雪（ゆき）が降（ふ）りそうです。

その食（た）べ物（もの）は食（た）べやすそう。

「仲直（なかなお）り出来（でき）そうですか？」「いいえ、出来（でき）なそうです。」

けっこう難（むずか）しいけど、大丈夫（だいじょうぶ）そうですか？

あのレストランの寿司（すし）は美味（おい）しそうです。

あなたの小（ちい）さい車（くるま）でもこの駐車場（ちゅうしゃじょう）に入（はい）らなそうです。

アメリカには大（おお）きいハンバーガーがありそうですね。

晩（ばん）ご飯（はん）でニンニクを食（た）べたら、口（くち）が臭（くさ）くなりそうです。

あの遊園地（ゆうえんち）のジェットコースターは楽（たの）しくなさそうです。

先生（せんせい）の仕事（しごと）は難（むずか）しそうです。

今日（きょう）の宿題（しゅくだい）は簡単（かんたん）そうだ。

この教科書（きょうかしょ）はとても難（むずか）しそうです。

そうだ: Judgments Based on Appearances

Difference between そうです、ようです、だろう and らしいです

<div class='writeup-body'>そうだ is one of the 18 primary auxiliary verbs in Japanese, and can be used in two (2) different ways. The broad meaning in each of its applications is that something 'seems' to be a certain way. Due to this, そう is regularly translated as 'seems like', 'looks like', or 'appears as though'. In this lesson, we will focus on the form that is used with the conjunctive (stem) form of words. Please examine the structure guide to see these forms.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>彼女（かのじょ）は毎日（まいにち）走（はし）りそうだ。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>She seems like she runs everyday.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>これは正（ただ）しそうだ。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>This seems correct.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>あの店員（てんいん）は丁寧（ていねい）そうだ。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>That clerk seems like he is attentive.</div></li> </ul><div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div>そう may also be used when attached to the い-Adjective, ない. In this case, there is a unique conjugation rule which we will need to be careful of. As always, い will be removed from ない before attaching そう. However, さ will be inserted between な, and そう. This creates the expression なさそう.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>彼（かれ）の部屋（へや）は汚（きたな）くなさそうだ。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>His room doesn't seem messy.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>あの車（くるま）は小（ちい）さくて便利（べんり）じゃなさそう。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>That car is small, and looks inconvenient.</div></li></ul>Note that this addition of さ does not happen with verbs. This is due to the ない that is used with negative verbs being an auxiliary verb, and not an い-Adjective. With the auxiliary verb ない, simply remove the い, before adding そう directly to the stem.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>彼（かれ）はもうイギリスに帰（かえ）らなそうだ。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>It appears that he is not going back to England.</div></li></ul></div><div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div>This そう is utilized exclusively to make predictions/guesses about something based on visual information. It is relatively low confidence, so should not be used for things that are obvious. In these cases, みたい would be used instead.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>明日（あした）は朝（あさ）から雨（あめ）が降（ふ）るみたいだ。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>It looks like it is going to start raining tomorrow morning. (Higher confidence)</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>明日（あした）は朝（あさ）から雨（あめ）が降（ふ）りそうだ。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>It seems like it is going to start raining tomorrow morning. (Lower confidence)</div></li></ul></div></div>

Grammar Info

そう

Look like, Appear, Seem, Have a feeling that