毎まい度どのごとく

Meanings

A set phrase meaning 'as always' or 'as usual', often used to introduce a recurring situation or habitual action. Slightly formal or literary tone.

毎まい度どのごとく、彼かれは遅ち刻こくしてきた。
As always, he showed up late.
毎まい度どのごとく、会かい議ぎは長なが引びいた。
As usual, the meeting ran long.

Kanji

毎every
度degrees, occurrence, time
如likeness, like, such as

Related words

いつものように
More casual and common in everyday speech; 毎度のごとく is more formal and often used in written or narrative contexts.
相あい変かわらず
Means 'as ever' or 'still the same', often with a nuance of something not changing; 毎度のごとく focuses on a repeated pattern each time.

Written forms

毎まい度どのごとく
Standard modern spelling using hiragana for the auxiliary part.
毎まい度どの如ごとく
Kanji spelling for ごとく; slightly more formal or literary feel.

Etymology

Combination of 毎度 (maido, 'every time') + の (no, possessive particle) + ごとく (gotoku, classical adverbial form of 如し, 'like, as'). The phrase follows a classical pattern meaning 'as is the case every time'.