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Yuzuo Chan
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11.06.2025
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Meaning

The way or manner in which someone does an action (A). It is often used when evaluating or commenting on how something is done.

Conjugation

(A)Vます-stem + よう: (A)Vます-stem + ようが/は/に…

Examples

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彼かれの話はなしようはいつも失礼しつれいだ。
彼かれの踊おどりようがおかしくて、みんな笑わらった。
あの人ひとの考かんがえようには驚おどろいた。
彼女かのじょのしゃべりようはちょっと変かわっている。
太郎たろうの遊あそびようは、ほかの子こどもと違ちがう。
そんな言いいようはひどいよ。

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.title

grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 彼かれの食たべるようが変へんだ。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 彼かれの食たべようが変へんだ。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: よう attaches to the ます-stem (食たべ), not the dictionary form.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 彼かれの振ふる舞まうようが失礼しつれいだ。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 彼かれの振ふる舞まいようが失礼しつれいだ。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: よう attaches to the ます-stem of a verb, not directly to its dictionary form. The ます-stem of 振ふる舞まう is 振ふる舞まい, so 振ふる舞まいよう is grammatically possible.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 駅えきへの行いきようを教おしえてください。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 駅えきへの行いき方かたを教おしえてください。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: For a neutral 'how to do' (directions, instructions), use ~方かた. ~よう is for evaluating or commenting on a manner.

Key points

Attach よう to the ます-stem of a verb to make a noun meaning 'the way of doing ~'. It is used to comment on or judge someone's manner, often critically or with surprise. It is more literary and evaluative than the neutral and more common ~方かた, and it is not natural with every verb.
Because it is a noun, it takes particles such as が, は, に, を (e.g. 話はなしようが…, 言いいようは…). Do not confuse it with ~ようがない ('there is no way to ~').
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