居い

noun, used as a suffix, noun, used as a prefix, noun

being (somewhere); presence

Used mainly in compound words to indicate being or existing in a place. Related to 居る (いる, 'to be').

See also: 居る (いる)

• 彼かれは一いち人にん居いを構かまえている。

  He lives alone (has set up his own residence).

• 居い場ば所しょがわからない。

  I don't know his whereabouts.

noun, used as a suffix, noun, used as a prefix, noun

sitting

Rare standalone use; mostly appears in compounds like 居眠り (dozing while sitting) or 居酒屋 (pub where one sits).

• 居い眠ねむり運うん転てんは危き険けんだ。

  Dozing off while driving is dangerous.

• 「居い」という字じには座すわるという意い味みがある。

  The character 居 has the meaning of sitting.