拠る
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 拠 |
| よ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 因る
- 由る
- 依る
Etymology
Cognate with 寄る (yoru, “approach”).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) よる [yòrú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [jo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
拠る (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よる, rōmaji yoru)
- depend on, rely on
- be supported by
- be caused by
Usage notes
This term is often spelled in hiragana.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "拠る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 拠ら | よら | yora |
| Continuative (連用形) | 拠り | より | yori |
| Terminal (終止形) | 拠る | よる | yoru |
| Attributive (連体形) | 拠る | よる | yoru |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 拠れ | よれ | yore |
| Imperative (命令形) | 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
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN