ぜ
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PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
The hiragana character せ (se) with a dakuten (゛).
SyllableEdit
ぜ (romaji ze)
See alsoEdit
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐ゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑ𛅑ゑ゙, を𛅒を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Etymology 2Edit
/zo e/ → /zoe/ → /zeː/ → /ze/
Shift via monophthongization of older ぞえ (zoe), in turn from sentence-ending emphatic particle ぞ (zo) and exclamatory or familiar particle え (e).[1][2][3]
First dated to 1771.[1] Usage became established in the Edo area, then spread to the Kansai region in the late 1700s.[1]
With the softening effect of particle え (e), the sense was originally somewhat less gruff than using just ぞ (zo). However, in modern usage, this is now generally considered more gruff than ぞ (zo), and usage is restricted to informal masculine speech, either between members of the same group and status, or by a social superior to an inferior.[1][2]
ParticleEdit
- [from 1771] (colloquial, men's speech) sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to lightly press one's point, with familiar overtones
- 困った奴だぜ。
- Komatta yatsu da ze.
- What a troublesome guy.
- 困った奴だぜ。
- [from 1771] (colloquial, men's speech) sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to tell the listener about something in a patronising way
- そんなにケーキを食べたら太っちまうぜ。
- Sonna ni kēki o tabetara futotchimau ze.
- You'll get fat if you keep eating cake.
- そんなにケーキを食べたら太っちまうぜ。
Usage notesEdit
- Similar to ぞ (zo), ぜ is mostly used by males. However, unlike ぞ, ぜ is strictly informal register, and can be considered highly impolite if used outside of a casual setting.
- When used with polite-register forms like です (desu) and the ます (masu) verb ending, this may imply sarcasm, contempt, or threat.[1][2]
Alternative formsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Reading of various kanji.
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(This term, ぜ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as ぜ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぜ.) |