noun
the "sa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (sa, shi, su, se, so)
Refers to the set of kana starting with the consonant 's' in the gojūon ordering: さ, し, す, せ, そ (and their voiced variants ざ, じ, ず, ぜ, ぞ). Used in discussions of kana tables, verb conjugation (e.g., サ行変格活用), and phonology.
五十音図でサ行は「さしすせそ」です。
In the gojūon chart, the sa-row is 'sa, shi, su, se, so'.
「する」はサ行変格活用の動詞です。
'Suru' is a sa-row irregular conjugation verb.
Ateji spelling; rarely used.
Compound of サ (sa, the first kana in the row) and 行 (gyō, 'row' or 'line'), referring to the row of the kana table that begins with the character サ.