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Kotomora

ござんす

Meanings

1

expression

to be; to exist

abbreviationusually written using kana alonepolite (teineigo)

Polite abbreviation of 御座います; also a colloquial form of 御座います. Used as a polite copula or existential verb, similar to です or あります but with a somewhat old-fashioned or stylized feel.

See also: ござります

2

expression

to come; to go; to be (somewhere)

abbreviationusually written using kana alonehonorific or respectful (sonkeigo)archaic

Archaic honorific abbreviation of 御座います, used for movement or location of a respected person. Rare in modern Japanese, mostly encountered in historical or period speech.