同然 – Vocabulary details

同どう然ぜん

Meanings

Adjective (な)

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. 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

ああ、この一ひと言ことで今日きょうの幸しあわせは約やく束そくされたも同どう然ぜんだ。Ah, with just this one word, today's happiness is as good as guaranteed.

Kanji used

同

same

然

sort of thing

Pitch accent

ど

うぜん

Used in: 3052

Composed of

同どう

the same; the said; likewise

然ぜん

-like

Used in vocabulary (2 in total)

家か族ぞく同どう然ぜん

like a part of the family

死しんだも同どう然ぜん

as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive

Examples (12 in total)

彼かれは死しんだのも同どう然ぜんである。

He is as good as dead.

もう決きまったも同どう然ぜんだよ。

It's as good as settled.

彼かれは馬ば鹿かも同どう然ぜんだ。

He is no better than a fool.

私わたし達たちは兄きょう弟だいも同どう然ぜんだ。

We're just like brothers.

彼かれは赤あかん坊ぼう同どう然ぜんだ。

He's just like a baby.

彼かれは泥どろ棒ぼうも同どう然ぜんだ。

He is no better than a thief.

彼かれは乞こ食じきも同どう然ぜんだ。

He is no better than a beggar.

その問もん題だいは解かい決けつしたも同どう然ぜんです。

The problem is as good as settled.

彼かれの回かい復ふくは全まったく奇き跡せきも同どう然ぜんであった。

His recovery was nothing short of a miracle.

その車くるまは新しん品ぴん同どう然ぜんにみえた。

The car looked as good as new.

ああ、この一ひと言ことで今日きょうの幸しあわせは約やく束そくされたも同どう然ぜんだ。

Ah, with just this one word, today's happiness is as good as guaranteed.

なあに、彼かれとは家か族ぞくも同どう然ぜんだから心しん配ぱいない。