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- Said when one is about to eat
This statement literally means ”I will accept [this]”, in the receiving mean-
ing of accept and is used when one is about to eat in the company of others.
This is similar to for instance the Christian practice of giving thanks for the
food about to be received, but without the religious aspect. When one is
done eating, one uses to indicate that one is done.
- ”I will go and come back”
This is said when one leaves a place that one expects to come back to. The
most obvious example is when one goes off for one’s job or school in the
morning, when it is used to say goodbye to whoever is still in the house.
The standard reply, if warranted, is.
( ) - Said when someone who
will return, leaves.
Literally this is the honorific version of the command
, ”go and
come back”, where the speaker tells the listener to go on their business
and come back afterwards. This phrase is said to people who are leaving
a place where they are expected to return, such as their house, typically in
response to. The first in is typically omiĴed
after a form, similar to how the in is typically omiĴed when used
with the form.
- ”Be welcome”
This is literally the commanding form of the honorific verb
, and is used by tenants to welcome their customers into their place of
business. It doesn’t technically mean ”be welcome”, but that’s what it has
come to be considered to mean.