Illustration: Before a school music practice, a teacher checks two open melodica cases placed side by side on a table. Both contain the same instrument, but one molded mouthpiece recess holds its detachable mouthpiece while the other recess is unmistakably empty. The teacher points gently toward the empty space.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

有う無む

umu

presence or absence

Example sentences

  1. 通常つうじょうは注文時ちゅうもんじにニンニクの有無うむを聞きかれる。

    In most shops, the cook asks customers if they want garlic or not when ordering.

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

  2. これに対たいしホテルの場合ばあい、食事しょくじの有無うむは選択せんたくできることが多おおい。

    In contrast, meals are optional at hotels.

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

  3. 怖こわいのはアルコールより肝炎かんえんの有無うむを知しらないことだ。

    What’s scarier is not alcohol but not knowing whether you have hepatitis.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 有無

  • 有possess; haveOnユウ・ウKunある
  • 無nothingness; noneOnム・ブKunない

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