- 有り得る
- ありうる
to be possible
to be likely
to be probable* * *Iありうる【有り得る】possible; probable; likely.●ありうること a possibility; a probability; a likelihood.
●それは大いにありうることだ. That is highly probable. | That is a real possibility.
・彼にだって時には失敗もありうる. Even he can fail [make a mistake] sometimes.
II・どうしてそんなことがあり得よう. How can it be?
ありえる【有り得る】=ありうる.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.