GRAMMAR DETAIL
次第で
Indicates that the outcome varies according to how a method or condition is determined.
Examples
交渉の進め方次第で、結果は大きく変わる。
The outcome will change greatly depending on how the negotiations are conducted.
Words used
天候次第で、行事の日程を変更します。
We will change the event schedule depending on the weather.
Words used
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
次第で（しだいで）follows a condition or method to indicate that the result varies according to it. - Basic usage:
交渉の進め方次第で、結果は大きく変わる。says that how negotiations are conducted greatly affects their outcome.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Dependence after a noun versus immediacy after a verb
到着時刻次第で予定を変えるchanges a plan depending on arrival time.到着し次第連絡するmeans contacting someone immediately upon arrival;次第after a verb's masu-stem expresses immediacy.
- Ending with shidai da
結果は準備次第だuses次第だat the end to state what the outcome depends on.準備次第で結果が変わるinstead places the condition first and connects it to the following clause.