Keyword
obey
- accompany
- submit to
- comply
- follow
- secondary
- incidental
- subordinate
- Frequency
- #601
- Strokes
- 10
- Grade
- 6
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 942
Readings
ジュウ67%
したが33%
Mnemonic
The tyrant glares at the servant who dares stand still, and the poor wretch laces his running shoes to fetch the antlers on a wall: he must obey.
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Composed of
Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
従う
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow; to observe; to conform to; to yield to; to follow (a person); to accompany; to go with; to go alongside (e.g. a river); …
Godan verb
に従って
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
Expression
追従
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking; servility
Noun
従える
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
Ichidan verb
合従連衡
alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient
Noun