いる

Kana: いる

to be (at a place)

Example sentence

猫は部屋にいると思います。

ねこはへやにいるとおもいます。

I think the cat is in the room.

What いる means

いる (いる) is a Japanese word meaning “to be (at a place)”. It belongs to the Places & Travel topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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