TAKOBOTO

V, try to
I will try to do it...

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しらせるようにします

I will try to report.

おぼえるようにします

I will try to remember

あなたはえいごでじぶんじしんがりかいされるようにすることができますか。

Can you make yourself understood in English?

ドアがしまるようにすることができますか。

Can you get the door to shut?

わるいじょうきょうをさいだいげんにいかすようにするべきだ。

You should make the best of a bad situation.

ひとつのことにせんしんして、それがうまくできるようにするべきだ。

You should concentrate on one thing and learn to do it well.

うんどうをしてもっとけんこうになるようにする。

Excising their way to better heath.

わたしはわたしのいうことをひとにりかいされるようにすることができなかった。

I couldn't make myself understood.

わたしはじだいにおくれないようにするためほんやざっしをよむ。

I read books and magazines to keep up with the times.

じせいにおくれないようにするために、しんぶんをよみなさい。

You must read the newspaper so that you may keep up with the times.

じぶんたちのあくじがばれないようにするなんて、なんてわるどいやつら！

Those guys are ruthless, covering up their tracks like that after all their wrongdoing.

じぶんのげんごをたのひとたちのげんごとおなじようにするためにひつようなへんこうをくわえる。

It's necessary to make his language like other people's.

このぶんぽうはむずかしいからおぼえるようにします。

Because this grammar is difficult, I'll try to remember it.

わたしはかれのきょくとかれのじんせいにあまりきょうみがないようにする。

I'm interested not so much in his song as in his life.

わたしはかのじょに２どとそんなことをさせないようにするつもりだ。

I will try not to do this again with her.

V-dict+ようにする

見るようにします : try to see
間に合うようにします : try to make it on time

dc

Formed from 'verb + you ni suru'

V = verb

Amatuka

It looks like these examples from the DBX are for a different usage of this construct...

dc

dbx's examples are mostly "clause + you ni", indicating a purpose.

mk

...as opposed to 'verb + you ni suru/kokorogakeru etc.' = to try, to decide

mk

する and します are both "to do".
so するようにします
means "do-kind of-will do" ??
seems odd...

dc

I believe this way to say "try to do something" also means that the action is necessary or should be done.

gtunak85

#3888 ある in the end of sentence is funny. You should delete this as you have #3889,

Miki

#3881, #3886 Japanese is not natural. My suggestions are #3881 あなたは、英語で自分の言うことを理解してもらえますか。　#3886 私は、私の言うことを人に理解してもらえなかった。
When I was a student, I took a test to translate "make oneself understood" into Japanese. If you answer like 自分自身を理解されるようにすることができる, you surely get "X" as the Japanese is not natural, even you can get the meaning.

Miki

I agree, Miki-san

bamboo4

does this differ in meaning from Vte +miru?

moomoochoo

My understanding is that ようにする can be used also in cases where a prolonged, concerted undertaking may be involved. From questions I've asked friends, I might use it in cases where I might choose to say "endeavor to..." rather than when I might use "give it a try", where 「てみる」is more suitable. I don't think it's limited to that, but perhaps it sounds a bit "heavier" than just 「てみる」 which can sounds "light". For the 「てみる」 case, you might stop trying after trying just once.

khyron