います

See also: いる

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) います [ìmáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ima̠sɨ̥]

Verb

Alternative spelling
居ます

います • (imasu) 

  1. polite conjugation of いる (iru, “to be”)

Verb

Alternative spellings
在す
座す

います • (imasu) †yodan

  1. (Classical Japanese, honorific) to come
  2. (Classical Japanese, honorific) to go
  3. (Classical Japanese, honorific) to be

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "います" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) いまさ imasa
Continuative (連用形) いまし imasi
Terminal (終止形) います imasu
Attributive (連体形) います imasu
Realis (已然形) いませ imase
Imperative (命令形) いませ imase
Key constructions
Negative いまさず imasazu
Contrasting conjunction いませど imasedo
Causal conjunction いませば imaseba
Conditional conjunction いまさば imasaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) いましき imasiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) いましけり imasikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) いましつ imasitu
Perfect tense (natural event) いましぬ imasinu
Perfect-continuative tense いませり
いましたり		 imaseri
imasitari
Volitional いまさむ imasamu
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