拠る

Japanese
Kanji in this term
拠
よ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with 寄る (yoru, “approach”).

Pronunciation

Verb

拠る (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よる, rōmaji yoru)

  1. depend on, rely on
  2. be supported by
  3. 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
  1. 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
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