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(という)ふうにlike this; in such a way

ふう is a way or a manner: こういうふうに is "like this", どういうふうに is "how". After a whole statement, というふうに says that is how something is thought of or taken. All are everyday; the careful twin is ように.

Pointing

こういう/そういう/ああいう/どういう + ふうに

The short forms mean the same: こんなふうに, そんなふうに, あんなふうに, どんなふうに.

After a statement

Statement or list + というふうに + 考かんがえる/言いう/分わける

EverydayCareful
like thisこういうふうに・こんなふうにこのように
like thatそういうふうに・そんなふうにそのように
howどういうふうに・どんなふうにどのように

Often written with the kanji: こんな風ふうに. Here it is read ふう, not かぜ.

Like this, like that, how

After a statement: というふうに

What comes before is how something is thought of, taken or divided up, and the verb for that follows: 考かんがえる, 思おもう, 受うけ取とる, 分わける. English often has just "that" or "as".

In interviews, meetings and press conferences you will hear というふうに考かんがえています and というふうに思おもいます again and again. They make "I think" a little less direct, and add little else.

Close neighbours

ようにN4

このように and どのように belong to instructions, forms and shop staff. ように is also "like" after a noun, which ふうに can't do: there is no 猫ねこのふうに.

とおりN3

Exactly as said, shown or planned, with nothing changed. ふうに is looser: something like this.

Sentence + という + nounN3

The same という, before a noun such as 話はなし or 意い見けん: "the story that…".

Check yourself

1Which one fits?

私わたしは、今こん回かいの失しっ敗ぱいは準じゅん備び不ぶ足そくが原げん因いんだ(  )考かんがえています。

Choose an answer to see why.

2Which one fits?

私わたしも兄あに(  )速はやく走はしりたい。

Choose an answer to see why.

More detail

At the end of a sentence it is ふうだ.

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