〜に応じて (~ni ōjite) — according to / in proportion to (adjusted to fit)
Experience, age, budget, need — adjust to fit whatever it is; the word of job ads and shop notices.
Formula (सूत्र ढाँचा)
Grammar rule (व्याकरण नियम र परिभाषा)
When to use it
- Job-hunting in Japan you will surely see this line in a 求人 (job ad): 「時給は経験に応じて決めます」— the hourly wage is set to match your experience.
- It is a somewhat formal word — perfect for shop notices, e-mail and rules.
Meaning
- 「〜に応じて」(におうじて) = look at what is in front, and change or adjust what follows to suit it.
- Before it always comes something that can differ — 希望・状況・能力・経験・年齢・予算・必要・体力.
- After it, a sentence meaning 'do what fits it / change to fit it': 「ご予算に応じてメニューを決めます」「収入に応じて税金の額が変わる」.
- 「必要に応じてダウンロードしてください」= only when and as much as needed.
How to attach
- Noun bare + に応じて
- Short written form: 「に応じ」(給料は経験に応じ決めさせていただきます)
- Before a noun: 「に応じた N」— 「年齢に応じた本」「能力に応じたクラス」
Versus what you know
- The 「次第で」you just learned says 'this decides the outcome' (天気次第で中止になる — the weather decides).
- に応じて says 'someone adjusts to it' (体力に応じて運動する — tune your exercise to your strength).
- N3「〜によって」(国によって習慣が違う) only says 'it differs'; に応じて says 'it is adjusted'.
- 「〜とおりに」= exactly as; に応じて = only 'to suit'.
Watch out
The noun before it must be something that can vary (体力・年齢・天候), not a fixed thing.
Examples (उदाहरणहरू)
時給は経験に応じて決めさせていただきます。
じきゅうはけいけんにおうじてきめさせていただきます。
The hourly wage will be set according to experience.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 経験 = experience (some have a lot, some a little) → N as it is + 「に応じて」 → then the action adjusted to match: 決めさせていただきます.
お客様のご予算に応じ、いろいろなコースをご用意しております。
おきゃくさまのごよさんにおうじ、いろいろなコースをごよういしております。
We have various courses to suit our customers' budgets.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) ご予算 = budget → 「に応じ」 (the written, short form) → then something prepared to fit the budget: コースをご用意しております.
子どもの年齢に応じた本を選んであげてください。
こどものねんれいにおうじたほんをえらんであげてください。
Please choose books suited to the child's age.
How it is built (कसरी बन्यो) 年齢 = age → it has to go before a noun (本), so 「に応じた」 → 年齢に応じた本 = books suited to the age → then the request.
Knowledge check (मिनी ज्ञान जाँच)
「テストの結果で、能力_応じたクラスに分けられます。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint: Which particle goes with 応じる?
N + に応じた + N. 能力に応じたクラス = a class matched to ability.
Which sentence is unnatural?
💡 Hint: Do 'as needed' and 'everyone, without fail' go together?
What follows に応じて must vary accordingly; 「必要に応じて」clashes with 「全員必ず」.
「体力_運動をしましょう。」— which says 'exercise that suits your strength'?
💡 Hint: 'adjusted to' or 'decided by'? And it sits before a noun.
体力に応じた運動 = exercise adjusted to your strength. 次第で marks what decides an outcome, not an adjustment.
Your score: /3