Expressions 平へい 気き の 平へい 左ざ completely unconcerned; nonchalant; cool as a cucumber ことほどさように so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree Related words 右みぎ 右 (う ) is the counterpart meaning 'right' or 'the preceding' in vertical writing.
下した 下 (した ) is used in horizontal writing to mean 'below' or 'the following', whereas 左 (さ ) is specific to vertical writing.
Word family· 46 left and right; both sides · influence; control; determine · attendants; people at one's side; serving at someone's side · equivocation; evasive speech
left wing; the left · left wing (bird/aircraft) · left wing (army/building); left flank · left field; left fielder · left wing (soccer/rugby)
goodbye; farewell
left wing; leftist faction
left turn; turning left
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port side; left side of a vessel
far left; extreme left; radical left
rushing around in confusion; running every which way; flustered movement
left brain; left hemisphere
plasterer
left bank (of a river)
evidence; proof · witness; testimony
so; like that; in that way · that's right; indeed; exactly · let me see; well now
the following; undermentioned; at left
left-center field
leaning to the left; leftward tilt · leftist tendency; becoming left-wing
left side (of an equation); LHS · left side (of a game board)
drinker; person fond of alcohol · left-wing party
left figure; figure on the left
left atrium
left side
style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance
left liner; line drive to left field
left eye
left kidney
left table; chart on the left
friendship; allegiance; support
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Written forms 左さ Usage 2%
Standard kanji form for this reading.
さ Usage 98%
Etymology The kanji 左 means 'left'. The reading さ is a native Japanese reading (kun'yomi) used in this specific context of vertical writing.
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