Kanji1 / 10
従 kanji
accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ジュウショウジュ
Kun readings
したがうしたがえるより
Variant forms
從Words with 従
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —従属局tributary station
- —従事者someone engaged in a certain pursuit; practitioner; worker; employee
- —追従者follower
- —従量制metered billing system; usage-based billing system; consumption-based billing system; pay-as-you-go system
- —従属的subordinate; dependent; subsidiary; subservient
- —服従心submissiveness; obedience
- —侍従武官emperor's aide-de-camp
- —従軍記者war correspondent
- —従属変数dependent variable
- —面従腹背pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
- —面従後言pretending to obey someone to his face but badmouthing him behind his back
- —主従関係the relation of master to servant; homage; master-slave relationship
- —絶対服従absolute obedience; complete submission
- —事後従犯accessory after the fact
- —事前従犯accessory before the fact
- —従来技術existing technology; conventional technology; prior art
- —従来農法traditional farming
- —三従兄弟second cousin
- —従属栄養heterotrophy
- —一次従属linearly dependent