でござりますじ字FuriganaMeanings1copula, expressionbe; isarchaicpolite (teineigo)›Archaic polite copula, more polite than です and である. Used in historical or highly formal contexts, often in period dramas or very formal letters.See also: でございますこれは私わたしの家いえでござります。This is my house. (archaic polite)お名な前まえは何なんとおっしゃいますか。わたくしは太