従じゅう属ぞく

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'.

• この国くには経けい済ざい的てきに大たい国こくに従じゅう属ぞくしている。

  This country is economically subordinate to the major powers.

• 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.