有（う）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: being / existence
Example sentences
- 無から有を生み出す。 — He creates something out of nothing.
- 有と無について考える。 — I think about being and nothingness.
Idioms & proverbs containing “有”
- 有耶無耶 (うやむや) — indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
- 近しき中に礼儀有り (ちかしきなかにれいぎあり) — good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
- 無くて七癖有って四十八癖 (なくてななくせあってしじゅうはっくせ) — every person has their eccentricities
- 三人行けば必ず我が師有り (さんにんゆけばかならずわがしあり) — something can be learned from anyone; if three walk together, I'll have a teacher
- 前途有望 (ぜんとゆうぼう) — promising future
- 有為転変 (ういてんぺん) — mutability (of worldly affairs); fleeting shifts and changes (of human life)
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “有” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)