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出来る

できる

N5can do · to be completed

Examples

この作業は一人でも出来る。

駅前に新しい図書館が出来た。

Included kanji

Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 出来る, read できる, can express ability to do something or say that an object or facility has come into existence or been completed.
  • Basic usage: It may state that a task is manageable alone or that a new library has appeared near a station.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Ability and coming into existence
    • It can express the ability to do a task alone or the result of a new library coming into existence. The second example does not identify who built it.

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