依い存ぞん

also: いそん

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依存する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	依い存ぞんする	依い存ぞんしない
Polite	依い存ぞんします	依い存ぞんしません
Past polite	依い存ぞんしました	依い存ぞんしませんでした
Past	依い存ぞんした	依い存ぞんしなかった
Te-form	依い存ぞんして	依い存ぞんしないで
Desire	依い存ぞんしたい	依い存ぞんしたくない
Potential	依い存ぞんできる	依い存ぞんできない
Passive	依い存ぞんされる	依い存ぞんされない
Causative	依い存ぞんさせる	依い存ぞんさせない
Causative passive	依い存ぞんさせられる	依い存ぞんさせられない
Volitional	依い存ぞんしよう
Polite volitional	依い存ぞんしましょう
Imperative	依い存ぞんしろ	依い存ぞんするな
Conditional	依い存ぞんすれば	依い存ぞんしなければ
Tara conditional	依い存ぞんしたら	依い存ぞんしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

dependence; reliance

Broadly used for depending on something or someone, from economic reliance to emotional dependence. Often appears in compounds like 依存症 (addiction) or 依存関係 (dependency relationship).

彼かれは親おやに経けい済ざい的てきに依い存ぞんしている。
He is financially dependent on his parents.
スマートフォンへの依い存ぞんが問もん題だいになっている。
Dependence on smartphones has become a problem.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの・事こと〉に依い存ぞんするto depend/rely on something
この国くにの経けい済ざいは石せき油ゆに依い存ぞんしている。
This country's economy depends on oil.
〈人ひと〉に依い存ぞんするto be dependent on a person
彼かれは親おやに経けい済ざい的てきに依い存ぞんしている。
He is financially dependent on his parents.
依い存ぞん度どが高たかい／低ひくいto have a high/low degree of dependence
エネルギーの輸ゆ入にゅうへの依い存ぞん度どが高たかい。
The degree of dependence on energy imports is high.
〈物もの・事こと〉に依い存ぞんしすぎるto depend too much on something
スマートフォンに依い存ぞんしすぎるのは良よくない。
It's not good to be overly dependent on smartphones.

Expressions

買かい物もの依い存ぞんcompulsive buying; shopaholicism

Kanji

依reliant, depend on, consequently
存exist, suppose, be aware of

Related words· 14

頼たよるN3
頼る is an active verb meaning 'to rely on' someone for help, while 依存 is a noun describing a state of dependence that can be passive or unhealthy.
依い拠きょ
依拠 is a more formal, often written word for basing something on or relying on a source (e.g. an argument or law), whereas 依存 is broader and covers emotional or physical dependence too.
憑ひょう依い
依存 is the everyday word for dependence in modern Japanese, while 憑依 is a formal, literary term for the same idea with a nuance of being spiritually or ideologically bound.
おんぶN3
依存 is the formal, technical word for dependence, while おんぶ is a casual, image-based metaphor for relying on someone.

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依い存ぞん症しょう
依存症 refers to the clinical, pathological condition of addiction, while 依存 is the general noun for simply relying or depending on something.
依い頼らいN3
依存 is the standard modern word for dependence or reliance, while 依頼 in this sense sounds old-fashioned or overly formal.
甘あまえ
依存 is a neutral, often clinical term for dependence, while 甘え carries the specific emotional nuance of expecting indulgence from someone close, like a parent or superior.
従じゅう属ぞくN1
依存 emphasizes reliance on something for support and often implies an inability to function independently, while 従属 focuses on a hierarchical relationship of subordination.
ぶら下さがるN1
依存する is the neutral, formal word for being dependent on someone or something, whereas ぶら下がる (in this figurative sense) carries a colloquial, slightly negative image of hanging on helplessly.
頼たよりN2
依存 describes a stronger, often negative dependence (as in addiction or over-reliance), whereas 頼り is neutral and can describe a positive, reliable source of support.
よるN3
依存する expresses a stronger, more concrete reliance on something (like depending on aid or a substance), while よる is used more loosely for factors that determine an outcome, as in 場合による.
頼たのみN1
依存 often carries a negative nuance of being unable to function without something, while 頼み is a neutral act of relying on someone.
中ちゅう毒どくN1
依存 simply means 'dependence' on something in general, while 中毒 (addiction sense) implies a stronger, more compulsive fixation.
すがるN1
依存する is a formal, clinical term for dependence, while すがる conveys an emotional, desperate leaning on someone.

Opposites· 7

独どく立りつN3
独立 means 'independence,' the direct opposite of the state of reliance described by 依存.
自じ助じょ
依存 means depending on someone or something else, the opposite of 自助's stance of relying on one's own efforts.
自じ給きゅう
自給 means supplying one's own needs without outside help, while 依存 means relying on others or on external sources for support.

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自じ活かつN1
依存 means relying on someone else for support, the direct opposite of 自活, which means supporting oneself.
離ばなれ
依存 means depending on something, the opposite of 離れ's sense of becoming independent of something.
独ひとり歩あるき
依存 means depending on someone or something, the opposite of 独り歩き's sense of standing independently on one's own.
自じ立りつN2
自立 means standing on one's own without help, whereas 依存 means relying on someone or something else.

Don't confuse with

保ほ存ぞんN3
保存 (to preserve/save) shares the kanji 存 and a similar sound with 依存 (to depend on) but means something completely different.

Word family· 24

依い存ぞん度ど
degree of dependence; dependency rate; reliance
依い存ぞん性せい
dependence; addictiveness
依い存ぞん症しょう
dependence; addiction
共きょう依い存ぞん
codependence; codependency
性せい依い存ぞん
sexual addiction; sex addiction

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依い存ぞん状じょう態たい
state of dependence; dependent state
依い存ぞん関かん係けい
dependency relationship; dependence relationship
文ぶん脈みゃく依い存ぞん
context sensitivity; context-dependent
機き種しゅ依い存ぞん
machine-dependent
環かん境きょう依い存ぞん
environment-dependent; environmentally dependent

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Written forms

依存Usage100%
- いぞん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading いぞん is the most common modern pronunciation.
- いそん
  Alternate reading; less common than いぞん and may sound slightly older or more formal.
イゾンUsage<1%
いそん

Etymology

Composed of 依 (rely on) and 存 (exist, suppose). The word entered Japanese as a Sino-Japanese compound, originally carrying the meaning of 'depending on something for existence'.