いらっしゃいます
- Expression
- いらっしゃいます
- Category
- keigo
- Plain equivalent
- います / 来ます / 行きます
- Level
- N4
- When to use it
Used by the speaker to respectfully describe someone else being somewhere, coming, or going. A common mistake is using it for the speaker's own actions.
- Example
社長はもう会議室にいらっしゃいます。 (The company president is already in the meeting room.)