“Being” in Japanese
Short answer
Being in Japanese is “存在” (sonzai). Full meaning: existence, being, presence.
Other ways to say “Being” in Japanese
らか
raka being ...
生存
seizon existence, being, life, survival
居
kyo residence; being (somewhere); sitting
そんざい
sonzai existence, being, presence
存在者
sonzaisha ens, entity, being
お出で
oide coming, going, being (somewhere)
いらして
irashite coming, going, being (somewhere), being (doing something)
丈に
dakeni as one would expect from ..., given that ... (naturally ...), because ..., being ...; precisely because ..., all the more because of ...; on account of ..., ... being what it is
だけあって
dakeatte as one would expect from ..., given that ... (naturally ...), because ..., being ...; for good reason, there is a (good) reason that ...
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