所しょ有ゆう

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所有する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	所しょ有ゆうする	所しょ有ゆうしない
Polite	所しょ有ゆうします	所しょ有ゆうしません
Past polite	所しょ有ゆうしました	所しょ有ゆうしませんでした
Past	所しょ有ゆうした	所しょ有ゆうしなかった
Te-form	所しょ有ゆうして	所しょ有ゆうしないで
Desire	所しょ有ゆうしたい	所しょ有ゆうしたくない
Potential	所しょ有ゆうできる	所しょ有ゆうできない
Passive	所しょ有ゆうされる	所しょ有ゆうされない
Causative	所しょ有ゆうさせる	所しょ有ゆうさせない
Causative passive	所しょ有ゆうさせられる	所しょ有ゆうさせられない
Volitional	所しょ有ゆうしよう
Polite volitional	所しょ有ゆうしましょう
Imperative	所しょ有ゆうしろ	所しょ有ゆうするな
Conditional	所しょ有ゆうすれば	所しょ有ゆうしなければ
Tara conditional	所しょ有ゆうしたら	所しょ有ゆうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

possession; ownership

Refers to the state of owning something, or the act of taking ownership. Used in legal, business, and everyday contexts.

彼かれは広こう大だいな土と地ちを所しょ有ゆうしている。
He owns a vast tract of land.
所しょ有ゆう権けんの移い転てん手て続つづきを進すすめてください。
Please proceed with the transfer of ownership.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を所しょ有ゆうするto own/possess something
この会かい社しゃは複ふく数すうのビルを所しょ有ゆうしている。
This company owns several buildings.
所しょ有ゆう権けんを主しゅ張ちょうするto assert/claim ownership rights
二人ふたりはその土と地ちの所しょ有ゆう権けんを主しゅ張ちょうした。
Both of them claimed ownership of the land.
〈物もの〉の所しょ有ゆう者しゃthe owner of something
この車くるまの所しょ有ゆう者しゃは誰だれですか。
Who is the owner of this car?

Expressions

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Kanji

所place, extent
有possess, have, exist

Related words· 11

保ほ有ゆう
保有 emphasizes holding or retaining something for a purpose, while 所有 focuses on the legal or factual fact of ownership.
所しょ持じN1
所持 means physically carrying or having something on one's person, whereas 所有 concerns legal ownership regardless of location.
占せん有ゆう
占有 stresses actual control or possession of something (often in legal disputes), while 所有 stresses the formal right of ownership.
持もちN1
所有 is the formal noun for legal ownership, while 持ち is a casual suffix attached to nouns to indicate having or owning something, as in 車持ち.

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領りょう有ゆう
所有 is the general term for owning property or objects, while 領有 refers specifically to holding territory.
持もつN5
所有する is a formal, legal-sounding verb for owning property or rights, while 持つ is the everyday word for having or holding almost anything.
所しょ蔵ぞう
所有 is the general term for owning property of any kind, while 所蔵 specifically refers to holding or housing items, especially in a collection.
所しょ有ゆう権けん
所有 refers to the act or state of possessing something, while 所有権 is the specific legal right that comes with that possession.
有ゆうするN1
所有する specifically means legal or formal 'ownership' of property, whereas 有する is broader and can cover abstract qualities as well as physical things.
帰き属ぞく
所有 simply means owning property, while 帰属 is a more formal legal concept covering not just ownership but also jurisdiction and the attribution or reversion of rights.
有ゆうN1
所有 is the standard word for 'possession/ownership' in everyday and legal usage, whereas 有 appears mainly as a bound form in compounds like 有する.

Don't confuse with

私し有ゆうN1
私有 (しゆう) specifically means privately owned, while 所有 (しょゆう) is the general word for ownership regardless of who owns it, and the similar sound and kanji often confuse learners.
所しょ得とくN1
所有 (ownership/possession) shares the kanji 所 with 所得 but means owning something, not earning income.
固こ有ゆうN1
所有 means legal 'ownership/possession' of something, whereas 固有 describes an intrinsic characteristic that is part of a thing's nature, not something owned.

Word family· 12

所しょ有ゆう主ぬし
owner; possessor
所しょ有ゆう地ち
one's land; one's estate; domain
所しょ有ゆう格かく
possessive case
所しょ有ゆう権けん
ownership; property rights; title
所しょ有ゆう物ぶつ
property; possession; belongings

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所しょ有ゆう者しゃ
owner; possessor; proprietor
人じん民みん所しょ有ゆう
people's ownership; publicly owned
所しょ有ゆう財ざい産さん
property; holdings
政せい府ふ所しょ有ゆう
government property; government-owned
私し的てき所しょ有ゆう
private ownership; private property

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Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 所 (place, abstract nominalizer) and 有 (to have, exist). The combination conveys the idea of 'having in one's place' → ownership.