List: copula
Japanese copulas that would most often be translated as one of the so-called be-verbs of English.
popular formal or literary term copula godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- be, is
popular polite language copula auxiliary verb verb (generic)
- be, is
popular particle copula Kansai-ben interjection male term archaic
- such things as ..., and ... and
- the minute (that) ..., no sooner than ..., as soon as
- be, is
- o, oh
- huh, what
- hi
- yes, what?
- yes?, no?, is it?, isn't it?
popular particle archaic copula auxiliary verb verb (generic) irregular ru verb
- -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going")
- doing such things as...
- expresses a command
- to be
- indicates completion or continuation of an action
popular auxiliary verb verb (generic) copula
- be, is
popular usually written using kana alone polite language copula
- be, is
usually written using kana alone archaic auxiliary verb verb (generic) irregular ru verb copula noun noun (generic) suffix
- to be
- to be (at a location)
- sum of money
abbreviation archaic polite language expression copula
- to be, to exist
- be, is
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone honorific language copula expression yodan verb (archaic) yodan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- be, is
polite language archaic copula
- be, is