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所有 (しょゆう, shoyuu) Japanese meaning: possession | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 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
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ち
を
所しょ
有ゆう
し
て
いる
。
He owns a vast tract of land.
Please proceed with the transfer of ownership.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 所しょ 有ゆう する to own/possess something
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
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
Who is the owner of this car?
Related words· 11 保有 emphasizes holding or retaining something for a purpose, while 所有 focuses on the legal or factual fact of ownership.
所持 means physically carrying or having something on one's person, whereas 所有 concerns legal ownership regardless of location.
占有 stresses actual control or possession of something (often in legal disputes), while 所有 stresses the formal right of ownership.
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.
Show 7 more 所有 is the general term for owning property or objects, while 領有 refers specifically to holding territory.
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.
所有 refers to the act or state of possessing something, while 所有権 is the specific legal right that comes with that possession.
Don't confuse with 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.
所有 (ownership/possession) shares the kanji 所 with 所得 but means owning something, not earning income.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
property; possession; belongings
Show 5 more owner; possessor; proprietor
people's ownership; publicly owned
property; holdings
government property; government-owned
private ownership; private property
