さ
common
さ (sa)
- 1. [suf] -ness — nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition
- 2. [prt] indicates assertion — at sentence end; mainly masculine
- 3. [int] come (on); come now; come along; here — used to urge or encourage others
- 4. [prt, int] er; um; well; now; you see ...
- 5. [prt] indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust; indicates retort — after an interrogative, esp. as の～; at sentence end
- 6. [prt] indicates hearsay or rumor — as（と／って）～; at sentence end
- 7. [prt] hey; yo — rough way of calling out to someone
- 8. [prt] used as a stand-in for various particles to mimic dialectal speech — used by non-speakers of a dialect
- 9. [prt] partial equivalent of the "ni" and "he" particles in standard Japanese [thb]
Example Sentences
そして、どうすることも出来ない物憂さに、ふっとため息をつく。
And then I breathe a sigh from melancholy in being unable to do anything about it.
ベストをつくしたら後はくよくよ考えないことさ。
Do your best and don't worry.
事故で車は全損って嘆いているけどさ、怪我がなくてなにより、命あっての物種だよ。
I know you're upset about your car being totaled, but you weren't injured and you should be thankful to be alive.
でもさ、母を連れて行かなくてはいけないんだ。
But, I have to take my mother.
ぶらぶら油を売ってないで、とっとと仕事に戻ったらどうなのさ。
As long as we're all just hanging around chatting, may I make a suggestion? Get back to work!
伝染病だってさ。
He, um, said that it was contagious.