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ようだ

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Inflections of ようだ
Meaning
    1. ①
      it seems that ...; it appears that ...
      at sentence end; after attrib. form of a verb or adjective, as の～ after nouns
      この車くるまはどこか具合ぐあいが悪わるいようだ。
      It seems that something is wrong with this car.
    2. ②
      is like ...; is similar to ...
      at sentence end; after attrib. form of a verb or adjective, as の～ after nouns
      遠とおくから見みれば、その丘おかは象ぞうのようだ。
      Seen from a distance, the hill looks like an elephant.
Kanji
様 ヨウ Esq., way, manner
Forms