Search Terms: 由*
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Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be due to, to be caused by(usually kana)(esp. 依る;拠る)
2.
to depend on, to turn on(usually kana)(esp. 依る)
3.
to be based on, to come from(usually kana)(esp. 因る;由る)
4.
to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at(usually kana)(esp. 拠る)
Other readings:
よる《拠る》
、よる《依る》
、よる《由る》
noun
1.
reason, significance, cause
2.
piece of information that one has heard, I hear that ..., it is said that ...(only relevant for 由)
Other readings:
因【よし】
、縁【よし】
noun, auxillary suru verb, adverb
•
origin, source, history, derivation, reason, destiny
noun
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brother, lay brother, non-ordained member of a Christian religious order(archaism, usually kana)(early Japanese Christian term)
Other readings:
イルマン《伊留満》[1]
、イルマン《由婁漫》[1]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
adjective
•
having an ancient and honorable origin
Other readings:
由緒ただしい【ゆいしょただしい】
na-adjective
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meaningful, suggestive, seeming to be with a history, seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain(archaism)
Other readings:
由あり気【よしありげ】
noun
•
trivial thing, nonsense
Other readings:
由無し事【よしなしごと】
、由なし事【よしなしごと】