JLPT N3 · Verb

因る (yoru)

因る (よる, yoru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be due to; to be caused by”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: よる
Romaji: yoru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be due to; to be caused by · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana · esp. 依る, 拠る
to depend on; to turn on · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana · esp. 依る
to be based on; to come from · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana · esp. 因る, 由る
to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana · esp. 拠る

Example sentences

造られたもので、この方によらずできたものは一つもない。

Without him nothing was made that has been made.

Tatoeba #140216

この理由により、著者に関する信憑性は、資料の信憑性に拠っているのである。

For this reason, the credibility of the book's authors rests on the credibility of their sources.

Tatoeba #219209

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 因る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	因る	よる yoru
Polite (~masu)	因ります	よります yorimasu
Negative	因らない	よらない yoranai
Polite negative	因りません	よりません yorimasen
Past	因った	よった yotta
Polite past	因りました	よりました yorimashita
Negative past	因らなかった	よらなかった yoranakatta
Te-form	因って	よって yotte
Potential	因れる	よれる yoreru
Passive	因られる	よられる yorareru
Causative	因らせる	よらせる yoraseru
Volitional	因ろう	よろう yorou
Imperative	因れ	よれ yore
Conditional (~ba)	因れば	よれば yoreba

Kanji in 因る

因

cause, factor, be associated withイン・よ.る・ちな.む · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 因る.

原因げんいんcause要因よういんmain cause

Source: JMdict entry 1168660 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.