Bloomko
JLPT N4 · Honorific & polite words

ございます

to be (polite)

Stroke order of ございます

5 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

ご · 4 strokesざ · 5 strokesい · 2 strokesま · 3 strokesす · 2 strokes

Memory trick

GOZAIMASU — 'go-zai-mass': 'go, sigh, mass' — polite 'is' said at mass.

Parts: polite; used in おはようございます, ありがとうございます

The characters in ございます

  • ご ご — go (4 strokes)
  • ざ ざ — za (5 strokes)
  • い い — i (2 strokes)
  • ま ま — ma (3 strokes)
  • す す — su (2 strokes)

Example sentence

ここに駅がございます。

ここにえきがございます。

There is a station here.

More words: Honorific & polite words

いらっしゃるto be; come; go (honorific)おっしゃるto say (honorific)なさるto do (honorific)めしあがるto eat; drink (honorific)くださるto give (honorific)いただくto receive (humble)まいるto go; come (humble)もうすto say (humble)いたすto do (humble)ござるto be (polite)おるto be (humble)さしあげるto give (humble)うかがうto visit; ask (humble)

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