N31254/1669

もとづく

irregular okuriganagodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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Meanings

  • to be based (on), to be founded (on), to be grounded (on), to be in accordance (with)
  • to be due to, to come (from), to arise (from), to originate (in)

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Example sentences

この研究けんきゅう事実じじつもとづいている

This research is based on facts.

かれ意見いけん経験けいけんもとづくものだ。

His opinion is something grounded in experience.

法律ほうりつもとづいて判断はんだんします。

I will make a judgment in accordance with the law.

その計画けいかくふるいデータにもとづいていないから、見直みなお必要ひつようがある。

That plan is not based on current data, so it needs to be reviewed.

このルールは伝統でんとうもとづくものではなく、あたらしいかんがかたからまれたものだ。

This rule is not grounded in tradition but arose from a new way of thinking.