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It seems/looks like A
  1. It seems/looks like A
  2. As A; Like A
    This is the adverbial form of ようだ.
彼かれは 悩なやん で い る ようです ね 。 大だい丈じょう夫ぶか な 。 
He seems to be worrying. I wonder if he's OK.
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彼 は 少 し 疲 れ て い る よう だ 。 
He looks a bit tired.
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メグ は 新 し い ド レ ス が お 気 に 入 り の よう だ 。 
Meg looks pleased with her new dress.
好
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ど う や ら 君 の 言 う こと が 正 し い よう だ 。 
It looks as if you're right.
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テ ス ト の 勉 強 、 あまり しなかった よう だ ね 。 
Looks like you didn't study much for the test.
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まるで 酔 っ て い る よう だ 。 
She looks as if she is drunk.
好
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あまり 元 気 じ ゃ な い よう だ ね 。 
You don't look so healthy.
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この ケ ー キ は 手 作 り の ようです よ 。 
This cake looks like it was handmade.
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この 牛 乳 は 水 で 薄 め た ようです 。 
It appears as if this milk has been watered down.
好
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この 子 は 迷子 の ようです 。 
It looks as if this child is lost.
好
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明日 は 晴 れ る ようだ 。 
Looks like it'll be sunny tomorrow.
好
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あの 湖 は 大 き い か ら 海 の ようだ ね 。 
That lake is big so it's like an ocean.

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AVerb: Casual
 
Aい adjective
 
Aな adjective な
 
ANoun の
 
 
ようだ/な
Basic Examples:
泣くような (like (she's) crying)

おいしいようだ (it seems tasty)

きれいなような (seems pretty)

人形のようだ (like a doll)

Related Expressions
がっている
そう
など, なんて, なんか
みたい
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アーレン
Level: 581
(9 months ago)

It seems like ようだ requires the use of の when used with a noun, while らしい does not.
Similarly, な adjectives need the な for ようだ, but aren't needed when using らしい.

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ジェシ
Level: 1
(9 years ago)
from what I know the だ in おいしいようだ states that it appears to BE tasty. Aka, it apparently is tasty. Thus it isn't really used since it sounds rude. If you want to say "it looks tasty", then we would use 美味しそう.
I'm not an expert but I do know ようだ is not always used with いadjectives like the example above.

This grammar is difficult because it tends to be translated into the same thing in English so at times making it more difficult to identify whether this is hearsay or similarities. I think it would help if we think about ようだ as : "looks like it's ~, appears to be ~, seems like ~".

Feel free to add to my point if there is an error.
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The forms above な-adjectives and nouns are only for present tense. When used in past tense, the adjective/noun should be in past tense, followed by ようだ.
Nouns

この 料 理 は 日 本 の カレー の よう だ 。 (correct)

This dish is like Japanese curry.

昨日 、 食 べ た 料 理 は 日 本 の カレー だ っ た よう だ 。 (correct)

The dish I had yesterday was like Japanese curry.
な-adjectives

この 試 験 は 大 変 な よう だ 。 (correct)

This test seems tough.

先 週 の 試 験 は 大 変 だ っ た よう だ 。 (correct)

The test last week seemed tough.
 
As A; Like A
This is the adverbial form of ようだ.
  1. It seems/looks like A
  2. As A; Like A
    This is the adverbial form of ようだ.
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田 中 さ ん は 機 械 のように 速 く 、 正 確 に 、 宛 名 シ ー ル を 貼 り ま し た 。 
Ms. Tanaka applied the address stickers quickly and accurately like a machine.
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田 中 先 輩 は 具 合 で も 悪 い ように 見 え る 。 
Mr. Tanaka (upperclassmen) looks like he doesn't feel well or something.
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この 糸 は ピ ア ノ 線 のように 細 い か ら 気 を 付 け て ね 。 
This thread is thin like a piano wire so be careful.

