ある
Frequency rank: 29.
- a certain ...; some ...word usually written using kana alone
pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
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- a certain ...; some ...
This meaning is used to refer to an unspecified or particular item, person, or place. It often indicates that there is a specific instance of something that may or may not be defined further.
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Pac-Man, when a certain condition is reached, can counter attack and eat the monsters chasing him.
Only in novels do you find individuals who live out their whole life with unvarying character.
Recently my haemorrhoids, which I've had from before, are painful.
There was a time, one evening, when I stood on top of that hill.
The other day, a water quality inspection was carried out at our house. We had it done by a certain famous company's Environment Analysis Center or some such name.
A fund was set up with a view to preserving our endangered planet.
A writer, whose name I have forgotten, wrote this novel.
What she means is reasonable in a certain sense.