"さ" meaning in Japanese

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Particle

IPA: [sa̠] Forms: sa [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} さ • (sa)
  1. (dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō) sentence-ending particle indicating emphasis Tags: Kanto, dialectal
    Sense id: en-さ-ja-particle-JqeepoX0 Categories (other): Hokkaidō Japanese, Tōhoku Japanese, Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 22 20 15 2 8 13 21
  2. (colloquial, men's speech) sentence-ending particle indicating familiarity or assertion Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-さ-ja-particle-9DT~7jSb Categories (other): Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 22 20 15 2 8 13 21
  3. (informal) filler particle similar to ね (ne) Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-さ-ja-particle-FRriNgom Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese particles, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 22 20 15 2 8 13 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 21 19 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Particle

IPA: [sa̠] Forms: sa [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} さ • (sa)
  1. (dialectal) to Tags: dialectal Synonyms: [Japanese, standard], [Japanese, standard]
    Sense id: en-さ-ja-particle-Zj6hv~~l Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Pronoun

IPA: [sa̠] Forms: sa [romanization]
Etymology: Cognate with し (shi). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|し|tr=shi}} し (shi) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|}} さ • (sa)
  1. third person personal pronoun; they Related terms: (shi)
    Sense id: en-さ-ja-pron-kXk8aRWq Categories (other): Japanese pronouns
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

IPA: [sa̠] Forms: -sa [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} さ • (-sa)
  1. -ness Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-さ-ja-suffix-5wQq73wh Categories (other): Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 22 20 15 2 8 13 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Syllable

