How to say "possible" in Japanese

• 可能かのうJLPT N3approx.Common
  na-adjective, nounYour default choice when possible means that something can be done, achieved or realized—hence its further senses practicable and feasible. Reach for it whenever feasibility or capability, not timing, is the question.
  男の子おとこのこへのしつけは可能かのうである。↗

  Boys can be trained to behave.
• 将来的しょうらいてきCommon
  na-adjectiveFor plain possible this is seldom the word you want: its core senses are future and prospective. It fits only when possible means potential in the future—something that may arise or become real later.

Use 可能 for the general sense of possible—something that can be done or achieved; use 将来的 only when possible means prospective, i.e. potential in the future rather than feasible now.

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• 可能かのうpossible
• 将来的しょうらいてきfuture
• ポシブルpossible
• あり得るありうるpossible
• ありうべきpossible
• なし得るなしうるachievable