# のように meaning?
**URL:** https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-meaning/36273
**Category:** Grammar
**Created:** [April 21, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-meaning/36273 "2019-04-21T18:59:46Z")
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### Author:  [@algorev](https://community.wanikani.com/u/algorev)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-meaning/36273/1 "2019-04-21T18:59:47Z")
I saw this in the lyrics of a song (I removed the useless parts of the sentence):
古の魔法のように、君に会いたい
My question is, what does the ように mean here?
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### Author:  [@noxxxxxious](https://community.wanikani.com/u/noxxxxxious)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-meaning/36273/2 "2019-04-21T19:05:21Z")
It’s kind of similar to “in the fashion of” or “similar to”.
魔法のよう can be translated as “like magic”.
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### Author:  [@noxxxxxious](https://community.wanikani.com/u/noxxxxxious)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-meaning/36273/3 "2019-04-21T19:06:47Z")
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### Author:  [@algorev](https://community.wanikani.com/u/algorev)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-meaning/36273/4 "2019-04-21T19:07:43Z")
So this part of the sentence would be something like:
“Like the magic of yore, I want to meet you”?
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### Author:  [@noxxxxxious](https://community.wanikani.com/u/noxxxxxious)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-meaning/36273/5 "2019-04-21T19:10:33Z")
I see it as more of ‘It’s as if an old spell was cast on me. I want to meet you.’
Obviously that’s embellishing a bit.
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### Author:  [@algorev](https://community.wanikani.com/u/algorev)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-meaning/36273/6 "2019-04-21T19:11:41Z")
Aaaaah, I see now. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@noxxxxxious](https://community.wanikani.com/u/noxxxxxious)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-meaning/36273/7 "2019-04-21T19:21:06Z")
Thinking about it a bit more, I’m pretty sure that に just marks よう as an adverb.
Something similar to this:
彼は鳥のように飛んでみた
He tried to fly like a bird.
鳥のよう describes 飛ぶ because it’s marked with に.
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### Author:  [@algorev](https://community.wanikani.com/u/algorev)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-meaning/36273/8 "2019-04-21T19:32:30Z")
Yeah, that would make sense. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88%E3%81%86%E3%81%AB-meaning/36273/9 "2020-04-20T19:42:25Z")
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