ようでは
ようではyou de waneutral
Same meaning1
if you go on like that; and it will end badly
All examples3
if it has come to this — reads it, then judges what follows
この程度の問題も解けないようでは、合格は難しい。
kono teido no mondai mo tokenai you de wa, goukaku wa muzukashii.
If you can't even solve a problem at this level, passing is going to be hard. neutral
そんなことでへこんでるようじゃ、この先やっていけないよ。
sonna koto de hekonderu you ja, kono saki yatte ikenai yo.
If something like that gets you down, you won't last long in this line of work. casual
納期の遅れが続くようでは、今後のお取引を見直さざるを得ません。
nouki no okure ga tsuzuku you de wa, kongo no o torihiki o minaosazaru o emasen.
If delays to the delivery schedule continue, we will have no choice but to reconsider our future dealings. formal
How it's formed4
All forms2
ようじゃyoujacontraction
味わうようじゃ
では→じゃ in speech, as everywhere else — そんなことで諦めるようじゃ、続かないよ.
ようだとyoudatoalternant
味わうようだと
と for では drops the reproach and leaves a plain forecast, so a neutral consequence may follow where ようでは demands a bad one — この雨が続くようだと、開催は来週に延びる。
Notes
すぐ上達する). What follows is always a warning, a poor prognosis,
or a refusal.