Illustration: Outside a modest detached house in a Japanese residential neighborhood, the homeowner unlocks the gate to a small enclosed garden while carrying pruning shears. Within the fence stand their bicycle, plant pots, and a familiar garden chair; beyond it, neighbors use an open communal play area.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

私し有ゆう

shiyuu

private ownership

Example sentences

  1. 柳やなぎはこうして収集しゅうしゅうした工芸品こうげいひんを私有しゆうせず広ひろく一般いっぱんに公開こうかいしたいと考かんがえていた。

    Yanagi did not think to make his collection of handicrafts private, but wanted to show it to the public.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 仏教ぶっきょうでは本来ほんらい、出家僧侶しゅっけそうりょは財産ざいさんになるような私有しゆう物ぶつを持もつことを禁きんじられており、衣服いふくも例外れいがいではなかった。

    In Buddhism, priests were prohibited from having any private possessions that could have value; clothing were no exception.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. また土地とちの私有しゆうが可能かのうになると、小川荘おがわしょうや桑田荘くわたしょう・矢田荘やだしょうおよび加舎荘かやしょうなどの荘園しょうえんが開発かいはつされた。

    Manors such as the Ogawa-sho, the Kuwada-sho, the Yada-sho and the Kaya-sho were built after private ownership of land was introduced.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 私有

  • 私private; IOnシKunわたくし・わたし
  • 有possess; haveOnユウ・ウKunある

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