ある

Kana: ある

to have; there is

Example sentence

時間があるとき、映画を見ます。

じかんがあるとき、えいがをみます。

When I have time, I watch movies.

What ある means

ある (ある) is a Japanese word meaning “to have; there is”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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