<entry id="1982536" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1004550</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>ことが出来る</keb>
<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>事ができる</keb>
<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>事が出来る</keb>
<ke_pri>spec1</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ことができる</reb>
<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v1;</pos>
<misc>&uk;</misc>
<s_inf>usu. verb+ことが...</s_inf>
<gloss>to be able (to)</gloss>
<gloss>to be possible (to)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2010-09-29 10:30:13" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>paul</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Paul Blay</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_diff>@@ -9,0 +9,1 @@
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;exp;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2010-09-29 12:51:03" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jll</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jean-Luc Leger</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-05-17 16:55:24" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Writing this expression in kanji is common enough to warrant an entry; and it it would also useful for students of the Japanese language - we had a discussion here where somebody got confused because the entry misses the kanji, here:
forum.jisho.org/discussion/2070/help-identifying-kanji-please</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -4,0 +4,3 @@
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;事が出来る&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-05-17 23:11:59" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Ordered on hits. Yes the kanji forms are more common.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +5,8 @@
+&lt;keb&gt;ことが出来る&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_pri&gt;spec1&lt;/ke_pri&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;事ができる&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;ke_pri&gt;spec1&lt;/ke_pri&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
@@ -6,0 +14,1 @@
+&lt;ke_pri&gt;spec1&lt;/ke_pri&gt;
@@ -16,0 +25,2 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;can be done&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;is able to be done&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2015-04-22 17:27:19" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_refs>n-grams (7:1)</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -22,0 +23 @@
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;uk;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2015-04-22 21:32:03" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-06-15 01:14:54" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>Marcus</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Marcus Richert</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Better?</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -24 +23,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;can (do)&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -26,2 +25 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;can be done&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;is able to be done&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to be possible to (accomplish)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-06-16 00:57:13" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Usage is dominated by the "verb+ことができる" pattern, so I think it's worth mentioning that and making it quite general.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>GG5 examples, Tanaka sentences.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -24,2 +24,3 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to be able to (do)&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to be possible to (accomplish)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;s_inf&gt;usu. verb+ことが...&lt;/s_inf&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to be able (to)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to be possible (to)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-06-16 09:21:55" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>