ように details
write + see that you do it — an instruction that closes the sentence and names nobody giving it
kaku you ni
see that you do it — an instruction that closes the sentence and names nobody giving it
meaning: be sure to write
明日は八時までに集合するように。
ashita wa hachiji made ni shuugousuru you ni.
Tomorrow, be sure to assemble by eight. neutral
明日、教科書忘れないようにね。
ashita, kyoukasho wasurenai you ni ne.
Tomorrow, don't forget your textbook. casual
- colloquial
- colloquial
Examples
see that you do it — a spoken instruction closing the sentence, from someone with standing
明日は八時までに集合するように。
ashita wa hachiji made ni shuugousuruyouni.
Tomorrow, be sure to assemble by eight. neutral
提出する前に、必ずもう一度読み返すように。
teishutsu suru mae ni, kanarazu mou ichido yomikaesu you ni.
Be sure to read it through once more before you hand it in. neutral
take care not to do it — the same instruction turned into a caution
明日、教科書忘れないようにね。
ashita, kyoukasho wasurenai you ni ne.
Tomorrow, don't forget your textbook. casual
提出期限に遅れないように。
teishutsu kigen ni okurenai you ni.
Make sure you don't miss the submission deadline. neutral
風邪ひかないようにね。
kaze hikanai you ni ne.
Don't go catching a cold. casual
Formation
{V}ようにattaches to dictionary form{V-nai}ようにattaches to ない-form
Variant notes
- ようにね — ね turns the instruction into a send-off between people who know each other — 無理しないようにね。
- ようにな — the same softening in men's speech, from a coach or an older colleague — 早めに出るようにな。
Notes
the ordering unsaid is what makes it sound like care rather than command. It
travels downward or sideways only: ×先生、遅れないように。
Related patterns
Similar
ないでください puts the speaker behind the order and addresses the listener outright; ように leaves who is ordering unsaid, so it reads as looking out for them — a nurse says 無理しないように, a sign says 立ち入らないでください.
ように言う reports the instruction onward with the head verb spelt out; bare ように IS the instruction, said to the person's face, which is why it takes ね and な where the reported form takes neither.
こと posts the rule at nobody and takes no particle after it; ように is still aimed at a person, which is why it accepts ね and な — こと never can, printed or spoken, and both turn up in a posted notice.
Lookalikes
The same ように, and where it sits decides what it does — before a main verb it names the outcome that verb serves (忘れないようにメモした), but with nothing after it the clause IS the instruction, and no main verb is missing.
Same tail, opposite force — 風邪をひかないように tells the listener to take care, 風邪をひきませんように asks fate and instructs nobody; only the first can be answered with はい.