同どう然ぜん

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', na-adjective, noun

just like; no different from; as good as

Used in the pattern Nも同然 or Vたも同然 to say something is virtually the same as something else, often with a negative or resigned nuance. Common in set phrases like 死んだも同然 (as good as dead).

• この試し合あいは勝かったも同どう然ぜんだ。

  This match is as good as won.

• 彼かれはもう死しんだも同どう然ぜんだ。

  He is as good as dead.

• あの二人ふたりは夫ふう婦ふも同どう然ぜんの関かん係けいだ。

  Those two are practically like a married couple.