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乗じる (joujiru) Japanese meaning: take advantage of | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Conjugation 乗じる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 乗じょう じる 乗じょう じない Polite 乗じょう じます 乗じょう じません Past polite 乗じょう じました 乗じょう じませんでした Past 乗じょう じた 乗じょう じなかった Te-form 乗じょう じて 乗じょう じないで Desire 乗じょう じたい 乗じょう じたくない Potential 乗じょう じられる also 乗じょう じれる 乗じょう じられない also 乗じょう じれない Passive 乗じょう じられる 乗じょう じられない Causative 乗じょう じさせる 乗じょう じさせない Causative passive 乗じょう じさせられる 乗じょう じさせられない Volitional 乗じょう じよう Polite volitional 乗じょう じましょう Imperative 乗じょう じろ 乗じょう じるな Conditional 乗じょう じれば 乗じょう じなければ Tara conditional 乗じょう じたら 乗じょう じなかったら
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He took advantage of the confusion and ran away.
Attack by taking advantage of an opening in the opponent's defense.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 乗じょう じる to take advantage of (a situation)
He took advantage of the chaos to flee the store.
〈 数かず 〉 に 〈 数かず 〉 を 乗じょう じる to multiply one number by another
Multiplying 3 by 5 gives 15.
隙すき に 乗じょう じる to take advantage of an opening/gap in someone's guard
The thief broke in by taking advantage of a moment when the resident was off guard.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 弱よわ みに 乗じょう じる to exploit someone's weakness
Expressions 機き に 乗じょう じる take advantage of an opportunity; seize the chance Kanji 乗 ride, power, multiplication Related words· 6 利用する is the neutral, general verb for 'use/utilize', while 乗じる carries a stronger sense of opportunistically exploiting a situation.
掛ける is the everyday verb for multiplication, whereas 乗じる is a formal, mathematical-register synonym rarely used in casual speech.
付け込む specifically means to take advantage of someone's weakness or carelessness, matching the exploitative nuance of 乗じる in informal contexts.
悪用する means to misuse or abuse something for bad purposes, a stronger and more explicitly negative word than 乗じる.
Show 2 more 乗じる and 乗ずる share the same meanings and kanji, but 乗じる is the common modern ichidan form while 乗ずる is a more formal, literary sahen variant.
乗じる is a literary verb meaning to seize and exploit an opportunity, while 便乗 is the everyday noun for jumping on someone else's bandwagon.
Etymology Derived from the kanji 乗 (ride, take advantage of) combined with the verb suffix じる. The mathematical sense is an extension of the idea of 'multiplying upon' something.
The scammer swindled money by exploiting elderly people's weaknesses.
