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Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Conjunction

して • (shite) 

  1. and then, so then

Particle

して • (shite) 

  1. (following a word denoting multiple people) indicates that the action is done together as a group
    • 1929, 斎藤茂吉, 日本大地震‎, 青空文庫:
      或(ある)日(ひ)、朝(あさ)からＮ(エヌ)君(くん)を訪(たず)ねて、二(ふた)人(り)して当(あて)もなく街(がい)上(じやう)を歩(ある)いた。
      Aru hi, asa kara Enu-kun o tazunete, futari shite ate mo naku gaijō o aruita.
      One day, I paid N a visit in the morning, and the two of us walked the streets aimlessly.
  2. indicates means or method: by
  3. A connective for adjectives.

Verb

Alternative spellings
為て (rare)
𬼀 (dated)

して • (shite) 

  1. conjunctive form of する

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of して – see the following entry.
【仕手】
doer
protagonist in a noh or kyogen drama
operator, speculator
Alternative spelling
為手
(This term, して (shite), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as して, see Category:Japanese kanji read as して.)
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