(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.
like this
If you hold it like this, it's easier to write.
after a statement
My view is that this problem can't be solved by individual effort alone.
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 + 考える/言う/分ける
| Everyday | Careful | |
|---|---|---|
| like this | こういう | このように |
| like that | そういう | そのように |
| how | どういう | どのように |
Often written with the kanji: こんな風に. Here it is read ふう, not かぜ.
Like this, like that, how
I had never thought of it that way.
I want to be like that too.
I don't know how to explain it.
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: 考える, 思う, 受け取る, 分ける. English often has just "that" or "as".
There is no need to take that remark as opposition to the plan itself.
We divided the participants into beginners, intermediate and advanced.
After a list: that is how they were divided.
In interviews, meetings and press conferences you will hear というふうに考えています and というふうに思います 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 猫のふうに.
He walked silently, like a cat.
とおりN3
Exactly as said, shown or planned, with nothing changed. ふうに is looser: something like this.
Please write it down exactly as I say it.
The same という, before a noun such as 話 or 意見: "the story that…".
Is the story true that a new station will be built?
Check yourself
1Which one fits?
私は、
Choose an answer to see why.
2Which one fits?
私も
Choose an answer to see why.
More detail
At the end of a sentence it is ふうだ.
Mornings at our house are always like this.
More sentences
If you arrange the materials by period like this, the changes become easier to see.
How should we organize this data so that the differences come across?
Give a concrete example first, then explain: let's do it that way.
It is too soon to take this result as meaning that the system has failed completely.
She saw the failure as a matter of preparation, not a lack of ability.