What does です mean in Japanese?

です (です) means "to be" in Japanese.

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Q: How do you use です in a sentence?

彼は先生です。 (かれはせんせいです。) — He is a teacher.

Kana: です

to be

⛩️ Japanese Level 1 🏃 Actions & Verbs

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彼は先生です。

かれはせんせいです。

He is a teacher.

What です means

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

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するする to do; to make 見るみる to look; to watch; to read 聞くきく to listen 書くかく to write 読むよむ to read 行くいく to go 来るくる to come 買うかう to buy 住むすむ to live (somewhere) 座るすわる to sit 帰るかえる to return; to go home できるできる can; to know how

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