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いる

N2

to be (animate beings)

iru

Quiz
JLPT
N2
Frequency
#25

Meanings

  1. 1
    to be (of animate objects); to existru-verbintransitive
  2. 2
    to stayru-verbintransitive
  3. 3
    to be ...-ingauxiliary verbru-verb

JMdict 1577980

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~masu)
います
います
Polite Past (~mashita)
いました
いました
Polite Negative (~masen)
いません
いません
Plain Negative (~nai)
いない
いない
Te-form (Connecting)
いて
いて
Plain Past (~ta)
いた
いた
Potential (Can do)
いられる
いられる

In a sentence

うさぎrabbitがいるthere is

There's a rabbit

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