同然

どうぜん

Meanings

1. の-adjective, な-adjective, Noun just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled) (as noun(+も)+同然 or verb+も+同然)

Kanji

• 同 same. Read as ドウ.
• 然 -ly. Read as ゼン.

Example sentences

• 君の提案は命令同然だ。
  Your suggestion amounts to an order.
• 君の言葉は暴力同然だ。
  Your words are as good as violence.
• 学ぶことをやめる人間は、死んだも同然だ。
  The man who stops learning is as good as dead.
• 学ぶことをやめてしまった人は、死んだも同然である。
  The man who stops learning is as good as dead.
• 学ぶことをやめたら、人は死んだも同然である。
  The man who stops learning is as good as dead.

Common phrases

• 死んだも同然 (しんだもどうぜん) as good as dead

Words containing 同然

• 家族同然 (かぞくどうぜん) like a part of the family
• 死んだも同然 (しんだもどうぜん) as good as dead

Word lists

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