よる・依る・因る・拠る・由るyoru[0]heiban (flat)
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- godan verb, intransitive verbto be due to; to be caused byesp. 依る, 拠る
- godan verb, intransitive verbto depend on; to turn onesp. 依る
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be based on; to come fromesp. 因る, 由る
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered atesp. 拠る
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | よる |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | よります |
| Negative (nai) | よらない |
| polite (masen) | よりません |
| classical zu / nu | よらず・よらぬ |
| Past (ta) | よった |
| polite (mashita) | よりました |
| Past negative (nakatta) | よらなかった |
| polite (masen deshita) | よりませんでした |
| Te form | よって |
| Potential | よれる |
| Passive | よられる |
| Causative | よらせる |
| Causative passive | よらせられる・よらされる |
| Conditional (ba) | よれば |
| tara | よったら |
| Volitional | よろう |
| polite (mashou) | よりましょう |
| Imperative | よれ |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related依拠いきょWrittenLiterary synonym of 依る; it stresses resting on something as a basis — typically sources or authorities — and is used chiefly as 依拠する, with に marking what is relied on.
Choose 依る, typically in the pattern 〜によって, for general statements of cause or dependence; reserve the literary 依拠 for formal writing that stresses grounding in sources or authorities.
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