居る

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
居
い
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 居る – see the following entry.
【いる】
[verb] (of animate objects) to exist, to be
[verb] (of animate objects) to have
[verb] (auxiliary) [with (verb in ren'yōkei +) て (te)]
[verb] used to express the progressive aspect; to be (doing)
[verb] used to express a regular, repeated action
[verb] used to express a state resulting from the action
[verb] (obsolete) to sit
(This term, 居る, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
居
お
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 居る – see the following entry.
【おる】
[verb] (of animate objects) to exist, to be, to have
[verb] (after a transitive verb in the て conjunctive form) to be (doing): indicates a progressive or continuous sense; the verb ending -ておる (-te oru) is often contracted to とる (-toru)
[verb] (Chūgoku, Shikoku, Kyūshū, after a verb in the conjunctive form) to be (doing); a continuous sense; often transformed to よる (yoru)
(This term, 居る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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