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(2023) ÈÇÓ×ÅÍÈÅ ßÇÛÊΠ| ßÇÛÊÈ ÂÎÑÒÎÊÀ | ßÏÎÍÑÊÈÉ III/458 |
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Languages Study | Languages of the East | Japanese III |
| Grammar II - 22.05 | Grammar L4 - 010 | Menu - Grammar |
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～のような / ～のように |
~no yoona / ~no yooni |
| "noun A のような noun B" means "a B like/similar to A." | |
| When you say "A のような B," the A either has the same quality or appearance as B, or is an example of B. | |
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私は鎌倉のような 町が好きです。 |
I like towns like Kamakura. |
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watashi-wa, kamakura-no yoo-na machi-ga suki desu. |
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| 私は アウンサン・スーチーのような 人になりたいです。 |
I want to be a person like Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese democracy leader. |
| watashi-wa, aun-san suuchii no yo-na hito ni naritai desu. |
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| You use "noun A のように" when you want to describe an action which is
"done in the same way as A" or a "characteristic which is comparable to A." |
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| メアリーさんは魚のように 上手に泳げます。 |
Mary can swim very well, just like a fish. |
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mearii-san-wa, sakana no yoo-ni |
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| アントニオさんはモハメド・アリのように 強いです。 |
Antonio is strong like Mohammed Ali. |
| antonio-san-wa, mohamedo ari yoo-ni tsuyoi desu. |
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| あの人は壊れたレコードのように 同じことを言います。 |
She says the same thing over and over again, just like a broken vinyl record. |
| ano hito-wa, kowareta rekoodo-no yoo-ni onaji koto-o iimasu. |
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| この町は夜の墓場のように 静かです。 |
This town is as quiet as a graveyard at night. |
| kono machi-wa, yoru-no hakaba-no yoo-ni shizuka desu. |