IPA: [sa̠] Forms: sa [romanization]
Etymology: Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 左 in the cursive sōsho style. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|左}} 左, {{ja-kana-mannyogana-etym}} Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 左 in the cursive sōsho style Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} さ • (sa)
  1. The hiragana syllable さ (sa). Its equivalent in katakana is サ (sa). It is the eleventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is さ行あ段 (sa-gyō a-dan, “row sa, section a”). Derived forms: (za)
    Sense id: en-さ-ja-syllable-DvudAzT6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 14 14 9 6 8 21 27 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 13 11 12 11 10 18 25 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 22 20 15 2 8 13 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 13 11 12 11 10 18 25 Related terms: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛄲, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛀆, , , 𛀁, , , , ゚, , , , , , , ゙, , 𛅐, 𛄟, , 𛅑, , 𛅒, , , ゝ, ゞ,
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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        {
          "word": "ぁ"
        },
        {
          "word": "い"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "う"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゔ"
        },
        {
          "word": "え"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぇ"
        },
        {
          "word": "お"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぉ"
        },
        {
          "word": "か"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゕ"
        },
        {
          "word": "が"
        },
        {
          "word": "き"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "く"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぐ"
        },
        {
          "word": "け"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゖ"
        },
        {
          "word": "げ"
        },
        {
          "word": "こ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄲"
        },
        {
          "word": "ご"
        },
        {
          "word": "さ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ざ"
        },
        {
          "word": "し"
        },
        {
          "word": "じ"
        },
        {
          "word": "す"
        },
        {
          "word": "ず"
        },
        {
          "word": "せ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぜ"
        },
        {
          "word": "そ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぞ"
        },
        {
          "word": "た"
        },
        {
          "word": "だ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ち"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぢ"
        },
        {
          "word": "つ"
        },
        {
          "word": "っ"
        },
        {
          "word": "づ"
        },
        {
          "word": "て"
        },
        {
          "word": "で"
        },
        {
          "word": "と"
        },
        {
          "word": "ど"
        },
        {
          "word": "な"
        },
        {
          "word": "に"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぬ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ね"
        },
        {
          "word": "の"
        },
        {
          "word": "は"
        },
        {
          "word": "ば"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぱ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ひ"
        },
        {
          "word": "び"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぴ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ふ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぶ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぷ"
        },
        {
          "word": "へ"
        },
        {
          "word": "べ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぺ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ほ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぼ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ぽ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ま"
        },
        {
          "word": "み"
        },
        {
          "word": "む"
        },
        {
          "word": "め"
        },
        {
          "word": "も"
        },
        {
          "word": "や"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゃ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀆"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゆ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛀁"
        },
        {
          "word": "よ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ょ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ら"
        },
        {
          "word": "゚"
        },
        {
          "word": "り"
        },
        {
          "word": "る"
        },
        {
          "word": "れ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ろ"
        },
        {
          "word": "わ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゎ"
        },
        {
          "word": "゙"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゐ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅐"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄟"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゑ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅑"
        },
        {
          "word": "を"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅒"
        },
        {
          "word": "ん"
        },
        {
          "word": "ー"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゝ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゞ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ゟ"
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          "text": "c. late 10th century Taketori Monogatari\n翁言ふやう、「御迎へに來む人をば、長き爪して、眼をつかみ潰さん。 さが髪をとりて、かなぐり落とさむ。さが尻をかき出でて、ここらの公人に見せて、恥を見せん」と腹立ちをる。",
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        {
          "ruby": [
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              "綺",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "麗",
              "れい"
            ],
            [
              "綺",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "麗",
              "れい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "綺麗→綺麗さ\nkirei→kireisa\nbeautiful→beauty (na-adjective)"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "悲",
              "かな"
            ],
            [
              "悲",
              "かな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "悲しい→悲しさ\nkanashii→kanashisa\nsad→sadness (i-adjective)"
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        {
          "english": "It's fine, don't worry about it.",
          "roman": "Daijōbu sa. Ki ni shinai de kure.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "丈",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "夫",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大丈夫さ。気にしないでくれ。"
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "Then, I really got yelled at.",
          "roman": "Sore de sa, sugoku okorareta n da yo.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "凄",
              "すご"
            ],
            [
              "怒",
              "おこ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "それでさ、凄く怒られたんだよ。"
        }
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        "(informal) filler particle similar to ね (ne)"
      ],
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        "informal"
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  ],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(Tsugaru) Gotta call mom!",
          "roman": "Katcha sa denwa shineba!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電",
              "でん"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "わ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "かっちゃさ電話しねば!"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "俺",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "東",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "京",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "『俺ら東京さ行ぐだ』\n“Ora Tōkyō sa Igu da”\n\"I'm Goin' to Tokyo\" (1984 song by Yoshi Ikuzō)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1929, 小林多喜二 [Kobayashi Takiji], 蟹工船 (Kani Kōsen)",
          "roman": "\"Ah'm goin' ta hell!\"",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小林多喜二",
              "こばやしたきじ"
            ],
            [
              "蟹工船",
              "かにこうせん"
            ],
            [
              "地",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "獄",
              "ごく"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "え"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "「おい地獄さ行ぐんだで!」\n“Oi jigoku sa egu n da de!”"
        }
      ],
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        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ]
      ],
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        "(dialectal) to"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Japanese",
            "standard"
          ],
          "word": "へ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Japanese",
            "standard"
          ],
          "word": "に"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "さ"
}
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    "Japanese syllables",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
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    {
      "roman": "za",
      "word": "ざ"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 左 in the cursive sōsho style",
      "name": "ja-kana-mannyogana-etym"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 左 in the cursive sōsho style.",
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      "form": "sa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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      },
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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "syllable",
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    {
      "word": "平"
    },
    {
      "word": "仮"
    },
    {
      "word": "名"
    },
    {
      "word": "あ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぁ"
    },
    {
      "word": "い"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "う"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゔ"
    },
    {
      "word": "え"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぇ"
    },
    {
      "word": "お"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぉ"
    },
    {
      "word": "か"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゕ"
    },
    {
      "word": "が"
    },
    {
      "word": "き"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぎ"
    },
    {
      "word": "く"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "け"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゖ"
    },
    {
      "word": "げ"
    },
    {
      "word": "こ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄲"
    },
    {
      "word": "ご"
    },
    {
      "word": "さ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ざ"
    },
    {
      "word": "し"
    },
    {
      "word": "じ"
    },
    {
      "word": "す"
    },
    {
      "word": "ず"
    },
    {
      "word": "せ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぜ"
    },
    {
      "word": "そ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "た"
    },
    {
      "word": "だ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ち"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぢ"
    },
    {
      "word": "つ"
    },
    {
      "word": "っ"
    },
    {
      "word": "づ"
    },
    {
      "word": "て"
    },
    {
      "word": "で"
    },
    {
      "word": "と"
    },
    {
      "word": "ど"
    },
    {
      "word": "な"
    },
    {
      "word": "に"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぬ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ね"
    },
    {
      "word": "の"
    },
    {
      "word": "は"
    },
    {
      "word": "ば"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぱ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ひ"
    },
    {
      "word": "び"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぴ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ふ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぶ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぷ"
    },
    {
      "word": "へ"
    },
    {
      "word": "べ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぺ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ほ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ぽ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ま"
    },
    {
      "word": "み"
    },
    {
      "word": "む"
    },
    {
      "word": "め"
    },
    {
      "word": "も"
    },
    {
      "word": "や"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゃ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀆"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゆ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゅ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛀁"
    },
    {
      "word": "よ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ょ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ら"
    },
    {
      "word": "゚"
    },
    {
      "word": "り"
    },
    {
      "word": "る"
    },
    {
      "word": "れ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ろ"
    },
    {
      "word": "わ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゎ"
    },
    {
      "word": "゙"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゐ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅐"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄟"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゑ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅑"
    },
    {
      "word": "を"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅒"
    },
    {
      "word": "ん"
    },
    {
      "word": "ー"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゞ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ゟ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The hiragana syllable さ (sa). Its equivalent in katakana is サ (sa). It is the eleventh syllable in the gojūon order; its position is さ行あ段 (sa-gyō a-dan, “row sa, section a”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "さ",
          "さ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "サ",
          "サ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "gojūon",
          "gojūon"
        ],
        [
          "行",
          "行#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "段",
          "段#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "さ"
}

