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烈火のごとく烈火の如く
れっかのごとく
1. [exp,adv]
▶ (being angry) like a blazing fire
▶ burning (rage)



History:
2. A 2023-11-08 22:34:13  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: 烈火のごとく怒る flare up; be 「red [livid, purple] with anger; etc.
Other JEs also have similar examples.
  Diff:
@@ -5 +5 @@
-<keb>烈火の如く</keb>
+<keb>烈火のごとく</keb>
@@ -8 +8 @@
-<keb>烈火のごとく</keb>
+<keb>烈火の如く</keb>
1. A* 2023-10-25 07:42:41 
  Refs:
daijs

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 烈火の如く  │  7,835 │ 34.8% │
│ 烈火のごとく │ 14,677 │ 65.2% │
╰─ーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯

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