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1

（＝服従する）to obey （one）; to submit to （authority）; to yield to （persuasion）; to bow to （fate）; to bend to （another's will）; to give in to （one's views）; to defer to （superior judgment）; to abide by （one's decision）; to comply with （one's wishes）

用例

• 上に従う
  to submit to authority

• 運命に従う（しかたがないと諦める）
  to bow to Fate―bend to Fate―submit to necessity―abide by the inevitable
• 人の心に従う（我を折る）
  to bend to another's will
• 妻は夫に従う
  The wife should bend to her husband's will.
• 女は家に在りては父に従い、嫁しては夫に従い、老いては子に従う
  A woman should, when at home, obey her father; when married, obey her husband, and, when old, obey her son.
• 人の意見に従う
  to bow to one's opinion―yield to one's views―give in to one's views―defer to one's superior judgment
• 君がそう言わるるならご意見に従わざるを得ぬ
  If you say so, I must bow to your opinion―defer to your superior judgment.
• 人の勧めに従う
  to yield to persuasion
• 人の意に従う
  to comply with one's wishes
• 仲裁をお願い申した以上はご決定に従います
  Since we have referred the matter to your arbitration, we shall submit to your decision―abide by your decision.
• 九州の諸族中にはまだ彼に従わざるものありき
  The tribes of Kyushu had not all submitted to him.

2

（＝遵奉する）to obey （orders）; to observe （the law）; to act upon （a rule）; to comply with （the regulations）; to be subject to （the law）

用例

• 命令に従う
  to obey orders

• 貴命に従います
  I will obey you
  You shall be obeyed
  Your word shall be law to me.
• 貴命に従い早速上京可仕候
  I shall come town without delay in obedience to your wishes.
• 子は親の命に従うべきものである
  Children should obey their parents.
• 只命これ従う
  to be at one's beck and call
• 彼らは長官に只命これ従うだ
  They are at the beck and call of their chief.
• 法律に従う
  to obey the laws―observe the law
• 我々は国法に従わねばならぬ
  We must obey the laws of the land
  We are subject to the laws of the land.
• 天地間に自然の法則に従わぬものは無い
  Everything in the universe is subject to the laws of nature.
• 法則に従う
  to observe a rule―act upon a rule comply with the regulations
• ご規則に従いました
  The regulations have been complied with.
• ご規則に従って万事を整えました
  Everything has been arranged in accordance with the regulations.
• 僕はこの主義に従う、この金言に従う
  I act upon this principle―act upon this maxim.

3

（＝追従する）to follow （one's directions）; to pursue （a policy）; to act upon （one's advice）; to conform to （custom）

用例

• 指図に従う
  to follow one's directions

• 寸分違わずお指図に従いました
  I have followed your directions to the letter.
• 忠告に従う
  to act upon one's advice―follow one's advice―take one's advice
• 君はもし僕の忠告に従ったならこんなことになるのではなかったに
  If you had followed my advice, this would not have happened.
• 医者の勧めに従って旅行に出かけます
  On my doctor's advice, I am about to start on a journey.
• 世の習慣に従う
  to conform to custom
• 世の習慣に従って僕も結婚ということをしてみようかと思う
  I think of marrying in conformity to custom.
• 郷に入っては郷に従え
  conform to the custom of the land 【イディオム・格言的には：】“Do at Rome as the Romans do.”
• 時俗に従う
  to conform to the age
• 水は方円の器に従う
  Water conforms to the vessel.
• 常例に従う
  to follow the common usage
• 己が好むところに従う
  to follow one's bent―go one's own way―have one's way
• 良心（理性）の示すところに従う
  to obey the dictates of conscience―obey the dictates of reason
• 一定の方針に従う
  to pursue a definite line of policy
• 時勢に従う、大勢に従う、世の風潮に従う
  to follow the spirit of the times―swim with the current―go with the stream
• 世に従う
  to live after the world
• 肉慾の欲する処に従う
  to live after the flesh

4

（＝随従する）to follow （one's leader）; to attend on （one's master）; to accompany （a friend）

用例

• 彼は通訳官となって軍に従った
  He followed the army as interpreter.

• 使節に従って欧米に渡った
  He went to Europe and America in attendance on the envoy.
• 大将に従って転戦した
  He took put in various battles under the general.

5

（＝従事する）to follow （a profession）; to pursue （an occupation）; to do （one's work）

用例

• 業に従う
  to follow one's profession―pursue one's occupation

• 楽しんで事に従う
  to do one's work with pleasure