Word Meaning 同様

どうよう douyou

同様 is read as どうよう (douyou) and means same.

Meaning

English

  1. same
  2. similar
  3. (just) like
  4. equal

Reading

Kana

どうよう

Romaji

douyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 2434 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

同じ様

おなじよう

similar

同様に

どうように

identically

新品同様

しんぴんどうよう

as good as new

と同じ様に

とおなじように

in the same way as

同期

どうき

same period

同情

どうじょう

sympathy

同感

どうかん

same feeling

同性

どうせい

same sex

同居

どうきょ

living together

同等

どうとう

equality

同窓会

どうそうかい

alumni association

同化

どうか

adaptation

Example Sentences

10

You and he are both very kind.

He cannot swim any more than a hammer can.

He as well as you likes baseball.

Bob can no more swim than a hammer can.

He was as good a pianist as his mother.

This is as true of a cat as it is a dog.

Do you have a similar saying in Japanese?

I am no more an artist than you are.

Both he and I were members of that club.

The girl, like her parents, was very sympathetic.