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    3. 有る

    有る

    有ある​

    to be

    N3KMT3News #5+2CoreRef L1Core ConceptsKanji Vocab7 strokes

    在る

    ある

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be, to exist, to live
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    to have
    word usually written using kana alone
    3.
    to be located
    word usually written using kana alone
    4.
    to be equipped with
    word usually written using kana alone
    5.
    to happen, to come about
    word usually written using kana alone

    Auxiliary, Verb

    6.
    to exist (in a completed state), to be (something unchanged in its current state)
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 7

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    ここに本ほんが有ある。

    There is a book here.

    KMT3Core Concepts
    彼かれはたくさんの経けい験けんが有ある。

    He has a lot of experience.

    KMT3Core Concepts
    明あし日たは大たい切せつな会かい議ぎが有ある。

    There is an important meeting tomorrow.

    KMT3Daily LifeWork & Career
    私わたしの家いえには広ひろい庭にわが有ある。

    My house has a large garden.

    KMT3Home & HousingNature & Environment
    その問もん題だいには解かい決けつ策さくが有あるはずだ。

    There should be a solution to that problem.

    KMT4Core Concepts

    Characters that make up this word

    有
    あ.る…(9)
    possess・have・exist・happen・occur…(1)
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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