いる

iru

to be
to have (used for people and animals)

auxiliary verbichidan verb

Also written 居る

Chinese meanings

在；有（用于人、动物）

Examples

Furigana

庭にわに猫ねこがいます。
There is a cat in the garden.
院子里有一只猫。
あんないい男おとこそうそういないぞ！！
There aren't many blokes that nice!
那么好的男人可不常见！
Tatoeba #75577

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9438889173'); // いる

{
  "id": "9438889173",
  "word": "いる",
  "reading": "いる",
  "romaji": "iru",
  "meanings": [
    "to be",
    "to have (used for people and animals)"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "aux-v",
    "v1"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1577980,
  "other_forms": [
    "居る"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "庭に猫がいます。",
      "en": "There is a cat in the garden.",
      "furigana": "{庭|にわ}に{猫|ねこ}がいます。"
    },
    {
      "ja": "あんないい男そうそういないぞ！！",
      "furigana": "あんないい{男|おとこ}そうそういないぞ！！",
      "en": "There aren't many blokes that nice!",
      "tatoeba_id": 75577
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "fcf17323d165282b3a5e2df65878d40d6407690f9c7cf0831f61905134984406",
    "meanings": [
      "在",
      "有（用于人、动物）"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "庭に猫がいます。",
        "zh": "院子里有一只猫。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "あんないい男そうそういないぞ！！",
        "zh": "那么好的男人可不常见！"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/9438889173",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "fb7d76668c78181299e3a838d2aa7eda94c525fb5d17533d8d6e5627264e6119"
  }
}