► 名詞
可能性 [かのうせい] meaning: possible rank: 2
☆ それが成功する可能性は低い ⇨ Its possibility of success is low
☆ 可能性に満ちた若者 ⇨ Young people full of possibilities
☆ 堤防が決壊する可能性が有る ⇨ There is a possibility that the levee will break
More examples:
- チームは彼のトレードの可能性は無いと明言した ⇨ The team explicitly mentioned there was no possibility of trading him
- 彼は他殺された可能性が濃い ⇨ It is more likely he was murdered
- 両社は合併する可能性が濃厚になった ⇨ The possibility has become strong, it has become very likely, that the two companies will merge
- 勝つ可能性は五分五分だろう ⇨ The possibility of winning is fifty-fifty
- そうなる可能性が全く無いという訳ではない ⇨ It is not that there is zero possibility for that to happen
- この技術は世界を変える可能性を秘めている ⇨ This technology has the potential to change the world
- 彼は新しい可能性を求めて海外に移住した ⇨ He emigrated to a foreign country looking for new opportunities
- 十チームに未だ優勝の可能性のある大混戦 ⇨ A close battle where 10 teams still have the possibility to win the championship
- 彼の可能性は無限だ ⇨ His potential is limitless
- その可能性は皆無に等しい ⇨ That possibility is equal to zero
- 汚染の可能性のある食品は全て廃棄処分になった ⇨ All the foods with possibility of the contamination have been discarded
- 安い品を万引きするぐらいは未だ可愛いが、もっと深刻な犯罪行為に発展する可能性がある ⇨ Shoplifting some cheap stuff is not that serious, but it can develop into serious criminal behavior
- 価格は変動の可能性有りと注記されている ⇨ It is noted that the price is subject to change
- 彼等が勝つ可能性は薄い ⇨ There’s little chance they win
- 彼等は競争相手に共同開発の可能性を打診した ⇨ They put out feelers to a competitor about a possibility of joint development