Entry
候
Source
JMdict 200217
Characters
候
Definition
Word
候ふ 候
Reading
そうろう そうらう
Restriction
候ふ
Information out-dated or obsolete kana usage
Reference
Translation eng
to serve (by a superior's side) to be to do
Translation ger
sein existieren (Verbsuffix des klass. Japanisch)
Translation rus
(эпист.) быть (глагол-суффикс)
Part of Speech auxiliary verb
Part of Speech intransitive verb
Part of Speech Yodan verb with `hu/fu' ending (archaic)
Radical/Stroke
Information irregular okurigana usage
Miscellaneous
Information
auxiliary used in place of ある after で or に when forming a copula auxiliary used in place of ます after a -masu stem
Dictionaries
Miscellaneous archaism
Miscellaneous polite (teineigo) language
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