さま
Meanings
Suffix
Honorific
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.
after a person's name (or position, etc.)
2. makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-
Noun
3. state; situation; appearance; manner
Kanji used
-sama
Pitch accent
Top 500
Used in vocabulary (138 in total)
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
God; god; ace; king; superior person
older brother
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
princess; daughter of a nobleman
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
(someone else's) child; child; kid
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
young master; son of a high-ranking person
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o
other people; others
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
a Buddha; deceased person
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
regular customer; valued client
regular customer; valued client
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")
lady of the house
other people; others
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
prince; princess
apologies for the crude food
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
(arch.) person of high rank; (arch.) nobleman; wife of a nobleman
immediately; promptly
monk; priest; boy
display of dolls during Hinamatsuri; Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
immediately; promptly
to one's heart's content
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
that's too bad; too bad for you!
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
person of importance; a somebody; absolutely; certainly; to be sure
(someone else's) child; child; kid
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
our gracious (e.g. Queen); honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
wickedness; sideways; unreasonable
the other party
coming home after midnight; person who comes home after midnight
living god; saintly person
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
thunder; god of thunder
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
imperial palace; person living in the imperial palace (esp. the emperor); festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
the sun; providence; god
immediately; promptly
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
(someone's) assistance; help; aid; grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
headlong; head over heels
(someone's) assistance; help; aid; grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
many ways; various methods
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
fraud; trickery; hoax; surely; absolutely; certainly
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
regular customer; valued client
regular customer; valued client
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
display of dolls during Hinamatsuri; Hinamatsuri (March 3); Girls' Festival; Dolls' Festival
the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)
Manjusri (bodhisattva)
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
thank you for your trouble; unfortunately ...
that's too bad; too bad for you!
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris
paper doll modeled after a kimono-clad woman (modelled)
parent who behaves like everyone owes them
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
(someone's) assistance; help; aid; grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing
daughter (of a good family)
thanks to your assistance; thanks to your help; thanks to your support
another's wife; another's daughter
Examples (12 in total)
A love letter from Gray?
Brad Pitt is an actor.
Who do you think you are?