How to say "alike" in Japanese

• 同じおなじJLPT N5approx.Common
  prenominal modifier, na-adjectiveThe common word for the basic sense of 'alike' meaning 'the same': use it to say that two people or things are alike, identical or equal in some respect.
  ジャズが使つかう音符おんぷは、バッハが使つかったのと同おなじだ↗

  Jazz uses the same notes that Bach used.
• 等しくひとしく
  adverbA less common choice: it is really the word for 'equally', so use it where 'alike' means that something applies equally to two groups.
• 分け隔てなくわけへだてなく
  expression, adverbCovers 'alike' when it means treating people alike: equally, impartially, without discrimination. A less common word that is really about impartial treatment, so it seldom fits other senses of 'alike'.

Use 「同じ」 for the basic sense of being the same, 「等しく」 when 'alike' means 'equally', as when something applies to two groups alike, and 「分け隔てなく」 for treating people alike without discrimination.

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• 同じおなじsame
• 等しくひとしくequally
• 分け隔てなくわけへだてなく(treating) equally