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N1 Expressions, Yodan verb with 'ru' ending (archaic)

御座(ござ)be, is

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    1. Expressions, Yodan verb with 'ru' ending (archaic)

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      be, is

      Polite (teineigo) language, Usually written using kana alone, polite copula,

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    で御座る 【でござる】でご座る 【でござる】

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      会議(かいぎ)今日(きょう)午後(ごご)(さん)時半(じはん)からでござる

      The meeting is from three thirty in the afternoon today. {be, is}

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      一昨日(おととい)昨日(きのう)今日(きょう)も、最近(さいきん)()天気(てんき)でござる

      The day before yesterday, yesterday, and even today, the weather has been good recently. {be, is}

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      社長(しゃちょう):「(きみ)高橋(たかはし)くんか?」社員(しゃいん):「さよう御座(ござ)ります。」

      President: "Are you Mr. Takahashi?" Employee: "Yes, I am." {be, is}

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      蘭丸(らんまる):「其方(そなた)何者(なにもの)か。」五右衛門(ごえもん):「江戸(えど)商人(しょうにん)御座(ござ)。」

      Ranmaru: "Who are you?" Goemon: "I am a merchant from Edo." {be, is}

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      (あに)(おとうと)に:「あの将軍(しょうぐん)(つか)える(こと)になったとは、(まこと)にめでたい(こと)御座(ござ)。」

      My brother said to his younger brother, "It is truly a fortunate thing to have come to serve that general." {be, is}

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