Tonada

Japanese word

可能性

かのうせい
In your course · Chapter 23
Part of speech
noun
Level
B1

Meanings

  1. possibility
  2. chance
  3. likelihood
  4. probability
  5. potential
  6. potentiality
  7. promise
  8. possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))

Kanji

  • 可
    On reading:
    カ、コク
    Kun reading:
    -べ.き、-べ.し
    Meanings:
    can, passable, approval
  • 能
    On reading:
    ノウ
    Kun reading:
    あた.う、よ.く
    Meanings:
    ability, talent, skill, capacity
  • 性
    On reading:
    ショウ、セイ
    Kun reading:
    さが
    Meanings:
    sex, gender, nature

Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))

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