Shift from 左様 (sayō).
さい • (sai) ←さい (sai)?
- (dialect) so; such
- Synonym: (standard Japanese) そう (sō)
- さいですか/さいでっか?
- Sai desu ka/sai dekka?
- is that so?
そうですか (standard Japanese)
For pronunciation and definitions of さい – see the following entries.
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【才】2
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- [noun] ability, talent, aptitude
- [noun] alternative form of the volumetric unit 抄 (shō)
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【歳】S
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- [suffix] [from early 800s] -year-old
Alternative spellings才, サイ
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(This term, さい (sai), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as さい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as さい.)
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(The following entries are uncreated: 賽, 裁, 差違.)