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ANoun
の
よう
に
BAdjective or Verb
Basic Examples:
赤ちゃんのように軽い (light as a baby)

Aな-adjective
な
よう
に
BAdjective or Verb
Basic Examples:
好きなようにする (do as one likes)

Aい-adjective
よう
に
BAdjective or Verb
Basic Examples:
安いように見える (looks (as if it's) cheap)

AVerb: Casual
よう
に
BAdjective or Verb
Basic Examples:
怒ってるように話す (talk like (he's) angry)

ANoun
の
よう
な/だ
Aな-adjective
な
よう
な/だ
Aい-adjective
よう
な/だ
AVerb: Casual
よう
な/だ
Notes
Nouns, adjectives, and verbs can also be in past tense (in front of ように).
Related Expressions
かのようだ
通り／どおり
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Stupie
Level: 58
(1 month ago)

လိုမျိုး (ဥပမာပေး)

မီရာစံလိုမျိုး

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mireille
Years Studied: 3
Studying: JLPT N3 & JLPT 2級
Level: 1, 好 : 106
Isn't it na-adjective (+な) + よう + copula? 彼女は元気 + な + ようだ。→ 元気ではないようだ (Unicom grammar)

Noun + のよう + copula is only for present tense. For all other tenses it's Noun + よう + copula.
あの人は学生 + の + ようだ。→ 学生でなないようだ
彼はその学校の学生だったようだ。→
彼はその学校の学生ではなかったようだ

Same rule applies to the na-adjectives.
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マイコー
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Sorry for the late reply - I wanted to do some confirmation myself before I adjusted this.

1. Fixed the na-adjective entry.
2. Added notes about the present/past tense.

If you have some time, try suggestng some model sentences (there's a small form below the model sentence that allows you to search the site's database to find sentences) - that would help me fill out the number of examples so users can understand more easily. If you have some time to do this, I'd be really happy :)
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mireille
Years Studied: 3
Studying: JLPT N3 & JLPT 2級
Level: 1, 好 : 106
No problem. :)

I'm still a bit insecure to actually write my own sentences. ^^;;
After I study some more I'll start working on it because I know it's necessary to pass the level I'm currently at.
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マイコー
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Well, what I was referring to is not writing your own sentences, but just picking ones out from the 100,000+ sentences in the site's library. Click on the 'model sentence' tab above here and you'll see the search form. Then, you just have to search for something like "ようだった" (just a piece of Japanese is fine) to get sentences that look good for the grammar point.
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mireille
Years Studied: 3
Studying: JLPT N3 & JLPT 2級
Level: 1, 好 : 106
Okay, got it!
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mireille
Years Studied: 3
Studying: JLPT N3 & JLPT 2級
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Maybe it's just me, but for some reason whenever I try to search for model sentences, I often get "There are no example sentences for this search string."
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マイコー
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Yea, I apologize for that; try it now!
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Feade
Years Studied: 3
Studying: JLPT 3, university japanese exam
Level: 3, 好 : 18
Hi, I have a big problem: It is seriously difficult to me to find the difference between そうだ,　ようだ e　らしい. Can you give me some tips about it?
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lilisin
Studying: Until I'm satisfied.
Level: 1, 好 : 147
Maybe this blog post will help? Jpn version: http://nihongodaybyday.blogspot.com/2013_02_01_archive.html English version: http://nihognodaybydayenglish.blogspot.jp/2013/07/sou-rashii-you-and-mitai.html
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Feade
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Studying: JLPT 3, university japanese exam
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[quote author=lilisin link=topic_id=4929&post_id=30387#rmsg_30387 date=1379541246]Maybe this blog post will help? Jpn version: http://nihongodaybyday.blogspot.com/2013_02_01_archive.html English version: http://nihognodaybydayenglish.blogspot.jp/2013/07/sou-rashii-you-and-mitai.html[/quote] thanks a lot!!!
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Karlla
Years Studied: Many on and off
Studying: N2
Level: 892, 好 : 7,120

Looking through ｍy textbook I find that #2 is incomplete. It also works with ようだ and ような.

今日は暑くて、夏のようだ。

子供のような服を着ている

My textbook says it's used to liken sth. which is different from #1, I think.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I need to know how to handle this in the grammar lists.

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マイコー
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You are correct! Just added them.

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Karlla
Years Studied: Many on and off
Studying: N2
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Erm... You added だ/に instead of だ/な. lol

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マイコー
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Fixed it!

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Karlla
Years Studied: Many on and off
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Now you changed it to な/に. に is the one that was originally there...

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