で候
Japanese
Kanji in this term |
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候 |
そうろう Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [de̞so̞ːɾo̞ː]
Verb
で候 • (de sōrou) ←でさうらふ (de saurafu)? godan (stem で候 (de sōroi), past で候た (de sōrotta))
(alternative reading hiragana でそろ, rōmaji desoro)
(alternative reading hiragana でそう, rōmaji desō, historical hiragana でさう)
(alternative reading hiragana です, rōmaji desu)
- (archaic, obsolete) to be: the copula. Polite form of である (de aru).
See also
- 候 (sōrō)
- である (de aru)
- です (desu)