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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

或ある

N3
ある aru
  1. a certain...
  2. some...
pre-noun adjectival

Also written 或る

Chinese meanings

某个;有一个

Examples

  • ある学がく生せいに会あうところです。
    I'm going to meet a certain student.
    我要去见一位学生。
  • ある夕ゆう方がた、一ひと人りの男おとこがやってきた。
    One evening a man came to my house.
    一个傍晚,来了一个男人。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b7185fc1f0'); // 或
{
  "id": "b7185fc1f0",
  "word": "或",
  "reading": "ある",
  "romaji": "aru",
  "meanings": [
    "a certain...",
    "some..."
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adj-pn"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1586840,
  "other_forms": [
    "或る"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ある学生に会うところです。",
      "furigana": "ある{学生|がくせい}に{会|あ}うところです。",
      "en": "I'm going to meet a certain student.",
      "tatoeba_id": 229895
    },
    {
      "ja": "ある夕方、一人の男がやってきた。",
      "furigana": "ある{夕方|ゆうがた}、{一人|ひとり}の{男|おとこ}がやってきた。",
      "en": "One evening a man came to my house.",
      "tatoeba_id": 229774
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "0d00a64b2cd0a863d30bfacbec1d65dffd5efca533bc922d990ea6e2e1c243db",
    "meanings": [
      "某个",
      "有一个"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ある学生に会うところです。",
        "zh": "我要去见一位学生。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "ある夕方、一人の男がやってきた。",
        "zh": "一个傍晚,来了一个男人。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b7185fc1f0",
      "JMdict_e.gz, ent_seq 1586840",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "48e8ae99aa89c5a448514264d9882a15cfe1da4ba866bbb99b4fba2c0f8e8f82"
  }
}