いらっしゃる · godan verb (-aru, special)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | いらっしゃる | いらっしゃらない |
| Polite | いらっしゃいます | いらっしゃいません |
| Past polite | いらっしゃいました | いらっしゃいませんでした |
| Past | いらっしゃった | いらっしゃらなかった |
| Te-form | いらっしゃって | いらっしゃらないで |
| Desire | いらっしゃりたい | いらっしゃりたくない |
| Volitional | いらっしゃろう | |
| Polite volitional | いらっしゃいましょう | |
| Imperative | いらっしゃい | いらっしゃるな |
| Conditional | いらっしゃれば | いらっしゃらなければ |
| Tara conditional | いらっしゃったら | いらっしゃらなかったら |
godan verb (-aru, special), intransitive verb
Honorific verb used for the actions or existence of someone respected. Covers 'come', 'go', and 'be' depending on context.
先生は明日こちらにいらっしゃいますか。
Will the teacher come here tomorrow?
Where is your father?
godan verb (-aru, special), auxiliary verb
Honorific auxiliary attached to the -te form or after the particle 'de' to describe the ongoing action or state of a respected person.
The company president is speaking at the meeting.
The guest is waiting in the lobby.
The president is currently in the meeting room.
Is Professor Tanaka available?
The teacher is reading a book.
いらっしゃる is the standard honorific verb meaning 'to come/go/be', while お出で is a noun (or casual imperative) built from the same honorific root, most often seen in set phrases like お出でになる.
いらっしゃる is the all-purpose honorific verb for come, go, or be, while 運ぶ (as in お運びになる) is a more formal, set expression used especially for someone graciously attending or visiting.
らっしゃる is a colloquial contraction attached only after a verb's -te form, while いらっしゃる is the full honorific auxiliary/verb usable both independently (to mean 'be/come/go') and in the -te form.
いらっしゃる is an honorific verb meaning 'to come/go/be,' whereas お越し is the corresponding honorific noun typically used in set phrases like お越しになる.
いらっしゃる is the honorific form used for a respected person's coming or going, while 参る is the humble form used for the speaker's own coming or going.
いらっしゃる respectfully describes someone else's visiting or coming, while 伺う humbly describes the speaker's own act of visiting.
いらっしゃる honorifically means 'to be' for a respected person, while おる is the humble equivalent used for oneself or one's own group.
いらっしゃる is the honorific verb used for someone else's going (or coming/being), while 行く is the plain, neutral verb.
居らっしゃる is the honorific form of いる used to respectfully describe someone else's presence.
いらっしゃる is the honorific verb used for a superior's coming or going, the mirror image of the humble 参上 used for one's own visit to a superior.
いらっしゃる is the honorific verb used for the existence, coming, or going of a person you respect, whereas ございます is used for things, places, or information, not people.
いらっしゃる and おっしゃる sound similar and are both honorific verbs, but いらっしゃる means 'come/go/be' while おっしゃる means 'say'.
いらっしゃる is the honorific form of 来る, used to respectfully describe another person's coming.