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What does いらっしゃい (irasshai) mean?

いらっしゃい means welcome, please come in.

Quick facts
Readingいらっしゃい
Romajiirasshai
Part of speechinterjection
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
いらっしゃい
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonirasshai

welcome, please come in

polite
  1. 1interjection come; go; stay
  2. 2interjection welcome

Example sentences

  • Welcome, glad you could come.

  • Welcome, please come this way.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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