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居る (いる): (humble) to be (animate), to exist — Japanese vocabulary

居る is read いる and means "(humble) to be (animate), to exist". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

居る

Reading
いる · iru
Translation
(humble) to be (animate), to exist
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
いるが

Example

教室に先生が居ます。

きょうしつにせんせいがいます。

The teacher is in the classroom.

Kanji in this word

  • 居 — Reside, To Be, Exist

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