► 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:
- 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
- その可能性は無きにしも非ずだ (なきにしもあらず) ⇨ That possibility is not necessarily zero
- 彼等が勝つ可能性は薄い ⇨ There’s little chance they win
- この技術には果てしない可能性がある ⇨ This technology has limitless possibilities
- 可能性は五分五分だろう ⇨ The chance is fifty fifty
- 勝つ可能性は五分五分だろう ⇨ The possibility of winning is fifty-fifty
- その可能性は事実上皆無だ ⇨ That possibility is practically zero
- 私はその可能性を真剣に考えてみた ⇨ I thought about that possibility seriously
- 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
- その可能性が絶対ないとは言い切れない ⇨ You can’t say definitively that the possibility doesn’t exist
- 彼は他殺された可能性が濃い ⇨ It is more likely he was murdered
- 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
- 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
- 権力は常に暴走する可能性を持っている ⇨ Power always has the possibility of running out of control