依存|いぞんizon[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbdependence; reliance
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 依存する(いぞんする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 依存します(いぞんします) |
| Negative (nai) | 依存しない(いぞんしない) |
| polite (masen) | 依存しません(いぞんしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 依存せず・依存せぬ(いぞんせず・いぞんせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 依存した(いぞんした) |
| polite (mashita) | 依存しました(いぞんしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 依存しなかった(いぞんしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 依存しませんでした(いぞんしませんでした) |
| Te form | 依存して(いぞんして) |
| Potential | 依存できる(いぞんできる) |
| Passive | 依存される(いぞんされる) |
| Causative | 依存させる(いぞんさせる) |
| Causative passive | 依存させられる(いぞんさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 依存すれば(いぞんすれば) |
| tara | 依存したら(いぞんしたら) |
| Volitional | 依存しよう(いぞんしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 依存しましょう(いぞんしましょう) |
| Imperative | 依存しろ(いぞんしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym従属じゅうぞくWrittenWritten word for subordination, being under another's control, stressing a status relationship; 「依存」 stresses reliance.
- Synonym頼りたよりNeutralThe person or thing you rely on; 「依存」 is more formal and also covers pathological dependence.
- RelatedよるNeutralA verb meaning to depend on, be decided by, or be based on; 「依存」 stresses relying on something else to exist.
- Related中毒ちゅうどくNeutralMeans poisoning or addiction, with the pathological side in focus; 「依存」 is broader, taking in economic dependence too.
- Related依存性いぞんせいWrittenA written-register noun for the degree or nature of dependence, as in 「依存性が高い」; 「依存」 is the state of depending itself.
- Related常用癖じょうようへきWrittenA written term for habitual addiction; rarely used — 「依存症」 is what people normally say.
- Related耽溺たんできWrittenWritten word for indulging in unhealthy pleasures — drink, women, games — and neglecting daily life; pejorative, while 「依存」 is more neutral.
- Related嗜癖しへきWrittenA written, medical-leaning term for an addiction or craving; 「依存」 is the broader word.
- Antonym自立じりつNeutralStanding on your own without help from others; the direct opposite of 「依存」, which is depending on others.
- Antonym独立どくりつNeutralIndependence — acting by your own power, free of outside control; the opposite of 「依存」 as attachment or dependence.
Use 「依存」 for depending on someone or something, as in 「スマホ依存」 or 「輸入に依存する」. For addiction say 「中毒」, for a person or thing to lean on 「頼り」, for subordination 「従属」, and for standing on your own 「自立」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


