も同然だ【もどうぜんだ】

as good as, practically, virtually, just the same as, no different from

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Structure

[noun] + も同然だ [verb た-form] + も同然だ [verb ない-form] + も同然だ [noun] + も同然の + [noun]

Description

も同然だ means "is as good as", "is practically": it is not literally so, but it might as well be. It goes straight after a noun, or after a verb in the た-form or ない-form. Before another noun it becomes も同然の.

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Those two are practically family.

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The match is as good as won.

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Three hours' sleep is as good as no sleep at all.

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I bought it for next to nothing.

With a た-form, the action has not happened yet but the result is settled. With a ない-form, what little did happen does not count.

も同然だ or みたいなものだ

も同然だ is a firm judgement and sounds a little stiff. In conversation みたいなものだ or とおなじ同じだ says the same more lightly. も同然だ is not a guess about how things look, which is what みたいだ and ようだ do.

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We've as good as won.

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He seems to be a foreigner.

A guess, not a judgement.

同然 or 当然

(とうぜん, "natural, to be expected") sounds close to 同然 (どうぜん) and is a different word. means "it is only natural that".

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If you break a promise to him, it's only natural he gets angry.

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The match is as good as won.

Examples

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The match is as good as won.

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Those two are practically parent and child.

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I got it at a price that was practically free.

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With this much help, it's as if you did it for me.

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He practically grew up in this company.

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I only had one bite, so it's as if I didn't eat at all.

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You only need one more question to pass, so you've practically passed.

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After being together for ten years, they're practically family, wouldn't you say?

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It's as good as having signed the contract, so I can't back out now.

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Having slept only three hours is the same as not sleeping at all.

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If it's this broken, it's practically junk.

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She's been coming to our house since she was a child, so she's practically a daughter to us.

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