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Japanese
Etymology 1
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| 【いる】
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- (of animate objects) to exist, to be
- (of animate objects) to have
- Used as a 補助動詞 (hojo dōshi), after a verb in the て (-te) conjunctive form. Note that ている (-te iru) colloquially shortens to てる (-teru), ていた (-te ita) colloquially shortens to てた (-teta), etc.
- Indicates a progressive or continuative tense: to be doing
- Indicates a regular, repetitive action.
- Indicates a state resulting from the action.
- (obsolete) to sit
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Etymology 2
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| (This term, 居る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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