I Love Kanji在る (aru)
在る (ある, aru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be; to exist”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ある
- Romaji
- aru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb), irregular negative
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be; to exist; to live · godan verb (irregular), intransitive · usually written in kana · usu. of inanimate objects
- to have · godan verb (irregular), intransitive · usually written in kana
- to be located · godan verb (irregular), intransitive · usually written in kana
- to be equipped with · godan verb (irregular), intransitive · usually written in kana
- to happen; to come about · godan verb (irregular), intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
失礼だが、上記の記事にある３つの誤りを指摘しておきたい。
Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 在る
Godan verb (う-verb), irregular negative. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 在る | ある aru |
| Polite (~masu) | 在ります | あります arimasu |
| Negative | ない | ない nai |
| Polite negative | 在りません | ありません arimasen |
| Past | 在った | あった atta |
| Polite past | 在りました | ありました arimashita |
| Negative past | なかった | なかった nakatta |
| Te-form | 在って | あって atte |
| Passive | 在られる | あられる arareru |
| Causative | 在らせる | あらせる araseru |
| Volitional | 在ろう | あろう arou |
| Imperative | 在れ | あれ are |
| Conditional (~ba) | 在れば | あれば areba |
Kanji in 在る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 在る.
現在げんざいthe present存在そんざいexistence滞在たいざいstay在学ざいがくattending (school, college, etc.)在庫ざいこstock健在けんざいin good health自在じざいbeing able to do as one pleases所在しょざいlocation (of)不在ふざいabsence
Source: JMdict entry 1296400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.