に基づいて and を基にする
Please check the もと page first.
に基づいて
Basis for
に基づいて indicates the thing used as the basis for something else.
Typically this is truth, reality, or experience.
Examples
- 事実に基づいている – Based on reality.
- 推測に基づいている – Based on an assumption.
- 経験に基づいて推測する – Guess based on experience
- 古代ギリシャの文化に基づいて立てた町だ – A village based on ancient Greek culture (Design).
- 実話に基づいた映画. – A movie based on a true story.
- 親の考えに基づいた教育が行われる – Education based on the thoughts of the parents.
を基にする
Based on
を基にする means the same thing as に基づいて.
Can be translated as “From” most of the time.
For more information on the difference (does it even exist?) see below.
Examples
- 彼のアイデアを基に作られた – Made based on his idea.
- 経験を基にアドバイスする – Give advice based on experience.
- 本を基にして作られた – Made based on a book.
- ひらがなは漢字を基にして作られた- Hiragana was made based on Kanji.
- データを基にレポートを作成する – Create a report based on data.
Comparison
を基にする – Based on/Coming From
に基づいて – Basis for/Guideline for/Built around
The difference between を基にする and に基づいて doesn’t really matter that much most of the time.
Researching answer to this question, a lot of Japanese people find the difference to be “minor” or “none“.
The answers I found include things like this:
- を基にする is the original “base”; which was transformed or changed in some way.
- に基づいて is built upon or around, and is unchanged. it is the basis (guideline) or structure for what comes after.
- を基にする – Theme, Material, Basis from which something was created
- に基づいて – Standard, Foundation on which something was based
- に基づいて is closer to に従って in meaning than を基にする
- に基づいて sounds more formal than を基にする
Although “Changed” and “Unchanged” are in red, this shouldn’t be taken as a hard requirement.
I find that をもとに can most of the time be replaced with “From”, which is not always true for に基づいて.
References/Sources
Hi Native (and all answers below)
Edewakaru (をもとに）
Edewakaru (に基づいて)
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