Meaning & usage
ようにする expresses making a conscious effort to do something or to build it into a habit, often used for resolutions, habits, or instructions to others. It follows the plain non-past form of a verb, affirmative or negative, as in 毎日走るようにする or 遅れないようにする, and する itself conjugates for tense and politeness, as in ようにしてください or ようにしなさい. The doer remains the same throughout, so use it only with controllable actions and not with passives or events beyond the person's control.
Example sentences 6
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あくびをしないようにしなさい。
Try not to yawn.
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悪友とつき合わないようにしなさい。
Try to avoid bad company.
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どうせやるからには上手にやるようにしなさい。
If you do it at all, try to do it well.
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できるだけ多くの質問に答えるようにしてください。
Try to answer as many questions as possible.
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もっと本を読むようにしないとね。
I need to read more books.
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７時に出発できるようにしときなさい。
See that you are ready to leave at 7 sharp.
In past JLPT papers
This came up in 2 past exam questions.
