ございます (gozaimasu)

Meaning

  1. to be

All JLPT 4 grammar : 御座います(ございます, gozaimasu), to be; to exist, [Expression]

Polite (teineigo)

Example

日本語意味
ご読了ありがとございました~。Thank you for reading to the end.
私の駄文を見ていただきありがとうございます。Thank you for looking at my poor scribblings.
これについては「まことに仰る通りでございます」と答えるしかないのです。In connection with this I can only reply, “it is just as you say.”
あの、私、残念ですが小用が御座いますので、この辺りで失礼致しますね。Ah, unfortunately there is a small matter I need to attend to so I’ll take my leave now.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
bunsentence
watashiI, me
通りtooriavenue, street
答えkotaeanswer, reply, response
仰るossharuto say, to speak
答えるkotaeruto answer, to reply
辺りatarineighborhood, nearby
失礼shitsureidiscourtesy, impoliteness
youbusiness, task, errand
残念zannendeplorable, regret, bad luck

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
ドク,トク,トウよ.む, -よ.みread
ケンみ.る, み.える, み.せるsee, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
ブン,モンふみ, あやsentence, literature
わたくし, わたしprivate, me
トウこた.える, こた.えsolution, answer
ツウ,ツとお.る, とお.り, -とお.りpass through
ショウちい.さい, こ-, お-little, small
ヨウもち.いるutilize, use
ギョ,ゴおん-, お-, み-honorable, manipulate
ネンwish, sense, thought
レイ,ライsalute, bow, ceremony
シツうしな.う, う.せるlose, error, fault
すわ.るseat, squat, sit
ザン,サンのこ.る, のこ.す, そこな.うremainder, leftover

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