あります

Japanese

Alternative spellings
有ります
在ります

Etymology

From あり (ari, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ある (to exist)) + ます (masu, polite auxiliary).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) りま [àrímáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾʲima̠sɨ̥ᵝ]

Phrase

あります • (arimasu) 

  1. (auxiliary, formal) Polite form of ある (aru)
    (ほん)(じつ)(とう)(しゃ)(そう)(りつ)()(ねん)()あります
    Honjitsu wa tōsha no sōritsu kinenbi de arimasu.
    Today is the anniversary of the founding of our company.
    (literally, “Today, there exists the anniversary of the founding of our company.”)

Usage notes

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Verb

あります • (arimasu) 

  1. polite form of ある (aru) [godan]
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