The katakana character サ (sa) with a dakuten (゛).
ザ • (za)
- The katakana syllable ザ (za). Its equivalent in hiragana is ざ (za).
The katakana syllabary is used primarily for transcription of foreign language words into Japanese and the writing of gairaigo (loan words), as well as to represent onomatopoeias, technical and scientific terms, and the names of plants, animals, and minerals. It is also occasionally used in some words for emphasis, or to ease reading; katakana may be preferred for words becoming buried in the text if they are written under their canonical form in hiragana. Names of Japanese companies, as well as certain Japanese language words such as colloquial terms, are also sometimes written in katakana rather than the other systems. Formerly, female first names would often be written in katakana.
- (Katakana) 片仮名; アァ, イィ, ウゥヴ, エェ(𛀀), オォ, カヵガ, キギ, クグ, ケヶゲ, コゴ, サザ, シジ, スズ, セゼ, ソゾ, タダ, チヂ, ツッヅ, テデ, トド, ナ, ニ, ヌ, ネ, ノ, ハバパ, ヒビピ, フブプ, ヘベペ, ホボポ, マ, ミ, ム, メ, モ, ヤャ, 𛄠 (𛄠), ユュ, エ/𛄡 (𛄡), ヨョ, ララ゚, リリ゚, ルル゚, レレ゚, ロロ゚, ワヮヷ, ヰヸ, 𛄢 (𛄢), ヱヹ, ヲヺ, ン, ー, ヽ, ヾ
Borrowed from English the.
ザ • (za)
- (colloquial) (of an example of something) quintessential, classic, typical, archetypal, exemplary, perfect; peak, maximum
- ザ・クラシックカーって感じのデザインだよね！
- Za kurashikku kā tte kanji no dezain da yo ne!
- It's got that classic car vibe, right? / It's peak car vibes, isn't it?
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ザ.
- of (obu, with similar function, literally “of”)
