"ザ" meaning in Japanese

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Particle

Forms: za [romanization]
Etymology: Borrowed from English the. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|the}} English the Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} ザ • (za)
  1. (colloquial) Used to add emphasis to a noun and imply that it is a classic example of something. Tags: colloquial Related terms: of (ruby: of(オブ)) (english: of; obu, with similar function) [literally]
    Sense id: en-ザ-ja-particle-q8WWo-tN Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 74 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 75 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Syllable

IPA: [d͡za̠] Forms: za [romanization]
Etymology: The katakana character サ (sa) with a dakuten (゛). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|サ|tr=sa}} サ (sa), {{m|ja|゛}} ゛, {{Kana-dakuten|サ|sa}} The katakana character サ (sa) with a dakuten (゛). Head templates: {{ja-pos|syllable}} ザ • (za)
  1. The katakana syllable ザ (za). Its equivalent in hiragana is ざ (za).
    Sense id: en-ザ-ja-syllable-Ag9PpzUP Categories (other): Japanese katakana, Japanese particles Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 38 62 Related terms: , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛀀, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 𛅕, , , , , ㇱ, , , ㇲ, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ㇳ, , , , , ㇴ, , , , ㇵ, , , , ㇶ, , , , ㇷ, , , , ㇸ, , , , ㇹ, , , , , , ㇺ, , , , , 𛄠, , , /, 𛄡, , , , ㇻ, ゚, , ㇼ, , ㇽ, , ㇾ, , ㇿ, , , , , 𛅤, , 𛄢, , 𛅥, , , 𛅦, , ン𛅧, 𛅧, , ヽ, ヾ, , オ̅, カ̣, キ̣, ク̣, ケ̣, コ̣, サ̅サ̣̅, セ̅セ̣̅, ソ̅ソ̣̅, タ̣, チ̣, チ̅チ̣̅, ツ̣ツ̅ツ̣̅, テ̣, ト̣, パ̣, ピ̣, プ̣, ペ̣, ポ̣, 𚿰𚿷, 𚿱𚿸, 𚿲𚿺, 𚿳𚿻, 𚿵𚿽, 𚿶𚿾 Related terms (Southern Min additional): ウ̅ゥ̅
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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        },
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          "word": "イ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ィ"
        },
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          "word": "ゾ"
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          "word": "タ"
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        {
          "word": "ダ"
        },
        {
          "word": "チ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヂ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ツ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ッ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヅ"
        },
        {
          "word": "テ"
        },
        {
          "word": "デ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ト"
        },
        {
          "word": "ㇳ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ド"
        },
        {
          "word": "ナ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ニ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヌ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ㇴ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ネ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ノ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ハ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ㇵ"
        },
        {
          "word": "バ"
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        {
          "word": "パ"
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        {
          "word": "ヒ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ㇶ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ビ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ピ"
        },
        {
          "word": "フ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ㇷ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ブ"
        },
        {
          "word": "プ"
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        {
          "word": "ヘ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ㇸ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ベ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ペ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ホ"
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        {
          "word": "ㇹ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ボ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ポ"
        },
        {
          "word": "マ"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "メ"
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        {
          "word": "モ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヤ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ャ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄠"
        },
        {
          "word": "ユ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ュ"
        },
        {
          "word": "/"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄡"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヨ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ョ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ラ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ㇻ"
        },
        {
          "word": "゚"
        },
        {
          "word": "リ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ㇼ"
        },
        {
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        {
          "word": "レ"
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          "word": "ㇾ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ロ"
        },
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          "word": "ㇿ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ワ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヮ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヷ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヰ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅤"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヸ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛄢"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヱ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅥"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヹ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヲ"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅦"
        },
        {
          "word": "ヺ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ン𛅧"
        },
        {
          "word": "𛅧"
        },
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          "word": "ー"
        },
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          "word": "ヽ"
        },
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          "word": "ヾ"
        },
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        },
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        },
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          "word": "キ̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "ク̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "ケ̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "コ̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "サ̅サ̣̅"
        },
        {
          "word": "セ̅セ̣̅"
        },
        {
          "word": "ソ̅ソ̣̅"
        },
        {
          "word": "タ̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "チ̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "チ̅チ̣̅"
        },
        {
          "word": "ツ̣ツ̅ツ̣̅"
        },
        {
          "word": "テ̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "ト̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "パ̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "ピ̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "プ̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "ペ̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "ポ̣"
        },
        {
          "word": "𚿰𚿷"
        },
        {
          "word": "𚿱𚿸"
        },
        {
          "word": "𚿲𚿺"
        },
        {
          "word": "𚿳𚿻"
        },
        {
          "word": "𚿵𚿽"
        },
        {
          "word": "𚿶𚿾"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Southern Min additional",
          "word": "ウ̅ゥ̅"
        }
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[d͡za̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ザ"
}

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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    },
    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "word": "ペ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ホ"
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    {
      "word": "ㇹ"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "ポ"
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    {
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    },
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "𛄡"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヨ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ョ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ラ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ㇻ"
    },
    {
      "word": "゚"
    },
    {
      "word": "リ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ㇼ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ル"
    },
    {
      "word": "ㇽ"
    },
    {
      "word": "レ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ㇾ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ロ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ㇿ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ワ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヮ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヷ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヰ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅤"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヸ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛄢"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヱ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅥"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヹ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヲ"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅦"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヺ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ン𛅧"
    },
    {
      "word": "𛅧"
    },
    {
      "word": "ー"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヽ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヾ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ヿ"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Southern Min additional",
      "word": "ウ̅ゥ̅"
    },
    {
      "word": "オ̅"
    },
    {
      "word": "カ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "キ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "ク̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "ケ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "コ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "サ̅サ̣̅"
    },
    {
      "word": "セ̅セ̣̅"
    },
    {
      "word": "ソ̅ソ̣̅"
    },
    {
      "word": "タ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "チ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "チ̅チ̣̅"
    },
    {
      "word": "ツ̣ツ̅ツ̣̅"
    },
    {
      "word": "テ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "ト̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "パ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "ピ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "プ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "ペ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "ポ̣"
    },
    {
      "word": "𚿰𚿷"
    },
    {
      "word": "𚿱𚿸"
    },
    {
      "word": "𚿲𚿺"
    },
    {
      "word": "𚿳𚿻"
    },
    {
      "word": "𚿵𚿽"
    },
    {
      "word": "𚿶𚿾"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The katakana syllable ザ (za). Its equivalent in hiragana is ざ (za)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ザ",
          "ザ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "ざ",
          "ざ#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡za̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ザ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese katakana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese particles",
    "Japanese terms borrowed from English",
    "Japanese terms derived from English",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "the"
      },
      "expansion": "English the",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English the.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "za",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "ザ • (za)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "particle",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "of; obu, with similar function",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "of",
          "オブ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "of"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to add emphasis to a noun and imply that it is a classic example of something."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Used to add emphasis to a noun and imply that it is a classic example of something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ザ"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ザ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "syllable",
  "title": "ザ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ザ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "particle",
  "title": "ザ",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.