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  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb)

    to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case)

    である with も; formal, literarysee である

    D.H.ロレンスは小説家でもあり詩人でもある。
    D.H. Lawrence is a novelist and poet.
  2. to be ... or something

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