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Archaic humble court-speech insert

The clearest lines here show an archaic humble insert, the one that produces court and prayer language: your grace is boundless, your Majesty, and the plea asking that he be allowed to laugh along with everyone. It lowered the speaker before a superior, and modern Korean keeps it for historical drama, prayers and jokes at that register. The remaining lines are false matches where the sound belongs to a name, an exclamation, or the ordinary verb meaning to come.

Register: archaic; court drama and prayer

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진하 는 계략이 아주 깊은 사람이야