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GrammarBook N5: ~ように (So that / In order to)

  • 05 Feb, 2026
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N5-G-068

~ように (So that / In order to)

Peripheral / Purpose & State

👀 Layer A: Visual Guide (直感理解)

📝 Quick Summary (まとめ)

「~できる(状態)になるために」や「~しない(状態)ように」という目標を表します。「可能形(Can)」や「ない形(Not)」と一緒によく使います。
Use “Youni” to express a target state, such as “so that I can…” or “so that I won’t…”. It connects often with Potential verbs or Negative verbs.

Potential: 話せる ように 練習します (Practice so I can speak).
Negative: 忘れない ように 書きます (Write so I won’t forget).

🔗 Connected Grammar (関連文法):

  • N5-G-036: Potential Verbs (Can do)
  • N5-G-051: Plain Negative Form (Nai form)

🔍 Layer B: Deepening (深掘り)

💡 Raya’s Hack (攻略法)

「ために」との違いは「コントロール」!
* **ために (Tame ni):** 自分の意志でコントロールできる行動。「パンを買うために(行きます)」
* **ように (Youni):** 状態の変化。すぐにはコントロールできないこと。「話せるようになるために(勉強します)」
「可能形(Can)」を使ったら、迷わず「ように」を選びましょう!

“Tame ni” is for direct actions you control (To buy bread). “Youni” is for states or abilities (To become able to speak). If you use the Potential form (Can), always use “Youni”.

🚧 Joy’s Mistake (よくある間違い)

Scene: Joy is saving money to buy a car.

Joy: 「車を 買うように、貯金します。」
(Kuruma o kau youni, chokin shimasu.)

❌ Volitional Verb Error!

Why?

「買う (Buy)」は自分の意志でする行動なので、「ために」を使います。
「買える (Can buy)」という可能形にするなら、「ように」が使えます。
〇 車を 買う ために… (In order to buy)
〇 車を 買える ように… (So that I can buy)

“Kau” (Buy) is a volitional action, so use “Tame ni”. If you change it to “Kaeru” (Can buy), then “Youni” is correct. “Kau tame ni” vs “Kaeru youni”.

🔥 Layer C: Practice Loop

Now it’s time to test your learning through the next 10 practice drills!

Level 1: Potential + Youni (So that I can…)

Q1. To be able to speak (Hanaseru)

答え: 話せる ように (Hanaseru youni)

(Potential form)

Q2. To be able to go (Ikeru)

答え: 行ける ように (Ikeru youni)

(Potential form)

Q3. To be able to see (Mieru)

答え: 見える ように (Mieru youni)

(Intransitive potential)

Q4. To be able to read (Yomeru)

答え: 読める ように (Yomeru youni)

(Potential form)

Q5. To understand (Wakaru)

答え: 分かる ように (Wakaru youni)

(Wakaru is already stative, so it works!)

Level 2: Negative & Purpose

Q6. So that I won’t forget (Wasurenai)

答え: 忘れない ように (Wasurenai youni)

(Prevention)

Q7. So that I won’t be late (Okurenai)

答え: 遅れない ように (Okurenai youni)

(Prevention)

Q8. I practice so I can swim.

答え: 泳げる ように 練習します。

(Oyogeru youni renshuu shimasu.)

Q9. Please check so there are no mistakes. (Machigai ga nai)

答え: 間違いが ない ように 確認してください。

(Machigai ga nai youni…)

Q10. Translate: “I study so that I can go to Japan.”

答え: 日本へ 行ける ように 勉強します。

(Ikeru youni benkyou shimasu.)


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