ある

Frequency rank: 29.
    pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
  1. a certain ...; some ...word usually written using kana alone
Forms
  • あるFrequency rank: 29.
  • る【ある】
  • 【ある】
Generated definitions (experimental)
  1. a certain ...; some ...
    2. 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.
    One day, I met him.
    In a certain town, interesting people live.
Generated collocations (experimental)
a certain thingone time; at a certain timeone day; on a certain dayin a certain senseto some extenta certain placea certain persona certain significancea certain situationthe ideal form; the proper state
Example sentences
273 results
1. ぱっくまんパックマン、。
Pac-Man, when a certain condition is reached, can counter attack and eat the monsters chasing him.
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2. 。
Only in novels do you find individuals who live out their whole life with unvarying character.
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3. 、。
Recently my haemorrhoids, which I've had from before, are painful.
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4. 。
There was a time, one evening, when I stood on top of that hill.
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5. 。。
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.
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6. 。
A common theme underlies both perspectives.
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7. 、。
A fund was set up with a view to preserving our endangered planet.
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8. 、。
A writer, whose name I have forgotten, wrote this novel.
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9. 、、。
Poverty is, in a sense, a blessing.
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10. 。
She did not come for a certain reason.
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11. 。
She resembles a popular singer.
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12. 。
She was borne away by an impulse.
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13. 。
She works as a secretary in an office.
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14. 。
She keeps company with a foreign student.
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15. 。
What she means is reasonable in a certain sense.
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16. 。
What she says is right in a sense.
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17. 。
What she wrote is true in a sense.
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18. 。
What she wrote is true in a sense.
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19. 。
They first met on a summer afternoon.
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20. 、。。
There was some monkey business going on when they were negotiating that last contract; money passed under the table.
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