Structure
こんな + ふうに + Phrase
Verb + ふうに + Phrase
Verb + ふう + ではない
(1) そんな、あんな、どんな
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About ふうに
風 'wind', 'air', commonly appearing as kana, is a suffix in Japanese used to indicate that something is in the style, manner, or method of what comes before it.
This use of ふう appears following verbs, and works in the same way as a な-Adjective. This means that it will be followed by に when being used adverbially to further describe something that is being done 'in the way of (A)'.
This use of ふう appears following verbs, and works in the same way as a な-Adjective. This means that it will be followed by に when being used adverbially to further describe something that is being done 'in the way of (A)'.
- 彼は仕事をやっているふうに見えるけど、ただそう見えるだけで、何もしていない。He looks like he is doing his job, but it just looks like it and he isn't actually doing anything.
- 先輩には頑張っているふうには見えないかもしれないけど、これでもめちゃくちゃ頑張っているんです。Senpai, it may not look like I'm working hard, but this is me trying my hardest.
- こんなふうに結んだらすぐ解けちゃうよ。If you tie a knot like this, it will get undone easily.
- そんなふうに私をみないでよ。私は本当に何もやってないから!Don't look at me like that. I really didn't do anything!
- あんなふうには絶対なりたくない。I never want to be like that.
Fun-fact - For ease of remembering, coming from the kanji for 風 'wind', ふう can be thought of as similar to English phrases like 'to have an air of (A)', etc. However, this is just a tool for memorization, as the overlap in meaning is not 100%.
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Examples
どんなふうにやればいいのか分からない。
I don't know in what way doing it would be good. (I don't know how to do it)
いつか自分もこんなふうになりたい。
At some point, I too want to become like this (way).
どうすればあんなふうになれるのだろうか。
I wonder what it would take to (what if done would) be able to become that way.
あの態度は、昇進を考えているふうには見えない。
With that attitude, (he) doesn't appear to be thinking about a promotion. (In that way)
思ってもいないのに、好きだと思っているふうに装うのは不誠実だ。
Pretending in a way that suggests you think you like it, even though you really don't, is insincere.
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ふうに – Grammar Discussion
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tai
About 2 years ago
Is anyone able to explain the double particle in these two example sentences? From most of the examples, I’m understanding ふうに to be used like an adverb, so to see は right after it confuses me.
あの態度は、昇進を考えているふうに は見えない。
I don’t see what the に is doing here. I feel like the に is implying something that isn’t explicitly worded (e.g. すること or something), but in my brain it would make more sense without the に at all.
兄はすぐに嘘をつく。僕はそんなふうに はなりたくない。
And in this sentence, I don’t see what the は does, since なる follows に naturally. Omitting either に or は in this case makes sense to me, though sounds less natural if using は only.
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After coming across this sentence again, I did a bit more reading and since ふう can be a noun on its own, には could be actin...
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