ごとく

auxiliary verb

like; as

Continuative form of ごとし, used in formal or literary contexts to mean 'like' or 'as'. Often appears in set phrases or classical-style expressions.

See also: 如し

• 風かぜのごとく去さっていった。

  He left like the wind.

• 彼かれは神かみのごとく崇あがめられた。

  He was worshipped as a god.