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JLPT N3 Grammar さえ (sae) – Meaning
The particle さえ (sae) is used to indicate that something is even included or covered within a situation or condition. It can be used to express surprise or emphasis on the thing being included.
FORM
Noun （で）さえ（も
Examples
- それは子供でさえ分かる。 Even children can understand it.
- ドアを押さえてください。 Please hold the door.
- 小鳥が木の枝でさえずっています The small bird is singing on the tree branch.
- ドアを押さえておいてくれますか。 Can you hold the door for me?
- だから、市場テストさえしなかったんだ。」 So we didn’t even do market tests.
- 25人ですが、その個室を二つ押さえることは可能ですか。 It’s 25 people — is it possible to pin down two of those private rooms?
- 絵を描くときに、動かないように画鋲で紙の角をおさえなさい。 Put a tack in the corner of the paper to hold it in place while you draw.
- 日本人にとってさえ、待遇表現を正確に身につけることは容易なことではない。
- それどころか、自分が住んでいた人間界のことさえ、よく知らなかったみたいだ。 On the contrary, it seems I didn’t even know about the human world in which I had been living well.
- 東京駅までだったら、渋滞にさえ巻き込まれなければ、20分くらいで着きますよ。 To Tokyo Station? As long as you don’t get hung up in traffic, you’ll arrive in about 20 minutes.