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得うる

うるuruN2formal

say + can happen

ii uru

can happen; is conceivably possible

meaning: can say

Same meaningRelated

  • 言いう
  • 〜うる
  • 言いいうる

その仮説かせつは理論上りろんじょう、言いいうる。

sono kasetsu wa rironjou, ii uru.

In theory, that hypothesis can say. neutral

「部長ぶちょうが来月らいげつで辞やめるって？そんなのありえないでしょ。」

buchou ga raigetsu de yameru tte? sonna no arienai desho.

Wait, the department head is quitting next month? No way. casual

Same meaning2

can do

All examples3

can happen; is conceivably possible — a written, formal judgment, not personal ability

  1. その仮説かせつは理論上りろんじょう、起おこりうる。

    sono kasetsu wa rironjou, okori uru.

    In theory, that hypothesis can occur. neutral

  2. 「部長ぶちょうが来月らいげつで辞やめるって？そんなのありえないでしょ。」

    buchou ga raigetsu de yameru tte? sonna no arienai desho.

    Wait, the department head is quitting next month? No way. casual

  3. サーバーの負荷ふかが高たかまれば、同様どうようの障害しょうがいが再発さいはつしうる。

    saabaa no fuka ga takamareba, douyou no shougai ga saihatsushi uru.

    If server load increases, a similar failure can recur. neutral

How it's formed1

All forms5

  • 得えずezuliterary

    言いい得えず

    the classical negative on the same える form as 得えない — 判断はんだんし得えず, published and written use only, never spoken

  • 得えぬenuliterary

    言いい得えぬ

    interchangeable with 得えず in older or formal written text (言いい得えぬ魅力みりょく "an indescribable charm")

  • negativeえないenai

    言いいえない

  • pastえたeta

    言いいえた

  • politeえますemasu

    言いいえます

Notes

得うる reads うる or える in the dictionary form. Every other form uses
える only (得えない, 得えた).