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候
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
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
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