See であります on Wiktionary
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"form": "で有りまして",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "でありまして",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "de arimashite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "で有りますれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "でありますれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "de arimasureba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "で有ります",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
},
{
"form": "で在ります",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "phrase",
"2": "で あります"
},
"expansion": "であります • (de arimasu)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "phrase",
"related": [
{
"roman": "arimasu",
"word": "あります"
},
{
"roman": "de gozaimasu",
"word": "でございます"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"attestations": [
{
"date": "from late 1700s",
"references": []
}
],
"categories": [
"Japanese compound terms",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese formal terms",
"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese phrases",
"Japanese polite terms",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with uncommon senses",
"Japanese terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
5,
7
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
2,
7
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
5,
7
]
],
"english": "What is it? → How may I help you?",
"ref": "1800, Sharebon (洒落本): Fūzokutsū (風俗通):",
"roman": "What is it? → How may I help you?",
"text": "なんでありますへ",
"translation": "What is it? → How may I help you?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "de aru",
"word": "である"
}
],
"glosses": [
"polite form of である (de aru)"
],
"links": [
[
"である",
"である#Japanese"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now uncommon and formal) polite form of である (de aru)"
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"formal",
"polite",
"uncommon"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Edo period",
"Meiji period",
"Muromachi period",
"Rangaku"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "であります"
},
{
"ipa": "[de̞ a̠ɾʲima̠sɨ̥]"
}
],
"word": "であります"
}
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