所有する

shoyuu suru

verb★Intermediate

formal

To possess or have ownership of something, such as property, assets, or rights.

彼女は多くの不動産を所有している。

She owns many properties.

会社はその特許を所有している。

The company owns that patent.

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This verb is often used in formal or legal contexts to describe ownership.

Collocations

資産を所有するto own assets権利を所有するto own rights土地を所有するto own land

所有権phrase

ownership

所有者phrase

owner

Use 所有する in formal or legal contexts, while 持つ is more casual and common in daily conversation.

In legal documents, 所有する is the standard term for 'to own'.

Derived from the noun 所有 (shoyuu, meaning 'possession' or 'ownership') with the verb する (suru, meaning 'to do').

While 所有する is the most formal and precise way to say 'to own,' the verb 持つ (motsu) is more commonly used in everyday speech for general possession.

所有

possession or ownership

root

する

to do

suffix

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