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suffixさ · sa

1. English-ness

   • 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.

2. Englishindicates assertion

   • 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.

3. Englishcome (on); come now; come along; here

   • 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.

4. Englisher; um; well; now

   • 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.

5. Englishindicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust; indicates retort

   • 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!

6. Englishindicates hearsay or rumor

   • 伝染病だってさ。He, um, said that it was contagious.

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