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Grammar detail: ようだ

ようだ  appears to be
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な adjective + な
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ようだ
ようです (at the end of a sentence)
means
appears to ~
appears to be ~
looks like ~
seems ~
かんしん
関心
がある (has an interest)
かんしん
関心
があるようだ (appears to have an interest)
あめ
(rain)
あめ
のようだ (looks like / appears it will rain)
いそが
しい (busy)
いそが
しいようだ (seems busy)
あき
らかな (obvious)
あき
らかなようだ (seems obvious)
かのじょ
彼女
フットボールまったく
かんしん
関心
ないよう
She seems quite indifferent to football.
こんや
今夜
あめ
よう
I'm afraid it will rain tonight.
きょう
今日
みせ
やす
よう
It seems that the store is closed today.
あなた
しんせつ
親切
ひと
ようです
You seem a kind man.
かのじょ
彼女
あたま
いた
よう
She appears to have a headache.
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Kanji used in this grammar

カン   せき barrier   かかわる to be connected   
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シン   こころ heart   
ウ   あめ    あま- rain   
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ボウ   いそがしい busy   
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メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あ to open   あける to empty   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
コン   キン   いま now   
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ヤ   よる    よ night   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
テン   みせ shop   
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キュウ   やす to rest   やすまる to be rested   やすめる to suspend (use etc.)   
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シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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セツ   サイ   き to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
トウ   ト   ズ   あたま    かしら head   
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ツウ   いた painful   いた to hurt, be painful   いためる to hurt, damage   
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