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EtymologyEdit

Alternative spellings
有る
在る
或る
(dated)

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ari.

PronunciationEdit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "ある"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
ある [áꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) あれ [áꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive - - -
Causative - - -
Potential あられる られ [àráréꜜrù]
Volitional あろう [àróꜜò]
Negative ない [náꜜì]
Negative perfective なかった かった [náꜜkàttà]
Formal あります りま [àrímáꜜsù]
Perfective あった った [áꜜttà]
Conjunctive あって って [áꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional あれば れば [áꜜrèbà]

VerbEdit

ある (aruintransitive godan (stem あり (ari), past あった (atta))

  1. to exist (inanimate objects)
    テーブル(うえ)(うえ)()(ばち)あります
    Tēburu no ue ni uekibachi ga arimasu.
    There is a flowerpot on top of the table.
    (なんじ)(さち)あれ
    Nanji ni sachi are.
    I wish you happiness.
    (literally, “May happiness exist with you.”)
    (わたし)(がっ)(こう)花園(はなぞの)あります
    Watashi no gakkō wa hanazono ga arimasu.
    My school has a flower garden.
    2GBある
    2GB mo aru
    an entire 2 gigabytes large
    1. 有る: to have; to exist[note 1]
    2. 在る: to exist in a location[note 1]
    3. 或る, : (prenominal) a certain, one, some
      ある(せい)()()そう()った
      Aru seijika ga sō itta.
      A certain politician said so.
  2. 有る: (of an accident) to happen
    (なに)あったら(れん)(らく)してください
    Nanika attara renraku shite kudasai.
    If anything happens, please call me.

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NotesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 As a purely written distinction that exists because of two different Chinese characters mapping to a single Japanese verb that covers both concepts (kanbun kundoku), they have been confused since antiquity, as noted at   和習#和字 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN