noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
left (in vertical writing); the following
Used in vertical Japanese writing to refer to the text that follows (which appears to the left of the current position). In horizontal writing, 下 (した) is used instead.
Details are as follows (in vertical writing).
Please contact us at the address indicated below (in vertical writing).
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
demotion; relegation; downward transfer
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
Standard kanji form for this reading.
The kanji 左 means 'left'. The reading さ is a native Japanese reading (kun'yomi) used in this specific context of vertical writing.