PLEASE someone… this doesn’t really mean Step Ants…
…or really watch your steps ants crossing ?? Because they are creatures too and maybe because of shinto or buddhism… everything has it’s ghost/soul/god… ???
Hmmm …( i want to know this now… so going off topic on purpose ) funny thing looking up ants here: Jisho… found for ants the other form shows exactly this…
or ari
where アis a
and リ is ri
… ahhh… maybe this
It’s a contraction of the verb あります (arimasu), which means to be or to exist.