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jmdict 1628500 Active (id: 2152632)

です [spec1]
1. [cop] [pol]
▶ be
▶ is
Cross references:
  ⇔ see: 2089020 だ 1. be; is
  ⇐ see: 2831493 でっせ 1. I assure you it is
  ⇐ see: 2837096 でちゅ 1. be; is
  ⇐ see: 2255600 であります 1. be; is
  ⇐ see: 2269410 っす 1. be; is

Conjugations


History:
8. A 2021-10-18 21:02:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
If だ can be tagged "cop" then this can. I'm not a fan of regarding either 
as a copula; it's not Latin.
  Diff:
@@ -9 +9 @@
-<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&cop;</pos>
@@ -12 +11,0 @@
-<s_inf>polite copula</s_inf>
7. A* 2021-10-17 23:46:02  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Can't we use "cop" for the PoS here? I don't think the fact that it's a polite form makes it any less of a copula.
I don't think the であります x-ref is needed.
  Diff:
@@ -11 +10,0 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2255600">であります</xref>
6. A 2016-10-22 11:02:27  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
restoring lost xref
  Diff:
@@ -10,0 +11 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2255600">であります</xref>
5. A 2016-10-22 10:58:18  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2016-10-22 10:54:43  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
we usually treat polite forms of verbs as [exp]
  Diff:
@@ -9 +9 @@
-<pos>&aux;</pos>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -11 +11 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1008340">である</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2255600">であります</xref>
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