可能|かのうkanou[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjective, nounpossible; potential; practicable; feasible
   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.

• Synonym実行可能じっこうかのうWrittenFor plans and the like that can actually be carried out, as in 「実行可能な計画」. Narrower than 「可能」 and mostly written/formal prose.
• Synonymあり得るありうるNeutralSays something could happen or exist, as in 「十分ありうる話」. It is about possibility, not ability or feasibility.
• Related実際的じっさいてきWrittenWritten/formal: practical and useful in real situations, as in 「実際的な方法」. It stresses being pragmatic, not asking whether something is feasible.
• Related現実的げんじつてきNeutralRealistic and free of wishful thinking, as in 「現実的な案」. 「可能」 only asks whether something can be realized.
• RelatedありそうCasualColloquial: something seems likely to exist or happen, as in 「ありそうな話」. Carries the speaker's own guess.
• RelatedできるNeutralA verb used in everyday speech for what a person can do, as in 「日本語ができる」. 「可能」 mostly says a thing is feasible.
• Antonym不可能ふかのうNeutralThe direct opposite of 「可能」: something cannot be done or will never happen, as in 「不可能に近い」.

Use 「可能」 for whether something can be realized, as in 「実現可能」. Say 「できる」 when a person can do something, 「ありうる」 when something could happen, and 「現実的」 for what is realistic; the antonym is 「不可能」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 実現じつげんできる見込みこみがあること。ありうること。
2. 動作どうさや行為こういができることに関かんする文法ぶんぽう範疇はんちゅう。