What is the meaning of ある?

to exist, to be, to have

  1. 有る: to exist, be in existence

    有る: to exist, be in existence

    在る: to be at a location; to be located

    有る: to exist, with the existence considered objective and abstract

    有る: to happen, occur; to be performed, carried out

    在る: to be put in a certain location, position or situation

    有る: to have a certain number, amount, size, etc.

    有る: to pass, go by

    有る: to be recognized, be acknowledged

    在る: to depend on, lie in, be influenced by

    在る: to be alive, surviving

    to have

    1. 有る: to be owned, be possessed

      有る: to be owned, be possessed

      有る: to be a characteristic or ability; to be included as a part

      有る: to be felt

      Indicating that something has a particular quality or is in a particular state

      1. Indicating that the result of a certain action or behavior has continued until now.

        Indicating that the result of a certain action or behavior has continued until now.

        Indicating that something is done in advance

        Indicating that the action or effect is currently ongoing.

        Judging that something has a certain nature or state based on its explanation; or simply expressing assertion (see: である (de aru))

        Expressing respect toward the person performing the action

        1 2 As a purely written distinction that exists because of two different Chinese characters (, ) mapping to a single Japanese verb (ある) that covers both concepts (kanbun kundoku), they have been confused since antiquity, as noted at 和習 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia

        Source: wiktionary.org