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のように
Meanings
Adverb
Expression
Usually written in kana
1. like; similar to
2. as with; in the same way
Alt. forms
のように
96%
の様ように
3%
Top 200
Used in: 5917
Composed of
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
as you can see
to flash before one's eyes (of memories, etc.)
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Examples (152 in total)
It is white as snow.
As you already know.
It's as lovely as a rose.
As quick as a wink.
I howled like a beast.
It's as hot as toast.
He wants to be like me.
It sounds like a dream.
I ran like the wind.
He looks like a horse.
Naples is a picturesque city.
She is as simple as a child.
The water was cold as ice.
She seems to be sick.
I don't want to become like them.
It looks like an egg.
Your eyes shine like the stars.
I'll do as you advise.
He behaved like a child.
He's sleeping like a baby.
I wish I could fly like a bird.
It looks like an apple.
They labored like slaves.
The earth is blue. Like an orange.
This is as heavy as lead.
The room was as still as the grave.
The sea was as smooth as glass.
He was as still as a statue.
She is as beautiful as Snow White.
If you behave like a servant, you'll be treated like a servant.
I want to be like Picasso.
It moves up and down like a violinist's elbow.
I got up early as usual.
Someday I'll run like the wind.
Her skin is as white as snow.
He arrived late as usual.
That girl looks like a boy.
He treats me like his slave.
He can swim like a fish.
He was gray, like his name.
That lake looks like an ocean.
You still look like a high school student.
His eyes are as gentle as those of a cow.
I wish I could speak English like you.
He looks nothing like a doctor.
Bill was late for school as usual.
The section chief made me work like a slave.
He remained silent like a stone.
It was as hard as rock.
Her footsteps were as light as a fairy's.
The story sounds true.
His teeth are white like a pearl.
They worked hard like so many bees.
He went to bed at ten as usual.
He got up at five as usual.
Its surface was as flat as a mirror.
John acts like Helen's guardian.
As you know, life is comparable to a voyage.
He did his duty as a matter of course.
As you know, Berlin is the capital of Germany.
They worked like bees.
Hi, Paul. Busy as usual?
Your opinion seems to be out of date.
She looked like a daughter of a good family.
He is acting like Nelson tonight.
This poem reads like a piece of prose.
He lives as if he were a millionaire.
The skater spun around like a top.
The boy talks as if he were a girl.
He made the company what it is today.
I treated him like my own son.
Why can't I sing like they can?
I objected to being treated like a child.
The professor treated her as one of his students.
I treated her as my own daughter.
Seen from the moon, the earth looks like a ball.
His plan sounds impracticable.
He objects to being treated like a child.
That desert looks like the surface of the moon.
The English language surrounds us like a sea.
My grandfather's hair is white as snow.
It seems to me that she is a little selfish.
Since he was dressed in black, he looked like a priest.
Needless to say, he was late for school as usual.
Just imagine that we can fly like birds.
As usual, he was the last to arrive at the theater.
This scientific article reads like a novel.
Music surrounds our lives like air.
That school looks just like a prison.
The policeman was on his usual nightly round.
The niece looks like her aunt.
Tom acted like he wasn't interested in Mary.
He speaks English as if he were an American.
As you know, we were late due to the heavy rain.
John seems very honest by nature.
She can't stand being treated like a child.
The teacher of German looked like a German woman.
Tokyo, as you know, is one of the financial centers of the world.
You're always as busy as a bee.
He looks like a sportsman, but he is a writer.
Tom can speak French almost like a native.
The baby sleeping in the baby carriage is as cute as an angel.
The weather seemed favorable for the test flight.
Keep in mind that you're not as young as you used to be.
He put the key on the desk as usual.
I wish I could swim as far as he can.
At a distance, the ship looks like an island.
Mr. Wright speaks Japanese like a native speaker.
Your suggestion seems irrelevant to our discussion here.
The calm surface reflected her features like a mirror.
Our conversation opened, as usual, upon the weather.
Three boys climbed the trees like a bunch of monkeys.
The stars twinkling in the night sky looked like jewels.
"Do you remember how you fell into the well?" "Yes, like it was yesterday."
After my husband's death I walked around like a zombie.
Poetry must be new as foam, and as old as the rock.
He speaks English as fluently as if he were an American.
As always, he got up early in the morning and went jogging.
The people followed the dictator like so many sheep.
Democracy is not exportable like food or cement.
That foreigner spoke Japanese as if it were his native language.
You are at liberty to make use of this room in any way you please.
Seen from a distance, the stone looks like a human face.
Although the proposal seemed like a good idea, they refused it.
He started talking about his ideals as usual.
Seen from a distance, it looks like a ball.
The dog was so clever that he seemed almost human.
As usual, the physics teacher was late for class.
Some animals, such as lions, eat meat.
This, appearing at first glance to be perfectly obvious, is actually very difficult.
The prisoners fought one another like so many mad people.
Seen from an airplane, the island looks like a big spider.
As usual, Mike was late for the meeting this afternoon.
My dad says I type like a chicken eating corn.
He may look like a model, but actually he's a business man.
Because of a serious disease, he can't move his body as most people can.
The twins are as alike as two peas in a pod.
The news of her sudden death came like a bolt from the blue.
I remember the event as vividly as if it were just yesterday.
Seen from a distance, the big rock looks like an old castle.
As usual, Mike turned up on time. He's very punctual.
Like a headless chicken.
The lake's water is as smooth as a mirror.
The river is no longer as clean as it used to be.
Did you start to learn the piano when you were three, like Mozart?
Though she looks like his older sister, the fact is that she is his mother.
Tears fall in my heart like the rain on the town.
Even though Tom is only sixteen, he looks like he's over twenty.
After a six month period, his leg was healed and is normal again.
Like a good wine, he improves with age.
My house, which I bought ten years ago, still looks new.
Looking back on our college days, it seems as if they were a century ago.