noun
Dated term for alcohol or sake; now mostly replaced by さけ or お酒 in everyday speech. Still encountered in older texts or poetic contexts.
古い歌には「ささ」と詠まれた酒のことがある。
In old poems, sake is sometimes referred to as 'sasa'.
Polite form commonly used in everyday conversation, while ささ is dated.
An older reading of 酒 (alcohol/sake). The exact origin is uncertain, but it may be a reduplicative or sound-symbolic variant of さけ.