さて

sate

well
now
then

conjunctioninterjection

Also written 偖

Chinese meanings

那么；好了

Examples

さて、次の問題に進みましょう。
Now, let us move on to the next question.
那么，接着看下一题吧。
さて、何を食べようかな。
Now, what shall I eat?
好了，吃什么呢？

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('94c462cd78'); // さて

{
  "id": "94c462cd78",
  "word": "さて",
  "reading": "さて",
  "romaji": "sate",
  "meanings": [
    "well",
    "now",
    "then"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "conj",
    "int"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1585460,
  "other_forms": [
    "偖"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "さて、次の問題に進みましょう。",
      "en": "Now, let us move on to the next question."
    },
    {
      "ja": "さて、何を食べようかな。",
      "en": "Now, what shall I eat?"
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "9de1220b4061ee08d35771fd42f9a03d175e6ab1a714c03777d2b5508f8fde4b",
    "meanings": [
      "那么",
      "好了"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "さて、次の問題に進みましょう。",
        "zh": "那么，接着看下一题吧。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "さて、何を食べようかな。",
        "zh": "好了，吃什么呢？"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/94c462cd78",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1585460; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "6416a09eb38d176b6ec31e9d6f3acccd9aaf6e70fd8538016d094aafa29e1983"
  }
}