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有る ある N3

  1. to be; to exist; to live
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to come about; to happen
  6. to be (something unchanged in its current state); to exist (in a completed state)

有るか無きか あるかなきか

  1. so slight as to be all but non-existent

有るだけ あるだけ

  1. all that one has; all that there is; the whole

有るべき あるべき

  1. desirable; goal; ideal; target; the way something should be

有るまじき あるまじき

  1. improper; unbecoming; unworthy

有る無し あるなし

  1. presence or absence; whether something happens or not; whether something is there or not

由有る よしある

  1. of noble birth; of rank

花も実も有る はなもみもある

  1. to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive; to have both the looks and the substance

御座有る ござある

  1. to be; to exist
  2. to come; to go
  3. to be (doing)

事 こと N4

  1. matter; thing
  2. crisis; event; incident; occurrence; something serious; trouble
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. affair; business; work
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
  6. nominalizing suffix
  7. playing make-believe ...; pretending to ...
  8. alias; also known as; or; otherwise known as
  9. necessity; need
  10. I advise that you ...; it's important to ...; you should ...
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