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準じる

じゅんじる

to conform to, to apply correspondingly

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Examples

  1. 正社員に準じた待遇だ。

    せいしゃいんにじゅんじたたいぐうだ。

    The treatment is equivalent to that of regular employees.

  2. 料金は大人に準じる。

    りょうきんはおとなにじゅんじる。

    The fee is the same as for adults.

  3. この場合も前例に準じて処理してください。

    このばあいもぜんれいにじゅんじてしょりしてください。

    Please handle this case too in line with precedent.

Common patterns

～に準じる
to be treated as equivalent to
準じた扱い
equivalent treatment
前例に準じる
to follow precedent

Memory tip

The 準 of 準決勝 means 'quasi-', and that is the idea here: something is not the reference case but is handled as if it were. Regulations use it to extend one rule to a neighbouring situation.

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