Re: Different flavors of one word

kouji ueshiba wrote:

> "Zhen Lin" <lowzl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:43697d62_1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>>
>> Anyway. Some fossilised usages, as listed by Francis G. Drohan:
>>
>> 有り余る
>> 有り高
>> 有り様
>> 在り処
>> 在り来たりの
>
>
> fossilized ?
> 有り余る 147000hits
> 有り様 310,000hits
> 在り来たりの 11,600hits

Yes, fossilized. It means "preserved usages" -- while you
will usually encounter ある instead of 有る or 在る, you'll
probably encounter 有り余る instead of ありあまる.

Tony

Tony

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