巧遅は拙速に如かず

こうちはせっそくにしかず

it's better to be rough and ready than slow and elaborate

巧詐は拙誠に如かず

こうさはせっせいにしかず

better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive

子を見ること親に如かず

こをみることおやにしかず

The parent is the best judge of the child

三十六計逃げるに如かず

さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず

the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat

如何か

どうか

please; if you would; would you mind

如何にかかわらず

いかんにかかわらず

regardless of, irrespective of

如

ごと こと もころ にょ

tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)

如露如電

にょろにょでん

existence (as we percieve it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning

如露亦如電

にょろやくにょでん

like dew or lightning, gone in a flash

如才

じょさい

affable, slick, smooth-tongued

真如

しんにょ

tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)

突如

とつじょ

suddenly, all of a sudden

如き

ごとき

like, as if, the same as

如何

どう いかが いか いかん

how, in what way

如く

ごとく

like, as if, the same as

如上

じょじょう

above-mentioned

欠如

けつじょ

lack, privation, deficiency

如し

ごとし

like, as if, the same as

晏如

あんじょ

calm, tranquil