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Grammar detail: 〜ように

〜ように  in order to ~, so that ~, to ~
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verb plain form
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ように
means
in order to ~
or
so that ~
もっとよくできるように
かんそう
感想
かせてください

Please let us hear what you think, so that we can make things better.
バス
おく
れない
ように
はや
ました

I left early, so that I wouldn't miss the bus.
わたし
いえ
しごと
仕事
できるように
しゅじん
主人
どようび
土曜日
こども
子供
プール
れて
ってくれます

My husband is taking the children to the pool on Saturday, so I can work from home.
Rarely, the に is omitted:
この
いぬ
まやく
麻薬
よう
くんれん
訓練
されている

This dog is trained to smell out drugs.
The よう is derived from the reading of 様, but the kanji form is very rarely used in this expression.
ために is also used to express 'in order to', but it conveys a stronger sense of 'purpose' than ように.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ヨウ   さま Mr / Mrs   
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カン    feelings   
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ソウ   ソ    idea, thought   
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ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ジョウ   load; power   の to board   のせる to load on   
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チ   おそ late   おくれる to be late   おくらす to make late   
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ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ヨウ    day of the week   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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レン   つれる to take, to lead   つらねる to line up   つらなる to extend   
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コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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マ   flax; flux   あさ flax, hemp   
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ヤク   くすり medicine   
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キュウ   か to sniff, to smell   
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クン    teaching, precept; Japanese reading of a kanji   
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レン   ね to polish up, knead, train   
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