ござる – vocab dash

ござる

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Meanings

Godan verb

Intransitive verb

1. to be (Polite, Archaic, Usually kana, usu. ございます in modern Japanese)

2. to come; to go; to be (somewhere) (Honorific, Archaic, Usually kana)

Auxiliary verb

Godan verb

3. to be (doing) (Honorific, Archaic, Usually kana, after the ～て form of a verb)

Pitch accent

ござる

Examples12

有難ありがとうございました。

I really appreciate it.

感かん謝しゃのしようもございません。

I can't thank you enough.

失しつ礼れいですがホワイト博士はかせではございませんか。

Excuse me, but aren't you Dr. White?

何なにかお役やくに立たつことはございませんか。

Can I do anything for you?

何なんともお礼れいの言こと葉ばもございません。

I have no words to express my gratitude.

お礼れいの申もうし上あげ様ようもございません。

I can't thank you enough.