様さま

suffix

Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms

Honorific suffix attached to a person's name, title, or position to show respect. Equivalent to English titles but used more broadly.

• 田た中なか様さま、お電でん話わです。

  Mr./Ms. Tanaka, you have a phone call.

• お客きゃく様さまは神かみ様さまです。

  The customer is a god (honorific expression).

suffix

polite suffix (fixed expressions)

Attached to nouns or na-adjectives prefixed with お or ご to make them more polite. Mostly appears in set phrases like お粗末さまでした.

See also: お粗末さまでした

• お粗そ末まつさまでした。

  Thank you for the meal (humble/polite fixed expression).

• ご馳ち走そうさまでした。

  Thank you for the feast (polite fixed expression).

noun

state; situation; appearance; manner

Describes the condition, look, or way something is. Often used in formal or written contexts; in casual speech 様子 is more common.

• 彼かれは当とう時じの様さまを静しずかに語かたった。

  He quietly described how things were at the time.

• 敗やぶれたチームの様さまは痛いた々いたしかった。

  The defeated team's state was painful to see.