従属|じゅうぞくjuuzoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectivesubordination; dependency
    子供こどもは親おやに従属じゅうぞくしている。↗
    Children are subject to their parents' rules.
Conjugation
Dictionary form従属する(じゅうぞくする)
Polite (masu)従属します(じゅうぞくします)
Negative (nai)従属しない(じゅうぞくしない)
polite (masen)従属しません(じゅうぞくしません)
classical zu / nu従属せず・従属せぬ(じゅうぞくせず・じゅうぞくせぬ)
Past (ta)従属した(じゅうぞくした)
polite (mashita)従属しました(じゅうぞくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)従属しなかった(じゅうぞくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)従属しませんでした(じゅうぞくしませんでした)
Te form従属して(じゅうぞくして)
Potential従属できる(じゅうぞくできる)
Passive従属される(じゅうぞくされる)
Causative従属させる(じゅうぞくさせる)
Causative passive従属させられる(じゅうぞくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)従属すれば(じゅうぞくすれば)
tara従属したら(じゅうぞくしたら)
Volitional従属しよう(じゅうぞくしよう)
polite (mashou)従属しましょう(じゅうぞくしましょう)
Imperative従属しろ(じゅうぞくしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym依存いぞんNeutralBeing dependent on someone or something else to exist, as in 「依存症」. It stresses reliance and, unlike 「従属」, carries no sense of being under another's control.
  • Antonym独立どくりつNeutralThe antonym: acting on one's own, free from others' restraints. It stands opposite 「従属」, which is about being controlled by and attached to another.
  • Antonym自立じりつNeutralThe antonym: managing on one's own without others' aid. It contrasts with 「従属」, which is about depending on and following another.
  • Antonym主権しゅけんFormalThe antonym at the national level: a state's sovereignty. It contrasts with 「従属」 to another country and stresses the ruling power itself.

Use 「従属」 for being subordinated to and attached under another, as in 「従属国」 and 「従属関係」. For relying on something, say 「依存」; the opposites are 「独立」 and 「自立」, and at the national level, 「主権」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 支配しはいを受うけ、付き従つきしたがうこと。
  2. 付随ふずい・依存いぞんする関係かんけいにあること。
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