そのよう

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Meanings

usually written using kana alone

Used as a na-adjective to describe something of the same type or nature as previously mentioned. Often appears in formal or written contexts.

そのような〈物もの〉that kind of (thing/item)
そのような商しょう品ひんは扱とりあっておりません。
We don't carry that kind of product.
そのような〈事こと〉that kind of thing/matter
そのような事ことが二に度どと起おこらないようにします。
We will make sure such a thing never happens again.
そのような場ば合あいin such a case
そのような場ば合あいはご連れん絡らくください。
In such a case, please contact us.
そのように〈動どう詞し〉to do (something) in that way
そのようにお願ねがいします。
Please do it that way.

そういう
そのよう and そういう both mean 'that kind of' referring to something previously mentioned, but そういう is more common and less formal in everyday conversation.
そんなN4
そんな is the casual, conversational counterpart of そのよう, which sounds more formal and is often used in writing.
こんなN5
こんな points to something close to the speaker (this kind of), while そのよう points to something already mentioned or associated with the listener (that kind of), and is more formal.

あのよう
あのよう describes something distant from both speaker and listener (that kind of, over there), whereas そのよう refers back to something just mentioned in the conversation.

Compound of その (that) and よう (appearance, manner). The kanji 様 is used for よう, but the word is now predominantly written in kana.