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Translating from English to Japanese

be — used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent

→ です (desu)

→ である (dearu)

→ だ (da)

→ ～である

→ ～しようとしている

→ ～される

→ ～すべきである

a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
Synonymsberyllium gluciniumatomic number 4

have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- “John is rich”
- “This is not a good answer”
be identical to; be someone or something
- “The president of the company is John Smith”
- “This is my house”
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
- “Where is my umbrella?"”
- “The toolshed is in the back”
- “What is behind this behavior?”

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have an existence, be extant
- “Is there a God?”
Synonymsexist
happen, occur, take place; this was during the visit to my parents' house"
- “I lost my wallet”
- “There were two hundred people at his funeral”
- “There was a lot of noise in the kitchen”
be identical or equivalent to
- “One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!”
Synonymsequal
form or compose
- “This money is my only income”
- “The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance”
- “These constitute my entire belonging”
- “The children made up the chorus”
- “This sum represents my entire income for a year”
- “These few men comprise his entire army”
Synonymsconstitute representmake upcomprise
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- “He is a herpetologist”
- “She is our resident philosopher”
Synonymsfollow
represent, as of a character on stage
- “Derek Jacobi was Hamlet”
Synonymsembody personify
spend or use time
- “I may be an hour”
have life, be alive
- “Our great leader is no more”
- “My grandfather lived until the end of war”
Synonymslive
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
- “let her be”
be priced at
- “These shoes cost $100”
Synonymscost