N4 grammar

〜ようにする

younisuru

Making a point of it

Formation

ようにする is the deliberate twin of ようになる: you are the one making the effort. It fits habits you are trying to build or avoid. In the ている form it says the effort is ongoing rather than a one-off decision.

Examples

〜ようにする is marked in each sentence. Tap any word for its dictionary entry.

  1. You may come and go at will.

  2. Let's not deviate from the subject.

  3. Let's not go into details.

  4. Try to see things as they are.

  5. How do you want your hair cut?

The explanation is ours, written for this site. Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), each machine-checked to actually contain the pattern. Furigana is generated automatically, so a rare reading may be imperfect.