See である on Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "de nai",
"word": "でない"
},
{
"roman": "de wa nai",
"word": "ではない"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "にて あり"
},
"expansion": "にてあり (nite ari)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "にて"
},
"expansion": "にて (nite)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "で"
},
"expansion": "で (de)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "あり",
"pos": "classical conclusive form"
},
"expansion": "あり (ari, classical conclusive form)",
"name": "ja-r"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ある",
"pos": "modern conclusive form"
},
"expansion": "ある (aru, modern conclusive form)",
"name": "ja-r"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From にてあり (nite ari).\n* にて (nite) → で (de), contraction\n* あり (ari, classical conclusive form) → ある (aru, modern conclusive form)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "である godan",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "de aru",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "であり",
"roman": "de ari",
"tags": [
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "であった",
"roman": "de atta",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"type": "1"
},
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"name": "ja-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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},
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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}
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"derived": [
{
"roman": "da",
"word": "だ"
},
{
"roman": "desu",
"word": "です"
},
{
"roman": "ja",
"word": "じゃ"
}
],
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7,
14
]
],
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2,
6
]
],
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19,
23
]
],
"english": "the two people who were sisters",
"roman": "shimai de atta futari",
"ruby": [
[
"姉",
"し"
],
[
"妹",
"まい"
],
[
"二人",
"ふたり"
]
],
"text": "姉妹であった二人",
"translation": "the two people who were sisters",
"type": "example"
},
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6,
15
]
],
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2,
7
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],
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11,
22
]
],
"english": "person who wants to be ordinary",
"roman": "futsū de aritai hito",
"ruby": [
[
"普",
"ふ"
],
[
"通",
"つう"
],
[
"人",
"ひと"
]
],
"text": "普通でありたい人",
"translation": "person who wants to be ordinary",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be: the copula, with the same function as だ (da) and its polite form です (desu)."
],
"id": "en-である-ja-verb-NDgmVOnx",
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"copula",
"copula"
],
[
"だ",
"だ#Japanese"
],
[
"です",
"です#Japanese"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(formal) To be: the copula, with the same function as だ (da) and its polite form です (desu)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "de arimasu",
"tags": [
"polite"
],
"word": "であります"
},
{
"roman": "deyansu",
"word": "でやんす"
},
{
"roman": "de gozaimasu",
"tags": [
"polite"
],
"word": "でございます"
},
{
"roman": "nari",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "なり"
},
{
"roman": "de arinsu",
"sense": "used by prostitute in Yoshiwara",
"tags": [
"historical"
],
"word": "でありんす"
},
{
"roman": "de ansu",
"sense": "Edo-period Kyoto and Osaka dialect",
"word": "であんす"
},
{
"roman": "de gozarimasu",
"sense": "archaic) でござる (de gozaru",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"polite"
],
"word": "でござります"
}
],
"tags": [
"formal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"other": "である"
},
{
"ipa": "[de̞ a̠ɾɯ̟]"
}
],
"word": "である"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"roman": "de nai",
"word": "でない"
},
{
"roman": "de wa nai",
"word": "ではない"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "da",
"word": "だ"
},
{
"roman": "desu",
"word": "です"
},
{
"roman": "ja",
"word": "じゃ"
}
],
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},
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{
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},
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"name": "ja-r"
},
{
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"1": "で"
},
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"name": "ja-r"
},
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"args": {
"1": "あり",
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},
"expansion": "あり (ari, classical conclusive form)",
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"1": "ある",
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},
"expansion": "ある (aru, modern conclusive form)",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From にてあり (nite ari).\n* にて (nite) → で (de), contraction\n* あり (ari, classical conclusive form) → ある (aru, modern conclusive form)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "である godan",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "de aru",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "であり",
"roman": "de ari",
"tags": [
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "であった",
"roman": "de atta",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"type": "1"
},
"expansion": "である • (de aru) godan (stem であり (de ari), past であった (de atta))",
"name": "ja-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
"Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with usage examples",
"Japanese verbs",
"Japanese verbs without transitivity",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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19,
23
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],
"english": "the two people who were sisters",
"roman": "shimai de atta futari",
"ruby": [
[
"姉",
"し"
],
[
"妹",
"まい"
],
[
"二人",
"ふたり"
]
],
"text": "姉妹であった二人",
"translation": "the two people who were sisters",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
6,
15
]
],
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2,
7
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11,
22
]
],
"english": "person who wants to be ordinary",
"roman": "futsū de aritai hito",
"ruby": [
[
"普",
"ふ"
],
[
"通",
"つう"
],
[
"人",
"ひと"
]
],
"text": "普通でありたい人",
"translation": "person who wants to be ordinary",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be: the copula, with the same function as だ (da) and its polite form です (desu)."
],
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"copula",
"copula"
],
[
"だ",
"だ#Japanese"
],
[
"です",
"です#Japanese"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(formal) To be: the copula, with the same function as だ (da) and its polite form です (desu)."
],
"tags": [
"formal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "である"
},
{
"ipa": "[de̞ a̠ɾɯ̟]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "de arimasu",
"tags": [
"polite"
],
"word": "であります"
},
{
"roman": "de arinsu",
"sense": "used by prostitute in Yoshiwara",
"tags": [
"historical"
],
"word": "でありんす"
},
{
"roman": "de ansu",
"sense": "Edo-period Kyoto and Osaka dialect",
"word": "であんす"
},
{
"roman": "deyansu",
"word": "でやんす"
},
{
"roman": "de gozarimasu",
"sense": "archaic) でござる (de gozaru",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"polite"
],
"word": "でござります"
},
{
"roman": "de gozaimasu",
"tags": [
"polite"
],
"word": "でございます"
},
{
"roman": "nari",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "なり"
}
],
"word": "である"
}
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