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：2025/12/21
で候
Hiragana
でそうろう / でさうらふ
Verb
archaic
obsolete
Japanese Meaning
丁寧な言い方の一つ。古語で「である」に相当する断定の助動詞の連語的表現。
Easy Japanese Meaning
昔のていねいなことばで である にあたる かたい言い方
Chinese (Simplified)
（古）是；为（礼貌的系词） / 表示礼貌的判断、断定
Sense（1）
(archaic, obsolete) to be: the copula. Polite form of である (de aru).
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(archaic, obsolete) to be: the copula. Polite form of である (de aru).
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で候
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He is in the garden (archaic).
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彼は庭で候。
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