Meaning & usage
よう works like "seems" or "like": after a noun it means resemblance (風のように, 恨むような), and with だ/です it expresses how something appears (雨のようだ). It follows nouns or plain-form words, with な before nouns when modifying them.
Example sentences 8
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本屋さんもおそじまいのようです。
The book shop also looks like it closes late.
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またいつか風のように走るんだ。
Someday I'll run like the wind.
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明日雨のようだががんばろう。
It looks like rain tomorrow, but I'll try my best.
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セーラは恨むような女の子ではないだろうが。
Well, I don't think Sara is the sort of girl to bear grudges.
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彼はジャズをたしなむようなタイプではない。
He is not the sort of person who likes to listen to jazz.
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まるでそれが正しい英語の証左かのように。
Just as if that was proof that that was correct English.
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そこそこ腕が立つようになるにはどれくらいの時間がかかるものでしょうか？
How long does it take to get reasonably skilled?
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あの人は化け物のような力持ちだ。
That man's monstrously strong.