JLPT N3 · な-adjective

有利 (yuuri)

有利 (ゆうり, yuuri) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “advantageous; favourable”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ゆうり
Romaji: yuuri
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

advantageous; favourable; better; stronger · な-adjective, noun
profitable; lucrative; gainful; paying · な-adjective, noun

Example sentences

その証拠は彼に有利であった。

The evidence was in his favor.

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

Conjugation of 有利

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	有利だ	ゆうりだ yuurida
Present (polite)	有利です	ゆうりです yuuridesu
Negative	有利じゃない	ゆうりじゃない yuurijanai
Past	有利だった	ゆうりだった yuuridatta
Negative past	有利じゃなかった	ゆうりじゃなかった yuurijanakatta
Te-form	有利で	ゆうりで yuuride
Before a noun	有利な	ゆうりな yuurina
Adverb (~ni)	有利に	ゆうりに yuurini

Kanji in 有利

有

possess, have, existユウ・ウ・あ.る · 6 strokes

利

profit, advantage, benefitリ・き.く · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 有利.

有るあるto be有名ゆうめいfamous有無うむexistence or nonexistence有効ゆうこうvalid有能ゆうのうable有機ゆうきorganic有料ゆうりょうfee-charging有難いありがたいgrateful有ゆうexistence国有こくゆうnational ownership固有こゆうcharacteristic (of)特有とくゆうcharacteristic (of)所有しょゆうpossession私有しゆうprivate ownership

Source: JMdict entry 1605720 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.