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従属 (じゅうぞく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
subordination ; dependency
Describes a relationship where one entity is subordinate to or dependent on another. Used in political, social, economic, and grammatical contexts. As a suru-verb, it means 'to be subordinate to' or 'to depend on'.
従じゅう 属ぞく 節せつ は 主しゅ 節せつ に 意い 味み 的てき に 依い 存ぞん する 。
A subordinate clause depends semantically on the main clause.
Kanji 従 accompany, obey, submit to 属 belong, genus, subordinate official Similar words 依い 存ぞん 依存 emphasizes reliance or dependence for support, often with a nuance of being unable to function independently. 従属 focuses more on a hierarchical relationship of subordination.
服ふく 従じゅう 服従 implies obedience or submission to authority, often with a stronger sense of yielding to control. 従属 is broader, covering structural dependency without necessarily implying active obedience.
Etymology From Middle Chinese-derived elements 従 (follow, obey) and 属 (belong, be subordinate). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the compound has been used in Japanese to express subordination since at least the early modern period.
