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Japanese

である

Romaji dearu

Common word

Definitions

01copula · godan verb

formal or literary term

be; is

Examples

あなたの言うことは、ある意味では本当である。

What you say is true in a sense.

Tatoeba #233348

彼は紳士である。

He is a gentleman.

Tatoeba #103691

彼は議員である。

He is in the House.

Tatoeba #108526

Source

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