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さす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to point
The pale man points into the distance with a trembling hand.
2. to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person
Please call on someone else.
3. to identify; to indicate; to point out
This might be what is meant by a taste that makes you want a drink.
4. to play (a game of shogi); to move (a piece)
5. to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)
Alt. forms
指さす
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さす
Pitch accent
さ
す
Conjugations...
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
to be obvious; to be obviously correct; (lit.) to point to one's palm
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
to play shogi
2 more...
Examples (15 in total)
I got called on by the teacher in class.
The thermometer reads 10C.
Please call on someone else.
I haven't been called on, but I'm going to speak anyway, all right?
The hands of the watch point to seven o’clock.
The speedometer was indicating 95 mph.
I don't know which doctor she meant.
The teacher pointed to the writing on the blackboard with a pointer.
The word refers to not only adults but also children.
It's still unclear what those words refer to.
The pale man points into the distance with a trembling hand.
Saying that, he points behind him with his thumb.
I ask again, not knowing who those words refer to.
This might be what is meant by a taste that makes you want a drink.
Some years, you end up playing fewer than ten games.