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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "ssu",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "っす"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "desu tai",
"ruby": [
[
"体",
"たい"
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],
"word": "です体"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "desu-masu tai",
"ruby": [
[
"体",
"たい"
]
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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[
"調",
"ちょう"
]
],
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}
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"2": "です",
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},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"2": "である",
"3": "であります",
"tr": "de arimasu"
},
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},
{
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"3": "ある",
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"3": "でございます",
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},
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"2": "でする",
"tr": "de suru"
},
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{
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"2": "でおわす",
"tr": "de owasu"
},
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{
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"2": "で",
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},
"expansion": "で (de) + おわす (owasu)",
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{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "でそうろう",
"tr": "de sourou"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "で",
"3": "そうろう",
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"tr1": "de",
"tr2": "sourou"
},
"expansion": "で (de) + そうろう (sourou)",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "The copula です (desu) is thought to be a contracted version of であります (de arimasu), from で (de) + あります (arimasu); however, there are other possibilities, namely でございます (de gozaimasu), from で (de) + ございます (gozaimasu); でする (de suru), from で (de) + する (suru); でおわす (de owasu), from で (de) + おわす (owasu); and でそうろう (de sourou), from で (de) + そうろう (sourou).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "desu",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "です • (desu)",
"name": "ja-verb form"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "masu",
"word": "ます"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "da",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "だ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "desō",
"ruby": [
[
"候",
"そう"
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],
"word": "で候"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Use the dictionary form"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
"-i"
],
"word": "stem + い"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "de aru",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ だ(noun + である)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-nai",
"word": "mizenkei + ない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-ku nai",
"word": "stem + くない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "de [wa] nai",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ で（は）ない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-masu",
"word": "ren'yōkei + ます"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-i desu",
"word": "stem + いです"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "desu",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ です"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-masen",
"word": "ren'yōkei + ません"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-ku arimasen",
"word": "stem + くないですstem + くありません"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "de [wa] nai desu; de [wa] arimasen",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ で（は）ないですnoun + で（は）ありません"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "with onbin sound changes for Group I verbs",
"roman": "-ta",
"word": "ren'yōkei + た"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-katta",
"word": "stem + かった"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "de atta",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ だった(noun + であった)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-nakatta",
"word": "mizenkei + なかった"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-ku nakatta",
"word": "stem + くなかった"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "de [wa] nakatta",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ で（は）なかった"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-mashita",
"word": "ren'yōkei + ました"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-katta desu",
"word": "stem + かったです"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "deshita",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ でした"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-masen deshita",
"word": "ren'yōkei + ませんでした"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-ku arimasen deshita",
"word": "stem + くなかったですstem + くありませんでした"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "de [wa] nakatta desu; de [wa] arimasen deshita",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ で（は）なかったですnoun + で（は）ありませんでした"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "-u > -o",
"english": "of Group I verbs; of other verbs",
"roman": "-yō",
"word": "mizenkei + うmizenkei + よう"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-i darō",
"word": "†stem + かろう(stem + いだろう)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "de arō",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ だろう(noun + であろう)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-mashō",
"word": "ren'yōkei + ましょう"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "deshō",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ でしょう"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "with onbin sound changes for Group I verbs",
"roman": "-te",
"word": "ren'yōkei + て"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-kute",
"word": "stem + くて"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "de atte",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ で(noun + であって)"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-ba",
"word": "kateikei + ば"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "-kereba",
"word": "stem + ければ"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "65 35",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "79 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "63 37",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "59 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "62 38",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "This is my PC.",
"roman": "Kore wa watashi no pasokon desu.",
"ruby": [
[
"私",
"わたし"
]
],
"text": "これは私のパソコンです。"
},
{
"english": "It was good weather yesterday.",
"roman": "Kinō wa ii tenki deshita.",
"ruby": [
[
"昨日",
"きのう"
],
[
"天気",
"てんき"
]
],
"text": "昨日はいい天気でした。"
},
{
"english": "Is this passport yours?",
"roman": "Kono pasupōto wa anata no desu ka.",
"text": "このパスポートはあなたのですか。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "(da), after uninflecting parts of speech: to be",
"word": "だ"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Polite form of だ (da), after uninflecting parts of speech: to be"
],
"id": "en-です-ja-verb-3oBobpCB",
"links": [
[
"だ",
"だ#Japanese"
],
[
"be",
"be"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"polite"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It is very beautiful.",
"roman": "Totemo utsukushii desu.",
"ruby": [
[
"美",
"うつく"
]
],
"text": "とても美しいです。"
},
{
"english": "It was very delicious.",
"roman": "Totemo oishikatta desu.",
"text": "とてもおいしかったです。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I want to go too.",
"roman": "Watashi mo ikitai desu.",
"ruby": [
[
"私",
"わたし"
],
[
"行",
"い"
]
],
"text": "私も行きたいです。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"After the plain past or nonpast form of -i adjectives (or nonstandardly verbs), to form the polite ending."
