さ
Meanings
Suffix
1. -ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition)
Particle
2. indicates assertion (at sentence end; mainly masculine)
Interjection
3. come (on); come now; come along; here (used to urge or encourage others)
Particle
Interjection
4. er; um; well; now; you see ...
Particle
5. indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust; indicates retort (after an interrogative, esp. as の～; at sentence end)
6. indicates hearsay or rumor (as（と／って）～; at sentence end)
7. hey; yo (rough way of calling out to someone)
8. used as a stand-in for various particles to mimic dialectal speech (used by non-speakers of a dialect)
9. partial equivalent of the "ni" and "he" particles in standard Japanese
Pitch accent
さ
Examples637
伝染病
He, um, said that it was contagious.
ぶらぶら
As long as we're all just hanging around chatting, may I make a suggestion? Get back to work!
ベスト
Do your best and don't worry.
でも
But, I have to take my mother.
そして、
And then I breathe a sigh from melancholy in being unable to do anything about it.
事故
I know you're complaining about your car being totaled but it's just a good thing you weren't injured. You should be thankful to be alive.