いらっしゃる (To be (Honorific))

To be (Honorific), To come (Honorific), To go (Honorific)

JLPT N4
Pattern

いらっしゃる

How it works

いらっしゃる is the honorific for いる, 来る and 行く. Its ます-form is いらっしゃいます. いらっしゃいませ (welcome) comes from it.

Examples

  • 先生は 研究室に いらっしゃいますか。Is the professor in the office?
  • あした 何時に いらっしゃいますか。What time will you come tomorrow?

Related grammar

Further reading

Bunpro N4 · Lesson 7

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