be
verb
/bi/
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/biː/
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- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
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だ,
です,
である
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- (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses, the first of which is a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place), and the second of which is a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
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だ,
です,
である,
だろう,
ている,
をやる
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- (formal) Used with to-infinitives of verbs to express intent, obligation, appropriateness, or relative future occurrence.
- (now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
- As an intransitive lexical verb:
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いる,
在る,
いらっしゃる,
存在
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- (auxiliary) Used with past participles of verbs to form the passive voice.
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られる,
れる,
だ
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在る,
居る,
だ,
です
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有る,
だ,
です
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- Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect.
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ている,
だ
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- (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
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行って来る,
だ,
です
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- Used to link a subject to a measurement.
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だ,
です
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being
noun
/ˈbiŋ/
,
/ˈbiɪŋ/
,
/ˈbiːŋ/
,
/ˈbiːɪŋ/
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生き物,
生物
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- The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
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存在
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