いさ

See also: いざ

Japanese

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

いさ • (isa) 

1. used as a filled pause

Derived terms

• いさとよ (isatoyo)

Adverb

いさ • (isa) 

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 42; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 35)

     人(ひと)はいさ心(こころ)も知(し)らずふるさとは花(はな)ぞ昔(むかし)の香(か)ににほひける

     hito wa isa kokoro mo shirazu furusato wa hana zo mukashi no ka ni nioikeru

     (please add an English translation of this example)

Proper noun

いさ or イサ • (Isa) 

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いさ – see the following entries.

【鯨】S [noun] (archaic) a whale (large sea mammal)

【伊佐】 [proper noun] Isa (a city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] a female given name

【石原】 [proper noun] Isa (a neighborhood of Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)

【伊作】 [proper noun] a female given name

【伊三】 [proper noun] a female given name

【伊早】 [proper noun] a female given name

【伊沙】 [proper noun] a female given name

【伊砂】 [proper noun] a female given name

【伊紗】 [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spelling いすず

【伊瑳】 [proper noun] a female given name

【以佐】 [proper noun] a female given name

【以作】 [proper noun] a female given name

【以早】 [proper noun] a female given name

【以沙】 [proper noun] a female given name

【以砂】 [proper noun] a female given name

【以紗】 [proper noun] a female given name

【以瑳】 [proper noun] a female given name

【依佐】 [proper noun] a female given name

【依瑳】 [proper noun] a female given name

【惟瑳】 [proper noun] a female given name

【意瑳】 [proper noun] a female given name

【衣砂】 [proper noun] a female given name

【衣瑳】 [proper noun] a female given name

(This term, いさ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as いさ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いさ.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 伊左, 伊咲, 伊差, 伊阿弥, 依作, 依早, 依咲, 依沙, 依砂, 依紗, 惟佐, 惟作, 惟早, 惟沙, 惟砂, 惟紗, 意佐, 意作, 意早, 意沙, 意砂, 意紗, 衣佐, 衣作, 衣早, 衣咲, 衣彩, 衣沙, 衣桜, 井佐, 井砂, 委沙, 委紗, 威佐, 威冴, 射狹, 入佐, 勇.)

Okinawan

Noun

いさ (isa) 

1. 医者: doctor