Basis, means and cause
～をもとに
based on; using ... as the source or material
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How to form it
- Noun + をもとに(して)
- Noun + をもとにした + noun
Register: Neutral; common in writing
Explanation
Shows the material, data or experience that something new is created from. The thing made is a new work, plan or conclusion.
Focuses on a starting point used to make or decide something, for example a film from a true story or a product from survey data.
Examples
実話をもとに映画が作られた。
じつわをもとにえいががつくられた。
A film was made based on a true story.
調査結果をもとに、新しい商品を開発した。
ちょうさけっかをもとに、あたらしいしょうひんをかいはつした。
Based on the survey results, we developed a new product.
彼の経験をもとに書かれた小説だ。
かれのけいけんをもとにかかれたしょうせつだ。
It is a novel written based on his experience.
Compare with
- ～に基づいて: に基づいて leans on a rule, law or fact that must be followed; をもとに uses a source to create something.
Common mistakes
- Using it for rules or laws that you must follow. に基づいて is more natural there.