Moto 佐: Assistant; HelpKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 62 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サ)
- 補佐ほさaid; help
- 大佐たいさcolonel; (navy) captain
- 少佐しょうさmajor; lieutenant commander
- 中佐ちゅうさlieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
- 三佐さんさmajor (JGSDF)
- 二佐にさlieutenant colonel (JGSDF)
- 一佐いっさcolonel (JASDF, JGSDF); captain (JMSDF)
- 一等海佐いっとうかいさcaptain (JMSDF)
- 一等空佐いっとうくうさcolonel (JASDF)
- 一等陸佐いっとうりくさcolonel (JGSDF)
- 三等海佐さんとうかいさlieutenant-commander (JMSDF)
- 三等陸佐さんとうりくさmajor (JGSDF)
- 二等海佐にとうかいさcommander (JMSDF)
- 二等陸佐にとうりくさlieutenant colonel (JGSDF)
- 伊佐木いさきchicken grunt (species of fish, Parapristipoma trilineatum); threeline grunt
- 佐保姫さほひめSaohime; goddess of Spring
- 佐保神さほがみSaohime; goddess of Spring
- 佐官さかんfield officer
- 佐川急便事件さがわきゅうびんじけんSagawa Express Scandal (1992)
- 佐幕さばくadherence to the shogunate
- 佐幕派さばくはsupporters of the shogun
- 佐曽羅さそらincense variety used in kōdō (orig. from India)
- 佐曾羅さそらincense variety used in kōdō (orig. from India)
- 佐様さようso; like that
- 佐波理さはりcopper alloy with traces of silver, lead, or tin
- 佐渡さどSado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
- 佐行さぎょうthe "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)
- 佐賀さがSaga (city, prefecture)
- 佐賀県さがけんSaga prefecture (Kyushu)
- 保佐人ほさにんconservator; curator
- 和佐比わさびwasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish
- 團平喜佐古だんべいきさごUmbonium giganteum (species of sea snail)
- 土佐とさTosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
- 土佐弁とさべんTosa dialect
- 土佐水木とさみずきspike winter hazel (Corylopsis spicata)
- 土佐犬とさけんtosa (Japanese dog breed)
- 大佐賀おおさがSebastes iracundus (species of rockfish)
- 大統領補佐官だいとうりょうほさかんpresidential aide
- 海佐かいさhigher-grade officer rank (JMSDF)
- 空佐くうさ(Self Defense Force's Air Force) colonel (defence); lieutenant
- 管理補佐かんりほさadministrative assistant
- 被保佐人ひほさにんperson subject to a conservatorship or curatorship
- 補佐人ほさにんassistant; aide
- 補佐官ほさかんaide
- 補佐役ほさやくassistant; adjunct
- 補佐的ほさてきsupportive (role); assistant
- 輔佐ほさaid; help
- 輔佐人ほさにんassistant; aide
- 陸軍大佐りくぐんたいさarmy colonel
Other readings
- 佐けるたすけるto save; to rescue
- 佐変サへんirregular conjugation of s-stem verbs; conjugation of the verb "suru"
- 佐渡土竜さどもぐらSado mole (Mogera tokudae); Tokuda's mole
- 須佐之男命すさのおのみことSusanoo-no-Mikoto (deity, younger brother to Amaterasu)
- １佐いっさcolonel (JASDF, JGSDF); captain (JMSDF)
- １等空佐いっとうくうさcolonel (JASDF)
- １等陸佐いっとうりくさcolonel (JGSDF)
- ２佐にさlieutenant colonel (JGSDF)
- ２等海佐にとうかいさcommander (JMSDF)
- ２等陸佐にとうりくさlieutenant colonel (JGSDF)
- ３佐さんさmajor (JGSDF)
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