Auxiliary verb, Copula
it seems that ...; it appears that ...
Usually written using kana aloneat sentence end; after attrib. form of a verb or adjective, as の～ after nouns
この車はどこか具合が悪いようだ。It seems that something is wrong with this car. is like ...; is similar to ...
Usually written using kana aloneat sentence end; after attrib. form of a verb or adjective, as の～ after nouns
88 results for ようだ
More words
All 9容態ようだい
Nouncondition; state (of health); appearance
用談ようだん
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbbusiness conversation
要談ようだん
Nounimportant talk
瑶台ようだい
Nounfairyland; beautiful building ornamented with gems
溶断ようだん
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verbfusion cutting (of metals); plasma cutting · blowout (of a fuse)
Sentences
All 64ある調査によると、今日では５人中３人が外交問題には無関心のようだ。
According to a survey, three in five people today are indifferent to foreign affairs.
どの官庁もお役所主義にはまり込まないで、仕事のスピードアップをはかるという点において問題があるようだ。
Every government office seems to have problems in expediting matters without entanglement in its red tape system.
そこに立った彼はあたかも悪鬼のようだった。
As he stood there he might have been a fiend.
Names
All 15桑田ようだ
Family or surnameYōda
山田大路ようだおおじ
Unclassified nameYōdaooji
漸田ようだ
Family or surnameYōda