JLPT N3 · Verb

基づく (motozuku)

基づく (もとづく, motozuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be based (on); to be founded (on)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: もとづく
Romaji: motozuku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be in accordance (with) · godan verb, intransitive
to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from); to originate (in) · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

この物語は事実に基づいている。

This story is founded on fact.

Tatoeba #219938

彼らの争いは誤解に基づくものだ。

The dispute between them is due to a misunderstanding.

Tatoeba #98455

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

Conjugation of 基づく

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	基づく	もとづく motozuku
Polite (~masu)	基づきます	もとづきます motozukimasu
Negative	基づかない	もとづかない motozukanai
Polite negative	基づきません	もとづきません motozukimasen
Past	基づいた	もとづいた motozuita
Polite past	基づきました	もとづきました motozukimashita
Negative past	基づかなかった	もとづかなかった motozukanakatta
Te-form	基づいて	もとづいて motozuite
Potential	基づける	もとづける motozukeru
Passive	基づかれる	もとづかれる motozukareru
Causative	基づかせる	もとづかせる motozukaseru
Volitional	基づこう	もとづこう motozukou
Imperative	基づけ	もとづけ motozuke
Conditional (~ba)	基づけば	もとづけば motozukeba

Kanji in 基づく

基

fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machinesキ・もと・もとい · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 基づく.

基もとorigin基本きほんbasics基準きじゅんstandard基礎きそfoundation基地きちbase (military, expedition, etc.)基盤きばんbase基金ききんfund

Source: JMdict entry 1605270 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.