〜そうだ（appearance）

import { getGrammarById } from 'kotowa';
getGrammarById('sou-da-appearance');

{
  "id": "sou-da-appearance",
  "pattern": "〜そうだ（appearance）",
  "romaji": "sou da (appearance)",
  "level": "N4",
  "meaning": "looks like; seems; looks about to",
  "formation": "Verb-stem / i-Adj stem / na-Adj + そうだ",
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "そのカレー、辛そうだね。",
      "furigana": "そのカレー、{辛|から}そうだね。",
      "en": "That curry looks spicy."
    },
    {
      "ja": "空が暗いですね。雨が降りそうです。",
      "furigana": "{空|そら}が{暗|くら}いですね。{雨|あめ}が{降|ふ}りそうです。",
      "en": "The sky is dark. It looks like it's going to rain."
    },
    {
      "ja": "久しぶりに会った祖父は元気そうだった。",
      "furigana": "{久|ひさ}しぶりに{会|あ}った{祖父|そふ}は{元気|げんき}そうだった。",
      "en": "My grandfather, whom I hadn't seen in a while, looked well."
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "appearance",
    "conjecture"
  ],
  "notes": "A judgment from what you see. いい → よさそう, ない → なさそう. Not used with adjectives for plainly visible traits (赤い, かわいい); かわいそう means 'pitiful'.",
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "92aad9e99e3e468052b85a3639fe9691a437f00f5388b8ef6240ed3bb27b18a8",
    "meanings": [
      "看起来……",
      "眼看就要……"
    ],
    "formation": "动词ます形去ます＋そうだ；い形容词去い＋そうだ；な形容词词干＋そうだ",
    "explanation": "根据眼前的迹象判断状态，或判断某个动作、变化即将发生。",
    "notes": "いい变为よさそう，ない变为なさそう；否定动词另有降りそうにない等形式。かわいそう通常表示可怜，不能用来表达看起来可爱。与传闻そうだ的接续不同。",
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "そのカレー、辛そうだね。",
        "zh": "那份咖喱看起来很辣呢。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "空が暗いですね。雨が降りそうです。",
        "zh": "天空很暗，看起来要下雨了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "久しぶりに会った祖父は元気そうだった。",
        "zh": "久别重逢的祖父看起来精神很好。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "sources/grammar/n4.json#sou-da-appearance",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "90db0b860fadd1aa6df55e2d0f8ddc867455b025746764eaccd6b018f734a142"
  }
}