Grammar Info

N4 Lesson 7: 13/18

いらっしゃる

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

Remember not to use honorific language when speaking about yourself and your actions!

Structure

いる・くる・いく￫ いらっしゃる
Verb［ている］￫ Verb［て］+ いらっしゃる

Conjugations
Verb［る］￫ いらっしゃる
Verb［ない］￫ いらっしゃらない
Verb［た］￫ いらっしゃった
Verb［なかった］￫ いらっしゃらなかった

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About いらっしゃる

いらっしゃる is another of the common honorific language expressions in Japanese. This means that it elevates the status of another person, in order to pay them respect. It will never be used when referring to the speaker themselves, or their own actions.

いらっしゃる can be used to replace 居(い)る 'to be', 来(く)る 'to come', or 行(い)く 'to go'. This is due to the unique perspective that honorific language places the speaker in, in relation to the person that is being respected. This is a slightly advanced concept that we will discuss more later.

To use いらっしゃる, simply replace いる, くる, or いく with いらっしゃる.

Alternatively, いらっしゃる may also be used to replace いる, くる, or いく when they are attached to the て-form of another verb.

Fun Fact

おいでになる is another expression which can replace いる, くる, or いく. This was briefly examined previously in our お～になる grammar point. おいでになる and いらっしゃる are almost completely interchangable.

社長(しゃちょう)は忘年会(ぼうねんかい)においでになると聞(き)きました。

I heard that the CEO will be at the end of year party.
社長(しゃちょう)は忘年会(ぼうねんかい)にいらっしゃると聞(き)きました。

I heard that the CEO will be at the end of year party.

Synonyms

Examples

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分(わ)からない人(ひと)はいらっしゃいますか。

Is there anyone who doesn't understand?

お客(きゃく)さんがいらっしゃいました。

A customer came.

いらっしゃい(ませ)！

Welcome!

先(さき)にいらっしゃったんですが。

He was here, but...

今(いま)、西畑(にしはた)先生(せんせい)はいらっしゃいますか。

Is Nishihata-sensei available now?

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- いらっしゃる
  JapaneseQuizzes
- Honorific and Humble Forms
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- Genki II 1st Edition
  Page 138
- みんなの日本語 II
  Page 150 [CH 49]
- Genki II 2nd Edition
  Page 168
- Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide
  Page 224
- Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
  Page 36
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