Word details
あり
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word あり.
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Entry
1
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Common noun
existing (at the present moment)
Examples
壁に耳あり障子に目あり。
Walls have ears, shouji have eyes.
2
Colloquial; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
alright; acceptable; passable
3
Formal or literary term; Irregular ru verb, plain form ends with -ri; Intransitive verb
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
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