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11 word matches found for '候' using reading 'そうろう'
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Yodan verb with `hu/fu' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
1. to serve (by a superior's side)  (archaic)
auxiliary verb, Yodan verb with `hu/fu' ending (archaic)
2. to be (auxiliary used in place of "aru" after "de" or "ni" when forming a copula); to do (auxiliary used in place of "-masu" after a -masu stem)  (archaic; polite (teineigo) language)
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lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
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expression
I hear that ...  (archaic)
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noun
epistolary style
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noun
living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation
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expression
(have the honor, honour) to write
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expression
.. but  (archaic)
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expression
I wonder if ...  (archaic)
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expression
as ...  (archaic)
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expression
1. to go; to come  (archaic; honorific)
2. to be  (archaic; honorific; polite (teineigo) language)
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noun
epistolary style (of Japanese literature)
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