できる

できる · dekiru · JLPT N5 · verb-ichidan

to be able to (to accomplish)

💪 de + kiru: kanji 出来る = come out — a thing comes out done, so you can do it

Written 出来る: 出 (come out) + 来る (come). Originally it meant something emerges or gets finished; from there it came to mean being able to do it. Sound hook: dekiru — the DECK IS ready, so you can play.

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