ごとき

Japanese

Alternative spellings
如き 若き

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞to̞kʲi]

Adjective

ごとき • (gotoki) 

1. (Classical Japanese or literary) attributive of ごとし (gotoshi, “to be like”)
2. Also fossilized in the phrase (noun)ごとき, which behaves as a noun: (dismissive) someone like (noun)

   お前(まえ)ごときができるわけねえだろ。

   Omae-gotoki ga dekiru wake nē daro.

   Like hell you could do it.