Grammar
N2 verb-grammar

Depends on 〜次第だ / 〜次第で

Meaning

"It depends entirely on ~".

Formation

Notes

The outcome hangs on that one thing and nothing else. Keep it apart from 〜次第 attached to a verb stem, which means "as soon as" — 着き次第, 分かり次第.

Examples

Whether we go tomorrow depends on the weather.

Breakdown
tomorrow whether we go weather depends on

Whether you succeed depends on your effort.

Breakdown
succeed whether or not effort depends on

The price varies depending on the ingredients.

Breakdown
price materials depending on changes

The outcome is entirely up to you.

Breakdown
result you depends on

Depending on how you use it, it becomes a handy tool.

Breakdown
way of using depending on convenient tool

⚠️ Often confused with

Based on 〜に基づいて

"Based on ~", "in accordance with ~".

Drawing on 〜をもとに(して)

"Using ~ as the material", "based loosely on ~".

According to 〜に応じて

"According to ~", "in response to ~" — varying with the thing named.

In conformity with 〜に即して

"In line with ~", "in conformity with ~ (the facts, the law, the reality)".

Taking into account 〜を踏まえて

"On the basis of ~", "taking ~ into account" — building on established material.