Keyword
obey
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig942
Old form
Readings
(5%)
Composed of
stand still
antlers on a wall
running shoes
Mnemonic

Why are you still standing still? Come on, quickly, put on your running shoes and go fetch my antlers that I've left on the wall in at my old house. What? You don't want to go? You're in no position to question me, you little turd! Obey!

Used in kanji (1 in total)
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Used in vocabulary (162 in total)
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
in accordance with; according to
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
follower; attendant; valet; servant
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
obedience; submission; resignation
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
chamberlain
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
cousin (male)
attendant male servant
subordination; dependency
cousin (elder male)
cousin (younger female)
absolute obedience; complete submission
cousin (female)
the relation of master to servant
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
cousin (elder female)
cousin (younger male)
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
to follow advice; to act upon advice
health care professional; medical worker
orderly; underling
calm; composed; tranquil
to go by the rules; to observe the regulations
previous; former
blind obedience
servile submission; subservience
working exclusively for; working full-time (for)
in accordance with; subordinate to
insubordination; disobedience
submission; resignation
someone engaged in a certain pursuit; practitioner; worker; employee
pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
when in Rome, do as the Romans do
following the lead of; playing second fiddle to; follower
existing (type, form)
dependency; appanage
to follow custom; to conform (convention, tradition, etc.); to toe the line
subordinate; dependent; subsidiary; subservient
second grade of the third rank of honor (honour)
steward; butler; attendant
excessive flattery; adulation
flattery; sycophancy; adulation
accomplice; complicity
servile smile; sycophantic smile; servile laugh; sycophantic laugh
women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (lit.) (campaign) comfort women
emperor's aide-de-camp
second cousin
following advice
second cousin
alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient
be guided by your children when you are old
civil disobedience movement; civil disobedience campaign
waiting upon; attending on; accompanying
to abide by the verdict
acquiescence; passive obedience
existing technology; conventional technology; prior art
therefore; consequently; accordingly
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
younger second cousin
worker; employee; person being employed
board of chamberlains
elder second cousin
accessory after the fact
measured rate system; cost charged by quantity; pay-as-you-go; pay-for-use
lesser (of equal court ranks); lower; junior
subordinate clause
temporary worker; seasonal worker; worker with a fixed term contract of employment
subordinate; secondary
following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right
alliance (esp. originally of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty)
single column (in marching)
(taxation) a specific duty
person doing one job exclusively; full-time worker; full-time union official
ad valorem duty; ad valorem tax
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
secondary cause
second cousin
second cousin
lesser (of equal court ranks); lower; junior
parent's cousin; first-cousin once removed
accessory (thing); appurtenance
full-time trade union officer who remains employed at a company
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental; accessory
pretending to obey someone to his face but badmouthing him behind his back
having presence of mind; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed; with serenity
sycophantic diplomacy; servile diplomacy
accessory before the fact
assembling according to type; collection of items sorted by type
dependent compilation; separate compilation
track and hold unit; track and store unit
charging according to usage
toady; lackey; sycophant; flatterer
to let things end up as they will; to let nature take its course; to make do with what one has
vegetables boiled in miso
first cousin once removed
parallel cousins; ortho-cousins
dependency; appanage
company employee working full-time as a union official
to follow the crowd; to change with the times
Examples (200 in total)
You are to obey your parents.
I'll follow your instructions.
I have no choice but to follow those orders.