(そろ;そう;さう;す) (aux) (arch) (pol) (See 候ふ) 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) [EDICT]
(そうろう;そうらう(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) [EDICT]
(hòu, ㄏㄡˋ) wait [CE-DICT]
布
(ぬの(P);ふ;にの(ok);にぬ(ok)) (n) (1) cloth; (2) (ふ only) (See 布銭) bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China); (P) [EDICT]
(の) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT]
(bù, ㄅㄨˋ) to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth [CE-DICT]