次第 after a noun says that the noun decides how things turn out: "depends on", "is up to". The noun takes 次第 directly, with no particle in between, and at the end of a sentence it is or .
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The result depends on your effort.
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Whether you succeed is up to you.
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It depends on your answer.
A verb comes in as a noun with , "way of doing", or as a question with : , .
次第で in the middle of a sentence
joins the deciding factor to what it decides, and the second half says what changes with it.
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We'll change the plans depending on the weather.
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The result changes depending on how you do it.
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Depending on how you look at it, life can be enjoyable.
次第では
picks out one possible case: depending on the factor, a particular outcome may happen. The second half usually ends in
or
, and the outcome is often one you would rather avoid.
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Depending on the situation, it might be cancelled.
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Depending on the other side's attitude, we may break off the talks.
次第 or によって
says the outcome is different for each case – each shop, each person. 次第 says one factor decides the outcome, and fits a result that hangs on effort or a choice.
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The price differs from shop to shop.
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Whether you pass depends on how hard you work.
After a ます-stem, 次第 means "as soon as" (, "as soon as it arrives"). That is a separate grammar point.
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