I'm surprised I haven't been able to turn up anything, but I'm sure you'll
notify me if there's a dupe I missed.

Did the verbs ある and いる ever have kanji? I recognise that it won't be in use
today.
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kanji verbs
Did ある and いる once have kanji?
They are rarely used, but Kanji do exist for いる and ある. FWIW I've seen it used
in formal documents.

## 居【いる】

  * To be as in to be physically somewhere as opposed to exist or to have a quality.

### Vocabulary

居留守{いるす} Pretending to be not home.

住居{じゅうきょ} To reside, residence.

## 有【ある】

  * To exist, to have something.

### Vocabulary

有限{ゆうげん} With limit, _limited_ as in **limited** resources or time.

存在{そんざい} Existence.
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