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Where does “侍ふ” come from?

侍ふ (Japanese) comes from Japanese さ, from Middle Chinese 左.

侍ふ (Japanese): to serve

Definitions

  1. to serve

Ancestry of “侍ふ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseさthird person personal pronoun; they; -ness;...
2Middle Chinese左—

Words derived from “侍ふ”

  • samurai
  • Kabuki
  • kabuki
  • moe
  • yuri
  • chibi
  • kusarigama
  • moé
  • moeblob
  • nantaimori
  • nyotaimori
  • shinigami
  • yorikiri
  • samurái
  • kabuki
  • кабуки
  • юри
  • Samurai
  • samurai
  • kabuki
  • 歌舞伎
  • samurai
  • 栞
  • 仕舞い
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