],
"id": "en-です-ja-verb-KvYBrWhz"
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "です"
},
{
"ipa": "[de̞sɨ̥ᵝ]"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"raw_tags": [
"for Kyoto"
],
"roman": "dosu",
"tags": [
"traditional"
],
"word": "どす"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"raw_tags": [
"for Osaka"
],
"roman": "dasu",
"tags": [
"traditional"
],
"word": "だす"
}
],
"word": "です"
}
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"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese non-lemma forms",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese verb forms"
],
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{
"roman": "ssu",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "っす"
},
{
"roman": "desu tai",
"ruby": [
[
"体",
"たい"
]
],
"word": "です体"
},
{
"roman": "desu-masu tai",
"ruby": [
[
"体",
"たい"
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],
"word": "ですます体"
},
{
"roman": "desu-masu chō",
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[
"調",
"ちょう"
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],
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"2": "です",
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"3": "でございます",
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"args": {
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"2": "でおわす",
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"2": "で",
"3": "おわす",
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"expansion": "で (de) + おわす (owasu)",
"name": "compound"
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{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "でそうろう",
"tr": "de sourou"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "で",
"3": "そうろう",
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"tr1": "de",
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"expansion": "で (de) + そうろう (sourou)",
"name": "compound"
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],
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"form": "desu",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
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"expansion": "です • (desu)",
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{
"roman": "masu",
"word": "ます"
},
{
"roman": "da",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "だ"
},
{
"roman": "desō",
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"候",
"そう"
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],
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},
{
"word": "Use the dictionary form"
},
{
"tags": [
"-i"
],
"word": "stem + い"
},
{
"roman": "de aru",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ だ(noun + である)"
},
{
"roman": "-nai",
"word": "mizenkei + ない"
},
{
"roman": "-ku nai",
"word": "stem + くない"
},
{
"alt": "de [wa] nai",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ で（は）ない"
},
{
"roman": "-masu",
"word": "ren'yōkei + ます"
},
{
"roman": "-i desu",
"word": "stem + いです"
},
{
"roman": "desu",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ です"
},
{
"roman": "-masen",
"word": "ren'yōkei + ません"
},
{
"roman": "-ku arimasen",
"word": "stem + くないですstem + くありません"
},
{
"alt": "de [wa] nai desu; de [wa] arimasen",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ で（は）ないですnoun + で（は）ありません"
},
{
"english": "with onbin sound changes for Group I verbs",
"roman": "-ta",
"word": "ren'yōkei + た"
},
{
"roman": "-katta",
"word": "stem + かった"
},
{
"roman": "de atta",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ だった(noun + であった)"
},
{
"roman": "-nakatta",
"word": "mizenkei + なかった"
},
{
"roman": "-ku nakatta",
"word": "stem + くなかった"
},
{
"alt": "de [wa] nakatta",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ で（は）なかった"
},
{
"roman": "-mashita",
"word": "ren'yōkei + ました"
},
{
"roman": "-katta desu",
"word": "stem + かったです"
},
{
"roman": "deshita",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ でした"
},
{
"roman": "-masen deshita",
"word": "ren'yōkei + ませんでした"
},
{
"roman": "-ku arimasen deshita",
"word": "stem + くなかったですstem + くありませんでした"
},
{
"alt": "de [wa] nakatta desu; de [wa] arimasen deshita",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ で（は）なかったですnoun + で（は）ありませんでした"
},
{
"alt": "-u > -o",
"english": "of Group I verbs; of other verbs",
"roman": "-yō",
"word": "mizenkei + うmizenkei + よう"
},
{
"roman": "-i darō",
"word": "†stem + かろう(stem + いだろう)"
},
{
"roman": "de arō",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ だろう(noun + であろう)"
},
{
"roman": "-mashō",
"word": "ren'yōkei + ましょう"
},
{
"roman": "deshō",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ でしょう"
},
{
"english": "with onbin sound changes for Group I verbs",
"roman": "-te",
"word": "ren'yōkei + て"
},
{
"roman": "-kute",
"word": "stem + くて"
},
{
"roman": "de atte",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "+ で(noun + であって)"
},
{
"roman": "-ba",
"word": "kateikei + ば"
},
{
"roman": "-kereba",
"word": "stem + ければ"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "This is my PC.",
"roman": "Kore wa watashi no pasokon desu.",
"ruby": [
[
"私",
"わたし"
]
],
"text": "これは私のパソコンです。"
},
{
"english": "It was good weather yesterday.",
"roman": "Kinō wa ii tenki deshita.",
"ruby": [
[
"昨日",
"きのう"
],
[
"天気",
"てんき"
]
],
"text": "昨日はいい天気でした。"
},
{
"english": "Is this passport yours?",
"roman": "Kono pasupōto wa anata no desu ka.",
"text": "このパスポートはあなたのですか。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "(da), after uninflecting parts of speech: to be",
"word": "だ"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Polite form of だ (da), after uninflecting parts of speech: to be"
],
"links": [
[
"だ",
"だ#Japanese"
],
[
"be",
"be"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"polite"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "It is very beautiful.",
"roman": "Totemo utsukushii desu.",
"ruby": [
[
"美",
"うつく"
]
],
"text": "とても美しいです。"
},
{
"english": "It was very delicious.",
"roman": "Totemo oishikatta desu.",
"text": "とてもおいしかったです。",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "I want to go too.",
"roman": "Watashi mo ikitai desu.",
"ruby": [
[
"私",
"わたし"
],
[
"行",
"い"
]
],
"text": "私も行きたいです。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"After the plain past or nonpast form of -i adjectives (or nonstandardly verbs), to form the polite ending."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "です"
},
{
"ipa": "[de̞sɨ̥ᵝ]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"raw_tags": [
"for Kyoto"
],
"roman": "dosu",
"tags": [
"traditional"
],
"word": "どす"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"for Osaka"
],
"roman": "dasu",
"tags": [
"traditional"
],
"word": "だす"
}
],
"word": "です"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"です"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "です",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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