いらっしゃる

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いらっしゃる · godan verb (-aru, special)

Meanings

Honorific verb used for the actions or existence of someone respected. Covers 'come', 'go', and 'be' depending on context.

Honorific auxiliary attached to the -te form or after the particle 'de' to describe the ongoing action or state of a respected person.

〈人ひと〉は〈場ば所しょ〉にいらっしゃるfor a respected person to be at a place
社しゃ長ちょうは今いま、会かい議ぎ室しつにいらっしゃいます。
The president is currently in the meeting room.
〈人ひと〉はいらっしゃいますかto politely ask whether a respected person is present or available
田た中なか先せん生せいはいらっしゃいますか。
Is Professor Tanaka available?
〈動詞どうし〉て+いらっしゃるて＋いらっしゃるhonorific way to say a respected person is doing something
先せん生せいは本ほんを読よんでいらっしゃる。
The teacher is reading a book.

おいでになるN4sense 1
いらっしゃる and おいでになる are both honorific for 'come/go/be', but おいでになる sounds a bit more formal and is used less in everyday polite speech.
見みえるN4
Both are honorific for 'to come', but いらっしゃる is the more common, general honorific verb while 見える in this sense is a softer, somewhat old-fashioned honorific often paired with お見えになる.
ござる
Both are honorific verbs for 'to come/go/be', but いらっしゃる is the common modern choice while ござる is archaic and now mostly confined to fixed expressions.
おいでN1
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.

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運はこぶN4
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
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.
お越こし
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.

参まいるhumble 謙譲語N4sense 1
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.
伺うかがうhumble 謙譲語N4sense 1
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.
おるhumble 謙譲語N4sense 1
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.
行いくplainN5
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.

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いるplainN5
居らっしゃる is the honorific form of いる used to respectfully describe someone else's presence.
参さん上じょうplainN1
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.
ございますplainN1
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.
来くるplainN5
いらっしゃる is the honorific form of 来る, used to respectfully describe another person's coming.

おっしゃるN4
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'.

Derived from the honorific prefix いら (related to 入る) + せらる (classical honorific auxiliary), contracted to いらっしゃる.