拠る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拠
よ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
據る (kyūjitai) 由る 依る

Etymology

Cognate with 寄る (yoru, “to approach”) and 因る (yoru, “to be due to, to be caused by”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よる [yòrú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

拠(よ)る • (yoru) intransitive godan (stem 拠(よ)り (yori), past 拠(よ)った (yotta))

1. to be based on, to depend on, to rely on
2. to be supported by
3. to be caused by

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "拠る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	拠ら	よら	yora
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	拠り	より	yori
Shūshikei ("terminal")	拠る	よる	yoru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	拠る	よる	yoru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	拠れ	よれ	yore
Meireikei ("imperative")	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

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN