Dictionary / Vocabulary / 如し
ごとし
like; as if; the same as
common word Also written 若し
立て板に水の如きプレゼンテーション、おそれ入りました。
Your presentation was so smooth and fluent - what can I say?
人生夢の如し。
Life is but an empty dream.
過ぎたるは及ばざるが如し。
Never too much of anything.