ように (2)

Auxiliary Adjective (な) (Basic ㊦ 554)

An adverbial form of ようだ

Equivalent: As; like

私が言うように書いて下さい。: Please write it down as I tell you.
今日は春になったように暖かい・暖かいです。: Today is as warm as if it had become spring.
ドロシーは日本人のように日本語を話す・話します。: Dorothy speaks Japanese like a Japanese.
前に話したように私は来月会社を辞めます。: As I told you before, I'm going to quit the company next month.
上田さんのように走れますか。: Can you run like Mr. Ueda?
若い時のようには元気がなくなった。: I don't feel as strong as I used to when I was young.
土井さんはいつものように朝六時に起きた。: As usual Mr. Doi got up at six in the morning.
兄がスポーツが上手なように弟も上手だ。: Just like the older brother, the younger brother is also good at sports.
猫が可愛いように犬も可愛い。: Dogs are cute, just like cats.

Formation

(i) {V/Adjective い} informal	ように
	{話す /話した} ように	As someone talks/talked; as if someone (had) talked
	{高い /高かった} ように	As something is/was expensive; as if something were/had been expensive
(ii) Adjective な stem	{な/だった} ように
	{静かな/静かだった} ように	As something is/was quiet; as if something were/had been quiet
(iii) Noun	{の/だった} ように
	{先生の/先生だった} ように	Like a teacher/as someone was a teacher; as if someone were/had been a teacher

Notes

1. ように1 expresses purpose but ように2 doesn't; it expresses similarity, especially in appearance.

(⇨ ように1)

2. ように2 can express a counterfactual situation as in Key Sentence (B). The adverb まるで 'just' is often used to emphasize counterfactuality. Examples follow:

a. まるで生き返ったように元気になった。
Literally: He recovered as if he had risen from the dead.

b. あの子はまるで大人のように話す。
That child speaks as if he were an adult.