拠る

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
據る (kyūjitai)
由る
依る
仗る

Etymology

Cognate with 寄る (yoru, to approach) and 因る (yoru, to be due to, to be caused by).

Pronunciation

Verb

() • (yoruintransitive godan (stem () (yori), past ()った (yotta))

  1. to be based on, to depend on, to rely on
  2. to be supported by
  3. to be caused by

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in kana.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "拠る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 拠ら よら yora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 拠り より yori
Shūshikei ("terminal") 拠る よる yoru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 拠る よる yoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 拠れ よれ yore
Meireikei ("imperative") 拠れ よれ yore
Key constructions
Passive 拠られる よられる yorareru
Causative 拠らせる
拠らす
よらせる
よらす
yoraseru
yorasu
Potential 拠れる よれる yoreru
Volitional 拠ろう よろう yorō
Negative 拠らない よらない yoranai
Negative continuative 拠らず よらず yorazu
Formal 拠ります よります yorimasu
Perfective 拠った よった yotta
Conjunctive 拠って よって yotte
Hypothetical conditional 拠れば よれば yoreba

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN