TAKOBOTO

according to
according to the news

He attributed his success to the good teaching he had received.

According to what my friend said, that movie is very interesting.

According to America's NBC News, Reuters and such news agencies US President Bush is in the process of preparing an anouncement of a new plan for space exploration

The invention of electric light is accredited to Edison.

He estimates that the new house will cost roughly thirty million yen.

The research done by them shows that Americans are not interested in Japan.

According to their opinions, that boy is a very good singer

According to the vice president, the company has yet to receive a contract from a foreign company.

From what I've heard, their marriage is on the rocks.

According to what the doctor said, this illness doesn't seem to be one you can recover from quickly.

According to the report, a third of the patients in this hospital were under 12 years of age.

(person/source) によると (information)
according to (person), (information)

彼によると、明日は雨
According to him, it will rain tomorrow

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Don't get confused with によります [niyotte-2] which means depending on.

天気によっては来る
depending on the weather, I will come

天気予報によると、明日は雨
according to the weather report, it will rain tomorrow

dc

how about: ? niyoruto = "according to.." (eg a person who said something) ? nioujite = according to a certain condition (eg according to how strong you feel... do X or Y). Guess this is more like "depending on/according to (your mood)" can niyoruto be used for the same second meaning? 体力 によると、運動をして下さい。 exercise [according to] your strength

dc

体力によると、is weird.

Miki

I don't think 'nioujite' is that close in meaning.

Amatuka

I agree with Amatuka.

Miki

in response to that tairyoku ni yoruto; how about 体力の限界の内に、どんどん運動をして下さい

Snake

The Japanese is not natural. This would be slight difference but would be better. 体力の限度内（げんどない）で、どんどん運動してください。or できるだけ運動をして下さい。This would be used when a doctor advise a patient how to recover faster.

Miki

First example : によれば is used much as によると, but obviously doesn't have quite the same kana ;-)

Amatuka

hmm, maybe niyoruto: according to a persons statement "according to fred/the news/your mum..." nioujite: according to a condition, or situation "according to your certificate/the rules/whats written here..."

dc

maybe nioujite is more used for measurable items that vary. (your age | air pressure | time of day) nioujite and niyoruto is more reports/information (your friend | the news | that report) ni yoruto ... ?

dc

に応じて means "in step with" or "in response to" and that is quite different from によると, which simply denotes what you are describing is a hearsay.

bamboo4

i would like to ask about the structure of the sentence in which "によると”has the meaning"according to". In vietnam school, i studied its tag is "そうです”or "ようです”and i seached in this webpage but i cann't find it. please explain it to me. thank you very much.

uyen

ex#3342 (by), #3344 (based on) these によると are not "accodring to".

Miki

uyen eg #50 you can also say 友だちの話によれば、あの映画はとても面白いそうです。

Miki

Is it ok to add によれば under the notes/examples as well? (There's currently no entry for it).

nadine

One thing which I've learnt, but never really understood is that: 先生の話によると is correct, but 先生によると is wrong. May I ask if there's any explanation for this?

wribbit