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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese pronouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "し",
        "tr": "shi"
      },
      "expansion": "し (shi)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with し (shi).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pronoun",
        "2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "さ • (sa)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "shi",
      "word": "し"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Japanese usage examples",
        "Requests for transliteration of Japanese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. late 10th century Taketori Monogatari\n翁言ふやう、「御迎へに來む人をば、長き爪して、眼をつかみ潰さん。 さが髪をとりて、かなぐり落とさむ。さが尻をかき出でて、ここらの公人に見せて、恥を見せん」と腹立ちをる。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third person personal pronoun; they"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "they",
          "they"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "さ"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese.",
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    {
      "form": "-sa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "さ • (-sa)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "綺",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "麗",
              "れい"
            ],
            [
              "綺",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "麗",
              "れい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "綺麗→綺麗さ\nkirei→kireisa\nbeautiful→beauty (na-adjective)"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "悲",
              "かな"
            ],
            [
              "悲",
              "かな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "悲しい→悲しさ\nkanashii→kanashisa\nsad→sadness (i-adjective)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-ness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ness",
          "-ness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "さ"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hokkaidō Japanese",
        "Tōhoku Japanese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sentence-ending particle indicating emphasis"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal Kanto, Tōhoku, Hokkaidō) sentence-ending particle indicating emphasis"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Kanto",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese colloquialisms",
        "Japanese men's speech terms",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's fine, don't worry about it.",
          "roman": "Daijōbu sa. Ki ni shinai de kure.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "丈",
              "じょう"
            ],
            [
              "夫",
              "ぶ"
            ],
            [
              "気",
              "き"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "大丈夫さ。気にしないでくれ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sentence-ending particle indicating familiarity or assertion"
      ],
      "qualifier": "men's speech",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, men's speech) sentence-ending particle indicating familiarity or assertion"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese informal terms",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Then, I really got yelled at.",
          "roman": "Sore de sa, sugoku okorareta n da yo.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "凄",
              "すご"
            ],
            [
              "怒",
              "おこ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "それでさ、凄く怒られたんだよ。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "filler particle similar to ね (ne)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ね",
          "ね#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) filler particle similar to ね (ne)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "さ"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 5,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "さ • (sa)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese dialectal terms",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(Tsugaru) Gotta call mom!",
          "roman": "Katcha sa denwa shineba!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "電",
              "でん"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "わ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "かっちゃさ電話しねば!"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "俺",
              "お"
            ],
            [
              "東",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "京",
              "きょう"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "『俺ら東京さ行ぐだ』\n“Ora Tōkyō sa Igu da”\n\"I'm Goin' to Tokyo\" (1984 song by Yoshi Ikuzō)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1929, 小林多喜二 [Kobayashi Takiji], 蟹工船 (Kani Kōsen)",
          "roman": "\"Ah'm goin' ta hell!\"",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小林多喜二",
              "こばやしたきじ"
            ],
            [
              "蟹工船",
              "かにこうせん"
            ],
            [
              "地",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "獄",
              "ごく"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "え"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "「おい地獄さ行ぐんだで!」\n“Oi jigoku sa egu n da de!”"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) to"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Japanese",
            "standard"
          ],
          "word": "へ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Japanese",
            "standard"
          ],
          "word": "に"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "さ"
}

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