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    3. 侍り

    侍り

    侍はべり​

    to wait upon

    NTCore ConceptsHistoryKanji Vocab10 strokes

    はべりはんべり

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to wait upon, to serve
    archaic
    2.
    to be
    archaicpolite (teineigo) languagehumble (kenjougo) language

    Suffix, Verb

    3.
    to humbly do ...
    archaicpolite (teineigo) languagehumble (kenjougo) language

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    Characters that make up this word

    侍
    さむらい・はべ.る…(3)
    waiter・samurai・wait upon・serve
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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