依存

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Chinese

according to; depend on; near to
according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix
 
exist; deposit; store
exist; deposit; store; keep; survive
 
simp. and trad.
(依存) 		依 存

Pronunciation

Verb

依存

  1. to rely on, to depend on

Japanese

Kanji in this term
依 存
い
Grade: S 		ぞん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Noun

依(い)存(ぞん) • (izon) 

  1. dependency

Verb

依(い)存(ぞん)する • (izon suru) suru (stem 依(い)存(ぞん)し (izon shi), past 依(い)存(ぞん)した (izon shita))

  1. to depend on
    安全保障(あんぜんほしょう)を米国(べいこく)に依存(いぞん)する。
    Anzen hoshō o beikoku ni izon suru.
    We depend on the United States for our security.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "依存する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 依存し いぞんし izon shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 依存し いぞんし izon shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 依存する いぞんする izon suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 依存する いぞんする izon suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 依存すれ いぞんすれ izon sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 依存せよ¹
依存しろ² 		いぞんせよ¹
いぞんしろ² 		izon seyo¹
izon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 依存される いぞんされる izon sareru
Causative 依存させる
依存さす 		いぞんさせる
いぞんさす 		izon saseru
izon sasu
Potential 依存できる いぞんできる izon dekiru
Volitional 依存しよう いぞんしよう izon shiyō
Negative 依存しない いぞんしない izon shinai
Negative continuative 依存せず いぞんせず izon sezu
Formal 依存します いぞんします izon shimasu
Perfective 依存した いぞんした izon shita
Conjunctive 依存して いぞんして izon shite
Hypothetical conditional 依存すれば いぞんすれば izon sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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