Last Updated :2026/01/08

Hiragana
そうろう
Kanji
候う
Verb
archaic
Japanese Meaning
古語の補助動詞「候ふ(さふらふ)」の連用形。丁寧な断定・存在や動作を表す。
Easy Japanese Meaning
むかしのことばで、でやにのあとにつけて、あるとおなじいみ。どうしのあとにつけて、しますのいみ。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
(古)表示存在或系词“是”,接在“で”“に”后,代替「ある」。 / (古,助动)接在动词连用形后,表示礼貌叙述,相当于「ます」。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
(古)接在で、に之後作判斷,表「在/是」,相當於「ある」。 / (古)接在動詞連用形之後作敬語補助,相當於「ます」。
Korean Meaning
(고어) 있다; ‘で/に’ 뒤에서 계사 ‘-ある’를 대신하는 보조동사 / (고어) 하다; 동사 연용형 뒤에서 공손한 ‘-ます’를 대신하는 보조동사
Indonesian
(arkais) ada; menjadi (kopula) menggantikan -aru setelah で atau に / (arkais) melakukan; verba bantu sopan menggantikan -masu setelah bentuk ren’yōkei
Vietnamese Meaning
(cổ) “là/ở”; trợ động từ thay -ある sau で/に / (cổ) “làm, thực hiện”; trợ động từ thay -ます sau dạng liên dụng (連用形) của động từ
Tagalog Meaning
(ark.) maging; umiral—pantulong kapalit ng -aru pagkatapos ng de o ni (pangkawing) / (ark.) pantulong na pandiwa sa magalang na anyo; katumbas ng -masu kapag idinugtong sa ren’yōkei
What is this buttons?

He is still alive.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

他还活着。

Chinese (Traditional) Translation

他還活著。

Korean Translation

그는 아직 살아 있사옵니다.

Indonesian Translation

Dia masih hidup.

Vietnamese Translation

Anh ấy vẫn còn sống.

Tagalog Translation

Buhay pa siya.

What is this buttons?
Sense(1)

(archaic) to be; auxiliary used in place of -ある after で or に when forming a copula

Sense(2)

(archaic) to do; auxiliary used in place of -ます after the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of a verb

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(archaic) to be; auxiliary used in place of -ある after で or に when forming a copula / (archaic) to do; auxiliary used in place of -ます after the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of a verb

See correct answer

彼はまだ生きて候。

See correct answer

He is still alive.

See correct answer

彼はまだ生きて候。

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