薩
薩

salvation, Buddha

16 strokesFrequency 1,984Grade 9

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サツサチ

Nanori

さっ

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Common Words

薩摩さつまNounFreq #23426
1

Historical term

Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)

2

Abbreviation

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

菩薩ぼさつぼさちNounNoun suffixFreq #29075
1

Buddhism

bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha

2

High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)

3

title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

薩埵さったNounFreq #43392
1

Buddhism

sattva (sentient beings)

2

Abbreviation; Buddhism

bodhisattva

3

Abbreviation; Buddhism

Vajrasattva

薩長さっちょうNounFreq #50753
1

Historical term

Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)

ラサ拉薩NounUsually kanaFreq #60411
1

Lhasa (China)

さつまいもさつま芋薩摩芋甘薯甘藷かんしょ (甘薯／甘藷)サツマイモNounUsually kanaFreq #61786
1

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Examples
この薩摩芋は生焼けでがりがりする。
This sweet potato is only half-baked and is still crunchy.
地蔵菩薩じぞうぼさつNounFreq #81670
1

Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizo

弥勒菩薩みろくぼさつNounFreq #88280
1

Buddhism

Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

観世音菩薩かんぜおんぼさつNounFreq #90981
1

Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion

大菩薩峠だいぼさつとうげNounFreq #96359
1

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Sword of Doom (1966 film)

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