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いる

Reading: いる

This form has 2 sense entries in the corpus. All shown below.

Sense 1

verb-2

ENto exist (animate)

HIहोना (सजीव)

Section: 28. Verbs - Group 2 (る-verbs) · Pitch: mora=2, drop=0

Common collocations

Examples

JAへやに ねこが います。
ENThere's a cat in the room.
JAそこに ねこが います。
ENThere is a cat there.
JA家に いぬが います。
ENThere's a dog at home.
JAがっこうへ いった。
EN[I] went to school.

Often appears with

n5-003 · n5-013 · n5-016 · n5-019 · n5-031 · n5-034 · n5-041 · n5-048

Sense 2

verb-1

ENto need (Group 1 exception - looks like Group 2; homophone of existence-いる which is Group 2)

HIहोना (सजीव)

Section: 30. Verbs - Existence and Possession · Pitch: mora=2, drop=0

Common collocations

Examples

JAへやに ねこが います。
ENThere's a cat in the room.
JAがっこうへ いった。
EN[I] went to school.
JAこれは いりますか。いいえ、いりません。
ENDo you need this? — No, I don't need it.

Often appears with

n5-016 · n5-019 · n5-031 · n5-034 · n5-041 · n5-048 · n5-059 · n5-061