いる
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いる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, kanji 居る, romaji iru)
- (of animate objects) to exist, to be
- (of animate objects) to have
- (after a verb in the conjunctive form) to be (doing); indicates a progressive or continuous sense
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Conjugation of "居る"
| Stem forms | Imperfective (未然形) | 居 | い | i |
| Continuative (連用形) | 居 | い | i | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 居る | いる | iru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 居る | いる | iru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 居れ | いれ | ire | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 居よ¹ 居ろ² |
いよ¹ いろ² |
iyo¹ iro² |
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| Key constructions | Passive | 居られる | いられる | irareru |
| Causative | 居させる 居さす |
いさせる いさす |
isaseru isasu |
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| Potential | 居られる 居れる³ |
いられる いれる³ |
irareru ireru³ |
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| Volitional | 居よう | いよう | iyō | |
| Negative | 居ない 居ぬ 居ん |
いない いぬ いん |
inai inu in |
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| Negative continuative | 居ず | いず | izu | |
| Formal | 居ます | います | imasu | |
| Perfective | 居た | いた | ita | |
| Conjunctive | 居て | いて | ite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 居れば | いれば | ireba |
- ¹ Written imperative
- ² Spoken imperative
- ³ Colloquial potential
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[edit] Verb
いる (ichidan conjugation, romaji iru)