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JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

そのよう

sonoyou

that kind of, like that

Example sentences

  1. そのような見方みかたもある。

    There’s also that way of looking at it.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. そのような店みせはあちらこちらにある。

    There are such shops about.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ではそのようにしてください。

    OK then, please do it that way.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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