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I don't understand the meaning of ~つもりではいる in this sentence :

> そしていちおう手加減してやるつもり **ではいる** が殺されてしまっても負けとなる。
>
> And, although I'm planning on going easy on you, you will also lose if you
> happen to get killed.

I'm familiar with the ~つもり+である construction and I remember reading somewhere
that でいる could sometimes replace である (not sure about that).

So is it でいる + は (and what difference is there between である、でいる and ではいる)?

Or is it で (て forme of だ) + 入る and in that case, what does はいる mean in that
context?

Or something else entirely?
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usage meaning
Meaning of ~つもりではいる in that sentence
Yes, it's a combination of で＋いる with the contrastive は inserted. No, it's not
で入る.

When you use 〜でいる instead of 〜だ・である, the emphasis is on the _current_ state
(or with 〜でいた, a _past_ state). In your translation, that's reflected with the
English present progressive "planning on".

In this particular example, the particle は is added to show contrast with the
following clause.
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