"可能" meaning in Japanese

See 可能 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ka̠no̞ː]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=かのう}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{ja-adj|かのう|infl=na}} 可(か)能(のう) • (kanō) -na (adnominal 可(か)能(のう)な (kanō na), adverbial 可(か)能(のう)に (kanō ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=かのう|lemma=可能|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 可能 [canonical] (ruby: (), (のう)), kanō [romanization], 可能な [adnominal] (ruby: (), (のう)), 可能に [adverbial] (ruby: (), (のう)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 可能だろ [imperfective, stem], かのうだろ [imperfective, stem], kanō daro [imperfective], 可能で [continuative, stem], かのうで [continuative, stem], kanō de [continuative], 可能だ [stem, terminative], かのうだ [stem, terminative], kanō da [terminative], 可能な [attributive, stem], かのうな [attributive, stem], kanō na [attributive], 可能なら [hypothetical, stem], かのうなら [hypothetical, stem], kanō nara [hypothetical], 可能であれ [imperative, stem], かのうであれ [imperative, stem], kanō de are [imperative], 可能ではない [informal, negative], 可能じゃない [informal, negative], かのうではない [informal, negative], かのうじゃない [informal, negative], kanō de wa nai [informal, negative], kanō ja nai [informal, negative], 可能だった [informal, past], かのうだった [informal, past], kanō datta [informal, past], 可能ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 可能じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], かのうではなかった [informal, negative, past], かのうじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], kanō de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], kanō ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 可能です [formal], かのうです [formal], kanō desu [formal], 可能ではありません [formal, negative], 可能じゃありません [formal, negative], かのうではありません [formal, negative], かのうじゃありません [formal, negative], kanō de wa arimasen [formal, negative], kanō ja arimasen [formal, negative], 可能でした [formal, past], かのうでした [formal, past], kanō deshita [formal, past], 可能ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 可能じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], かのうではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], かのうじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], kanō de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], kanō ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 可能で [conjunctive], かのうで [conjunctive], kanō de [conjunctive], 可能なら(ば) [conditional], かのうなら(ば) [conditional], kanō nara (ba) [conditional], 可能だったら [conditional, past], かのうだったら [conditional, past], kanō dattara [conditional, past], 可能だろう [volitional], かのうだろう [volitional], kanō darō [volitional], 可能に [adverbial], かのうに [adverbial], kanō ni [adverbial], 可能さ [noun-from-adj], かのうさ [noun-from-adj], kanōsa [noun-from-adj]
  1. possible Synonyms (possible): ありうる (ariuru), 起こりうる (okoriuru)
    Sense id: en-可能-ja-adj-xHc9ry5q Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 15 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 37 0 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 26 20 26 Disambiguation of 'possible': 90 10
  2. feasible
    Sense id: en-可能-ja-adj-IIoSKL-d Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 15 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 26 20 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: できる (dekiru) Derived forms: 可能性: (kanōsei) (ruby: (), (のう), (せい)) (english: possibility, feasibility)

Noun

IPA: [ka̠no̞ː] Forms: 可能 [canonical] (ruby: (), (のう)), kanō [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese compound 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=かのう}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{ja-noun|かのう}} 可(か)能(のう) • (kanō)
  1. possibility, good chance
    Sense id: en-可能-ja-noun-b46bigDv Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 15 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 37 0 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 26 20 26
  2. feasibility
    Sense id: en-可能-ja-noun-rPeyiRxz Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 15 21 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 27 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 37 0 32 32 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 26 20 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 27 26 20 26
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "impossible",
      "roman": "arienai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ありえない, 不可能"
    },
    {
      "english": "inevitable",
      "roman": "hitsuzenteki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "必",
          "ひつ"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "的",
          "てき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "必然的"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "possibility, feasibility",
      "roman": "kanōsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "可能性:"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "かのう"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese compound 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "可能",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能な",
      "roman": "kanō na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能に",
      "roman": "kanō ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanōsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かのう",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "可(か)能(のう) • (kanō) -na (adnominal 可(か)能(のう)な (kanō na), adverbial 可(か)能(のう)に (kanō ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "かのう",
        "lemma": "可能",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 15 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 26 20 26",
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 26 20 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 0 32 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 26 20 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 26 20 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "possible"
      ],
      "id": "en-可能-ja-adj-xHc9ry5q",
      "links": [
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "roman": "ariuru",
          "sense": "possible",
          "word": "ありうる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "roman": "okoriuru",
          "sense": "possible",
          "word": "起こりうる"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 15 21 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "28 26 20 26",
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          "_dis": "27 26 20 26",
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      "id": "en-可能-ja-adj-IIoSKL-d",
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    {
      "other": "かのー"
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      "ipa": "[ka̠no̞ː]"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "dekiru",
      "word": "できる"
    }
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}

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  "antonyms": [
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          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ],
        [
          "必",
          "ひつ"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "的",
          "てき"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
      "word": "不可能: impossible; 必然的"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "infeasibility",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
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    }
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        "3": "-",
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese compound 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”).",
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    {
      "form": "可能",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
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          "能",
          "のう"
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          "_dis": "42 15 21 21",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "28 26 20 26",
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        {
          "english": "possible",
          "roman": "kanō no",
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              "かのう"
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          "text": "可能の",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-可能-ja-noun-b46bigDv",
      "links": [
        [
          "possibility",
          "possibility"
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        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "_dis": "27 26 20 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 26 20 26",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 0 32 32",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "28 26 20 26",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 26 20 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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      "id": "en-可能-ja-noun-rPeyiRxz",
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      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "かのー"
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      "ipa": "[ka̠no̞ː]"
    }
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}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "impossible",
      "roman": "arienai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
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        [
          "可",
          "か"
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        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "english": "inevitable",
      "roman": "hitsuzenteki",
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        [
          "必",
          "ひつ"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "的",
          "てき"
        ]
      ],
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    }
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    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
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    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "possibility, feasibility",
      "roman": "kanōsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ],
        [
          "性",
          "せい"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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        "3": "-",
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      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese compound 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "可能",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
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    {
      "form": "kanō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能な",
      "roman": "kanō na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能に",
      "roman": "kanō ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "可能さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "かのうさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanōsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "かのう",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "可(か)能(のう) • (kanō) -na (adnominal 可(か)能(のう)な (kanō na), adverbial 可(か)能(のう)に (kanō ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
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      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "かのう",
        "lemma": "可能",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
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      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "links": [
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "feasible"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feasible",
          "feasible"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かのー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠no̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "dekiru",
      "word": "できる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ariuru",
      "sense": "possible",
      "word": "ありうる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "okoriuru",
      "sense": "possible",
      "word": "起こりうる"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "inevitable; possibility",
      "roman": "fukanō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ],
        [
          "必",
          "ひつ"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "的",
          "てき"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
      "word": "不可能: impossible; 必然的"
    },
    {
      "english": "feasibility",
      "roman": "infeasibility",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "不",
          "ふ"
        ],
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of",
      "word": "不可能:"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "かのう"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese compound 可能 (kha^X nong, literally “may, can + able, ability”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "可能",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "可",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "能",
          "のう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kanō",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "かのう"
      },
      "expansion": "可(か)能(のう) • (kanō)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "possible",
          "roman": "kanō no",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "可能",
              "かのう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "可能の",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "possibility, good chance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "possibility",
          "possibility"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "feasibility"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feasibility",
          "feasibility"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "かのー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka̠no̞ː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "可能"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 可能 meaning in Japanese (11.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "可能"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "可能",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "可能"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "可能",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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