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JLPT N3
Edit  abbymae111
Meaning
just like, alike to, similar to
she's flying just like a bird!
Edit  abbymae111
Formation
Phrases
このしゃしんのようなカットがほしい。
I want a haircut like this one in the picture.
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Discussion and comments
~のような (〜の様な), usually written in kana, means "like, similar to"; compare to ~ようだ [youda] meaning "seeming to be, appearing to be" and usually written at sentence-end, and 〜ように [youni]* meaning "in order to (e.g. meet goal), so that".
*〜ように [youni] at the end of a sentence indicates hope, wish, request or mild command.
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