Please explain ように対よう

Japanese Language Grammar
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このような絵のように美しい光景は今までみたことがありません。 Why is ように Used in this sentance? Shouldn’t it just be よう as it seems that acording to Jisho that ように’s defenition is.

  1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)​Usually written using kana alone

  2. hoping or wishing for something​Usually written using kana alone

Where as よう’s definition is

  1. appearing …; looking …​Usually written using kana alone, See also 様だ, usu. after the -masu stem of a verb

  2. way to …; method of …ing​usu. after the -masu stem of a verb

  3. form; style; design​usu. after a noun

  4. like; similar to​See also 様だ, usu. after a noun

Noun

  1. thing (thought or spoken)​

THANKS

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The ように in the first entry is a specific grammar point that requires specific grammar to have that meaning. On Jisho it’s marked with “Expression” in the entry.

The second one is just a standard word that can be turned into an adverb by adding に. The same way it can be used to make an adjectival phrase with な after it (seen earlier in the sentence).

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Thank you :slight_smile:

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What leebo said was all correct, but just in case you were looking for a jisho entry to have it make sense as well, you would have gotten that by including the の. のように is what you were looking for

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このような絵(a X like in this/of this sort of picture)のように(like)
A X like in this kind of picture
(what X is, is defined in the second part of the sentence)

Could rephrase it to こういう絵みたいな、but above phrase is “prettier”

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