堵の如し

とのごとし

in crowds (of spectators); in great numbers

胆斗の如し

たんとのごとし きもとのごとし

being as bold as a lion

綸言汗の如し

りんげんあせのごとし

like sweat cannot return inside the body, the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid

歳月流るる如し

さいげつながるるごとし

Time flies

赤貧洗うが如し

せきひんあらうがごとし

extremely indigent; extremely poor; in dire poverty; as poor as a church mouse

始めは処女の如く後は脱兎の如し

はじめはしょじょのごとくのちはだっとのごとし

hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare

深淵に臨むが如し

しんえんにのぞむがごとし

like looking out on an abyss, like standing on the edge of an abyss

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

如何して

どうして

why?, for what reason, how, in what way, for what purpose, what for

如何した

どうした

somehow, how, in what way, why, what kind of

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