Yodan verb (archaic), intransitive verb

Honorific or respectful language, archaism.
  1. to be.
  2. to go, to come.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
在す います
 
在す ます
 
坐す います
 
坐す ます

Contained Kanji Breakdown

exist, outskirts, suburbs
ザイ あ.る あり (5th, N3)
genius, years old, cubic shaku
サイ (2nd, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)