► 動詞
酔う [(1)よう] meaning: drunk rank: 1
☆ あんた自分の言葉に酔ってるだけじゃないの？ ⇨ Aren’t you just in love with your own words?
☆ 彼は酔って暴れた ⇨ He got drunk and became violent
酔う [(1)よう] meaning: enjoy rank: 1
☆ 観客は彼女の歌声に酔った ⇨ The audience was intoxicated by her voice
► 助動詞
よう [よう] [～ようとする] meaning: about to rank: 1
☆ 夜が明けようとしている ⇨ The day is about to dawn
よう [よう] meaning: intention rank: 1
☆ もう眠たいから残りは明日にしよう ⇨ I’m sleepy so I will do the rest tomorrow (☛ After 未然形 of non-五段 verbs)
☆ 一度試してみようと思っている ⇨ I am thinking about trying it once (☛ After 未然形 of non-五段 verbs)
☆ 御身体には十分気を付けられるよう ⇨ Please take very good care of yourself (☛ After 未然形 of non-五段 verbs)
☆ 残りは後で食べよう ⇨ I will eat the rest later (☛ After 未然形 of non-五段 verbs)
よう [よう] [peer] meaning: suggest rank: 1
☆ そろそろ昼御飯にしよう ⇨ Let’s have lunch, isn’t it time for lunch? (☛ After 未然形 of non-五段 verbs)
よう [よう] [もう～よう] [peer] meaning: suggest rank: 1
☆ ねえ、もう喧嘩は止めようよ ⇨ Hey, let’s stop fighting, arguing, already (☛ After 未然形 of non-五段 verbs)
☆ もう今日はこれくらいにしよう ⇨ Let’s call it a day with this (☛ After 未然形 of non-五段 verbs)
様 [(1)よう] [ようだ] meaning: so that rank: 1
☆ 一日も早く御回復されるよう御祈り申し上げます ⇨ I pray that you will recover as soon as possible (☛ に is omitted from ように, which is 連用形 of ようだ)
☆ 彼は私に仕事が見つかるよう手助けしてくれた ⇨ He helped me so that I can find a job (☛ に is omitted from ように, which is 連用形 of ようだ)
よう [よう] [～ようものなら] meaning: if rank: 2
☆ うちの猫は風呂に入れようものなら大変な事になる ⇨ All the hell will break loose if I try to bathe my cat
よう [よう] [liter] meaning: predict rank: 3
☆ 先生もきっと御理解されよう ⇨ I am sure the master will understand (☛ After 未然形 of non-五段 verbs)
☆ 誰がそんなことを信じよう ⇨ Who would believe such thing? (☛ After 未然形 of non-五段 verbs)
► 成句
用 [(1)よう] [用を足す] [coll] meaning: urine rank: 3
☆ 彼は茂みの陰で用を足した ⇨ He took care of his business, peed, pooed, behind the bush (☛ Can be No. 2 as well)
► 名詞
様 [(1)よう] [liter] meaning: command rank: 1
☆ 手を触れないよう ⇨ Do not touch (☛ An abbreviation of ～ようにする)
様 [(1)よう] [あの様] meaning: kind rank: 1
☆ あの様な行動は許されない ⇨ Behavior like that won’t be tolerated
様 [(1)よう] [どの様] meaning: kind rank: 1
☆ どの様な手段を取るかは未だ決まっていない ⇨ It is not yet decided what kind of measure will be taken
様 [(1)よう] [其の様] meaning: kind rank: 1
☆ その様な話は聞いたことがない ⇨ I’ve never heard of anything like that before
様 [(1)よう] [此の様] meaning: kind rank: 1
☆ この様な機会はそう何度もない ⇨ There won’t be many opportunities like this one
☆ 最近この様な事件が相次いでいる ⇨ Recently incidents like this are happening one after another
様 [(1)よう] meaning: way rank: 1
☆ あなたはどの様に考えますか？ ⇨ What do you think? What is your opinion?
☆ あの様になるとは思ってもいなかった ⇨ I never thought it would turn out that way
☆ この様にやって下さい ⇨ Please do it like this
☆ それは考えようによっては私達に有利になる ⇨ That will be to our advantage depending on the way we think about it
☆ どうにもしようがない ⇨ There is no way to handle it. There is nothing you can do
☆ どのようにすれば良いのですか？ ⇨ What way, how, should I do it?
☆ 交渉は決着しましたか？そのようです ⇨ Has the negotiation concluded? It seems that way
☆ 好きなようにすればいい ⇨ You can do whatever the way you like
☆ 彼女は見ようによっては相当な美人だ ⇨ She is quite pretty depending on how you look at her
用 [(1)よう] [coll] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ 別に用はないんだけど、近くまで来たので寄っただけ ⇨ I just stopped by because I was around, even though I have no business in particular
☆ 昨日用が有って街に行った ⇨ Yesterday I went to downtown to take care of something
用 [(1)よう] [coll] [peer] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ 何の用？ ⇨ What is the business? What are you here for? What do you want? (☛ Used without 御 sounds rude and usually implies annoyance)
☆ 用もないのに電話してくるなよ ⇨ Don’t call me for no reason (☛ Used without 御 sounds rude and usually implies annoyance)
用 [(1)よう] [御用] [coll] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ 何か御用が有りましたら御連絡下さい (ごよう) ⇨ Please let me know if you need me for anything
用 [(1)よう] [用を足す] [coll] meaning: business rank: 1
☆ これは用を足さない ⇨ This wouldn’t take care of the business. This won’t do. This is not enough
More examples:
- 仏教徒はキリスト教徒のように布教に熱心でない ⇨ Buddhists are not intent on spreading their religion like Christians
- 本人にその気が無ければどうしようもない ⇨ There is nothing you can do unless he himself, she,herself, wants to do it
- 仮にもそのようなことがあってはならない ⇨ We can never let that happen, even in our dreams
- 子供の天使のような笑顔 ⇨ Children’s angelic smiles
- 彼は他を助けようとして命を落とした ⇨ He lost his life while trying to save others
- 他にどうにもしようがない ⇨ There’s nothing else we can do
- もうあの子ったらどうしようもないんだから ⇨ Oh god my son is really handful
- 人の心を土足で踏み躙るような行為 ⇨ Rude behavior as if to tread on someone’s mind with muddy shoes
- 彼女は髪を濡らさないようにシャワーキャップを被った ⇨ She wore a shower cap so as not to wet her hair
- 文句を言ってもどうしようもない ⇨ It won’t do any good to complain
- 彼は何かを念仏のようにぶつぶつ唱えている ⇨ He is mumbling something as if reciting Buddhist scriptures
- それは赤子の手を捻るようなものだ ⇨ That’s like twisting a baby’s hand, taking candy from a baby, a very easy thing to do
- 彼が今しも出発しようという所を捕まえた ⇨ I caught him when he was just about to leave
- 彼は社会から疎外されたように感じている ⇨ He feels he has been excluded from the society
- 彼は待ち列に横入りしようとした ⇨ He tried to cut into a waiting line