いる

Japanese

Pronunciation 1

Verb

いる (godan conjugation, rōmaji iru)

  1. 要る: to need
  2. 入る: to get in, to go in

Verb

いる (ichidan conjugation, rōmaji iru, historical hiragana ゐる)

  1. 居る: (of animate objects) to exist, to be
  2. (of animate objects) to have
  3. 居る: (after a verb in the conjunctive form) to be (doing); indicates a progressive or continuous sense

See also

Pronunciation 2

Verb

いる (godan conjugation, rōmaji iru)

  1. 煎る, 炒る, 熬る: to fry, to broil

Verb

いる (ichidan conjugation, rōmaji iru)

  1. 鋳る: to cast, to mint
  2. 射る: to shoot

References

  1. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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