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N4 — outside your level filter

られる（可能かのう）

られる（かのう）rareruN4neutral

potential

Same meaning2

can do

All examples4

can do — a person's learned or physical ability

  1. 弟おとうと、もう自転車じてんしゃに乗のれるんだよ。

    otouto, mou jitensha ni noreru n da yo.

    My little brother can already ride a bike, you know. casual

  2. 姉あねは韓国語かんこくごが話はなせる。

    ane wa kankokugo ga hanaseru.

    My older sister can speak Korean. neutral

can be done — the situation allows it, not skill

  1. この美術館びじゅつかんでは、フラッシュなしなら写真しゃしんが撮とれます。

    kono bijutsukan de wa, furasshu nashi nara shashin ga toremasu.

    In this museum you can take photos as long as you don't use flash. neutral

  2. チケットは発売日はつばいびの朝あさ十時じゅうじから購入こうにゅうできます。

    chiketto wa hatsubaibi no asa juuji kara kounyuu dekimasu.

    Tickets can be purchased from ten in the morning on the release date. formal

How it's formed1

Notes

Objects usually shift to が instead of を (ピアノが弾ひける). Casual ら抜ぬき drops ら from G2 potentials (見みれる, 食たべれる), marked in careful writing.