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ある
Meanings
Pre-noun adjective
Usually written in kana
1. a certain ...; some ...
Alt. forms
ある
89%
或ある
7%
或ある
3%
Pitch accent
あ
る
Top 900
Used in: 5435
Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to some extent; to a certain extent
a certain ...
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Examples (41 in total)
A girl phoned me.
She did not come for a certain reason.
I'm looking for an old man.
Is that from a book?
Shakespeare is the name of a writer.
This is a story about a cat.
I bought this ring at a certain place.
One evening a man came to my house.
One morning he went for a walk.
Pigs share certain characteristics with human beings.
Some read books to kill time.
The accident happened at a crossroads.
A large animal fled from the zoo.
She works as a secretary in an office.
Women have achieved equality in some areas.
She resembles a popular singer.
A common theme underlies both perspectives.
He bought eggs and milk from a farmer.
There is a curious story about an Englishman.
I supported his proposal with certain conditions.
This article was written by a college professor.
One morning, she unexpectedly met him on the street.
The old cottage has a certain charm about it.
Some flowers bloom in spring and others in autumn.
A foreigner asked me where the station was.
It happened that I sat next to her at a meeting.
We usually met at a certain place in the city.
The law prescribes certain penalties for this offence.
He bought an English book at a bookstore.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year.
One night a merchant was walking up the slope on his way home.
When Kate played a minor part in a movie, her acting was criticized.
I have a lot of flowers. Some are red and some are yellow.
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One hot summer afternoon, John and Dan were cutting the long grass.
A woman lost her driver's license while she was shopping the other day at a department store.
Dr. Hawking had almost finished writing a book.
On a rainy morning he left his house early so as to be in time for school.
The third star belonged to a certain king.
The diamond was discovered by a boy in 1873.
According to a survey, 1 billion people are suffering from poverty in the world.