| 候ふ;候(io) | [そうろう;そうらう(ok), sourou ; sourau (ok)] (v4h, vi) (1) (候ふ only) (arch) to serve (by a superior's side); (aux-v, v4h) (2) (pol) 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) [Add to Longdo] |