Meaning & usage
ております expresses an ongoing action or a continuing resulting state, like ている, as in 増しております or 届いております. It is formed by adding おり or its polite form おります to the te-form of a verb. It sounds formal and is common in business speech, announcements and writing, where it can humbly describe your own side and also neutrally describe other people or things.
Example sentences 4
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経費として二千二百ドルを計上しております。
2200 dollars have been allocated for expenses.
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日ごとに寒さが増しております。
It's getting colder day by day.
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伝言が届いております。
You have a message here.
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田中は今、席を外しております。
Mr Tanaka is not at his desk right now.
In past JLPT papers
This came up in 4 past exam questions.
