出席します（しゅっせきします、shuっsekishimasu）
- to attend

The Japanese verb 出席します出席します means "to attend," "to be present," or "to participate" in an event, meeting, class, or gathering. It implies being physically present at a designated place and time. It's used when you want to convey that you are going to or did show up. The word generally carries a degree of formality.

⚫︎会議に出席します Translation: I will attend the meeting. ⚫︎授業に出席しました Translation: I attended the class. ⚫︎結婚式に出席する予定です Translation: I plan to attend the wedding.

⚫︎You would use 出席します出席します when talking about attending events like meetings, classes, ceremonies, parties, or any planned gathering where your presence is expected. ⚫︎It is often used in a slightly more formal context. ⚫︎You can use it in both future and past tense.

⚫︎The word is typically written with kanji and hiragana: 出席します出席します. ⚫︎出席 is the kanji compound that means "attendance." ⚫︎しますします is the polite, plain form of the verb "to do." ⚫︎The okurigana (the suffix hiragana) is always しますします. There are no variations.

⚫︎参加します - to participate, to take part. This is similar to 出席します出席します, but with a slight emphasis on active involvement. ⚫︎出る - to attend (more casual). This can be used to say "to attend," but can also mean "to go out". ⚫︎参列します - to attend (a formal event, particularly a funeral or wedding).

⚫︎欠席します - to be absent, to not attend. This is the direct opposite of 出席します出席します. ⚫︎さぼります - to skip, to play hooky (more casual).

明日の会議に必ず出席します ・Translation: I will definitely attend tomorrow's meeting. ・Explanation: This sentence uses the future tense to confirm the speaker's intention to attend the meeting.

彼は卒業式に出席しませんでした ・Translation: He did not attend the graduation ceremony. ・Explanation: This sentence uses the past negative form to state that someone was absent from the graduation ceremony.

⚫︎出席 comes from the Chinese characters: ⚫︎出 (shu) - meaning "to go out, to appear." ⚫︎席 (seki) - meaning "seat, place." ⚫︎しますします is the verb "to do" in the polite form. ⚫︎Therefore, the word literally means "to appear at one's seat" or "to be present in the place".