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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

さぞ

N1
sazo
  1. I am sure
  2. certainly
  3. no doubt
adverb

Also written 嘸

Chinese meanings

想必;一定

Examples

  • さぞショックだったでしょう。
    It must have been a shock to you.
    一定受了很大打击吧。
  • もし彼かれが死しんだらさぞ悲かなしむだろう。
    I'll be deeply affected by his death.
    如果他去世,一定会很悲伤吧。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('fab38f85af'); // さぞ
{
  "id": "fab38f85af",
  "word": "さぞ",
  "reading": "さぞ",
  "romaji": "sazo",
  "meanings": [
    "I am sure",
    "certainly",
    "no doubt"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1565620,
  "other_forms": [
    "嘸"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "さぞショックだったでしょう。",
      "en": "It must have been a shock to you.",
      "tatoeba_id": 216821
    },
    {
      "ja": "もし彼が死んだらさぞ悲しむだろう。",
      "furigana": "もし{彼|かれ}が{死|し}んだらさぞ{悲|かな}しむだろう。",
      "en": "I'll be deeply affected by his death.",
      "tatoeba_id": 193517
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "11349e19b0f08704bac01b7a6de13781a40f45488ab54c026b7755f3b91ef5a3",
    "meanings": [
      "想必",
      "一定"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "さぞショックだったでしょう。",
        "zh": "一定受了很大打击吧。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "もし彼が死んだらさぞ悲しむだろう。",
        "zh": "如果他去世,一定会很悲伤吧。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/fab38f85af",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1565620; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "83ab761f9790ce0d5fea0f62dc6bb3fa1e72cd12f42938f9aabbb999a8439c50",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}