Illustration: On a low table in a Japanese living room sit two identical shallow wooden boxes, both fully open. One contains a single large chestnut; the other is completely empty, with its entire interior visible.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

有ゆう

yuu

existence

Usually appears in contrast with 無 (む). Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 無むから有ゆうは生しょうじない。

    Nothing comes from nothing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 宇宙うちゅうが生うまれた時とき、無むから有ゆうが生うまれた。

    When the universe was born, something came from nothing.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 我々われわれは、無むから有ゆうを作つくり出だすことができるだろうか。

    Can we create something out of nothing?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 有

  • 有possess; haveOnユウ・ウKunある

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