JLPT N1 · Noun / suru verb

所持 (shoji)

所持 (しょじ, shoji) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “possession; having (on one's person)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しょじ
Romaji
shoji
Word class
Noun + する (suru verb)
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. possession; having (on one's person); carrying (with one) · noun, suru verb, transitive

Example sentences

海外へ行くのならパスポートの所持が必要です。
If you are going abroad, it's necessary to have a passport.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 所持

Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary所持するしょじする shojisuru
Polite (~masu)所持しますしょじします shojishimasu
Negative所持しないしょじしない shojishinai
Polite negative所持しませんしょじしません shojishimasen
Past所持したしょじした shojishita
Polite past所持しましたしょじしました shojishimashita
Negative past所持しなかったしょじしなかった shojishinakatta
Te-form所持してしょじして shojishite
Potential所持できるしょじできる shojidekiru
Passive所持されるしょじされる shojisareru
Causative所持させるしょじさせる shojisaseru
Volitional所持しようしょじしよう shojishiyou
Imperative所持しろしょじしろ shojishiro
Conditional (~ba)所持すればしょじすれば shojisureba

Kanji in 所持

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 所持.

Source: JMdict entry 1343250 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.