► 名詞
基 [(2)もと] meaning: basis rank: 1
☆ 実験の結果を基に製品に改良を加えた ⇨ We improved the product based on the test results
☆ 小説を基にした映画 ⇨ A movie based on a novel
► 接尾辞
基 [き] meaning: machine rank: 4
☆ この発電所には原子炉が四基ある ⇨ This power plant has four nuclear reactors (☛ The counting word for machinery, typically something standing)
More examples:
- 日本の刑法はドイツの刑法を基にしている ⇨ Japanese criminal laws are based on German criminal laws
- 在日米軍基地 ⇨ The US bases located in Japan
- その安全基準は甘過ぎる ⇨ That safety standard is too lax
- 料理の基本は一通り学んだ ⇨ I’ve covered all the basics of cooking
- この映画は実話に基づいている ⇨ This movie is based on a real story
- 迷った時は基本に立ち返ることが必要だ ⇨ It is necessary to go back to the basics when you lost your way
- 日本語の基礎 ⇨ The basics of Japanese language
- 座標の基点 ⇨ The origin, base point, of the coordinates
- この映画は基づいているという実際の事件とは相当違う ⇨ The movie is quite different from the real incident which is supposedly based on
- 奨学基金 ⇨ A scholarship fund
- 彼等は相手の基地を爆撃した ⇨ They bombed the enemy base
- そのプログラムの基本的な設計は彼が全てやった ⇨ He did all the fundamental designs of the program
- 私は基本的にはその考えに賛成だ ⇨ I agree with the idea in principle. I agree with the fundamental part of the idea
- 民主主義の基盤は脆弱だ ⇨ The foundations of democracy is very brittle and weak
- 基準をもっと上げなくてはいけない ⇨ We need to raise the standard much higher