N2 grammar · Lesson 17

「に基もとづいて」「に応おうじて」「を中心ちゅうしんに」: what to go by

この映画えいがは、実際じっさいにあった出来事できごとに基もとづいて作つくられている。

「に基もとづいて」: basis; 「に応おうじて」: adjusting; 「を中心ちゅうしんに」: the centre; 「にしたがって」: following instructions. Compare N3 「をもとに」 「によって」.

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In this lesson

  1. 01「に基もとづいて」: based on …
  2. 02「に応おうじて」: adjusting to match
  3. 03「を中心ちゅうしんに」 and 「にしたがって」
  4. 04Compared with similar expressions
  5. 05In conversation and in writing

Practice

  • What does this sentence mean?
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read and answer the questions

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