1

  what kind of; what sort of; what

• 如くごとく

  like; as

• 如くしく

  to match; to equal

• 如何にもいかにも
  N2

  indeed; really; truly; just (like)

• 如何にもどうにも

  (not) in any way; in no way; at all

• 突如とつじょ
  N2

  suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly

• 如きごとき

  like; similar to

• 欠如けつじょ
  N1

  lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation

• 如月きさらぎ

  second month of the lunar calendar

• 如来にょらい

  Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)

• 如何わしいいかがわしい

  suspicious; dubious; unreliable

• 如しごとし

  like; as if; the same as

• 如実にょじつ

  reality; actuality; actual conditions; true situation; faithful representation; vivid depiction

• 如ごと

  like...; similar to...

• 如にょ

  tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)

• 如意にょい

  going according to one's wishes

• 阿弥陀如来あみだにょらい

  Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba

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