音読み: キョ・コ
訓読み: いる
画数: 8
部首: 尸（しかばねだれ）
Meaning
Reside / Dwell / Be Present / Be Located
- Basic forms
- 居る — be; stay; exist (animate) / base form
- 居ます — am; is; are (polite) / masu form
- 居た — was; stayed / ta form
- 居て — be and …; stay and … / te form
- 居ない — am not; is not; are not / negative
- 居れば — if (someone) is / conditional
- Common expressions
- ここに居る — be here
- 家に居る — stay at home
- 人が居ない — there is no one
- More
- 居よう — let’s stay; will be / 〜よう form
- 居ている — is staying (spoken variant)
居る（いる） is an ichidan verb. It is the basic verb used for the existence or presence of **people and animals**. Compared with 在る, 居る is everyday, spoken, and concrete.
- 居間 — living room
- 居住 — residence
- 同居 — living together
- 転居 — moving residence
- 別居 — living separately
- 住居 — dwelling; housing
- 居場所 — place to be; whereabouts
- 居酒屋 — Japanese pub
「居」 combines the radical 尸 (shelter/roof form) with 古, originally depicting a person sitting or staying in one place — hence “to reside” or “to be (present).”
彼は 東京に 居ます。
He lives in Tokyo.
居間で テレビを 見ていました。
I was watching TV in the living room.
住居 — dwelling; housing