乗じる|じょうじるjoujiru[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, transitive verbto take advantage of; to follow blindly
    I took advantage of an opportunity.
  2. ichidan verb, transitive verb, mathto multiply
Conjugation
Dictionary form乗じる(じょうじる)
Polite (masu)乗じます(じょうじます)
Negative (nai)乗じない(じょうじない)
polite (masen)乗じません(じょうじません)
classical zu / nu乗じず・乗じぬ(じょうじず・じょうじぬ)
Past (ta)乗じた(じょうじた)
polite (mashita)乗じました(じょうじました)
Past negative (nakatta)乗じなかった(じょうじなかった)
polite (masen deshita)乗じませんでした(じょうじませんでした)
Te form乗じて(じょうじて)
Potential乗じられる(じょうじられる)
Passive乗じられる(じょうじられる)
Causative乗じさせる(じょうじさせる)
Causative passive乗じさせられる(じょうじさせられる)
Conditional (ba)乗じれば(じょうじれば)
tara乗じたら(じょうじたら)
Volitional乗じよう(じょうじよう)
polite (mashou)乗じましょう(じょうじましょう)
Imperative乗じろ(じょうじろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym乗ずるじょうずるWrittenLiterary synonym of 乗じる, identical in its senses of taking advantage of an opportunity, following another's lead, and multiplying. Best suited to formal or literary writing.

The two verbs are interchangeable in sense—taking advantage of an opening, following someone's lead, or multiplying—but 乗ずる has a literary register, so default to 乗じる and reserve 乗ずる for formal or literary prose.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 〔乗り物のりものに〕乗のる。
  2. 〔数字すうじに数字すうじを〕掛かける。乗算じょうざんする。
  3. (「~に乗じょうじる」の形かたちで)~を利用りようする。便乗びんじょうする。
  4. (「~に乗じょうじる」の形かたちで)すっかり~という気持きもちになる。~という気持きもちになって、その勢いきおいに任まかせる。
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