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.