斯く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
斯
か Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
是く

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Adverb

斯(か)く • (kaku) 

1. (archaic) like this, in this way, so, thus

   『ツァラトゥストラはかく語(かた)りき』

   “Tsaratusutora wa kaku katariki”

   Thus Spake Zarathustra

   • c. 800, Han Yu, On Teaching(師說):

     道(みち)を聞(き)くに先(せん)後有(ごあ)り、術業(じゅつぎょう)に専攻(せんこう)有(あ)り、是(か)くのごときのみ。

     Michi o kiku ni sengo ari, jutsugyō ni senkō ari, kaku no gotoki nomi.

     People hear the way earlier or later than others, and they specialise in different crafts and trades; that’s all there is to it. (literally, “it is merely like this”)

Derived terms

• こう (kō)
• 斯(か)くて (kakute)
• 斯(か)くして (kakushite)
• 斯(か)くも (kakumo)
• 斯(か)く斯(か)く (kakukaku)