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🌏 Region(s): Kanto (Tokyo: Yamanote)

ざます【座ます】

zamasu

Definition

Copula

  1. (Uncommon) To be; to exist

Etymology

Used especially by women of the Yamanote region of Tokyo. Cognate to the standard Japanese form (で)ございます【(で)御座います】 (de) gozaimasu "to be".

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Kanji座ます
Kanaざます
Romanizationzamasu

意味:ございます【御座います】、でございます【で御座います】、である、です

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2013, August 12). ざます【座ます】 : zamasu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, February 6, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/1262/zamasu/.