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占有 (せんゆう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
possession ; occupation ; occupancy
Refers to holding, occupying, or taking exclusive control of something, often with a legal or formal nuance. Used for property, land, seats, bandwidth, etc.
占せん
有ゆう
する
許きょ
可か
を
得え
た
。
We got permission to occupy the meeting room.
Kanji 占 fortune-telling, divining, forecasting Similar words 所しょ 有ゆう 所有 focuses on ownership rights, while 占有 emphasizes actual physical control or occupancy, which may or may not coincide with legal ownership.
占せん 拠きょ 占拠 implies taking over a place by force or in protest (e.g., a building sit-in), whereas 占有 is a neutral term for holding or occupying.
Etymology Compound of 占 (sen, 'to occupy') and 有 (yū, 'to possess'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning of holding or occupying something.
