一等空佐

いっとうくうさ

colonel (JASDF)

二佐

にさ

lieutenant colonel (JSDF)

三佐

さんさ

major (JSDF)

中佐

ちゅうさ

lieutenant colonel, commander (navy)

大佐

たいさ

colonel, (navy) captain

佐幕

さばく

adherence to the shogunate

海佐

higher-grade officer rank (JMSDF)

少佐

しょうさ

major, lieutenant commander, wing commander

佐官

さかん

field officer

佐賀

Saga (city, prefecture)

補佐

ほさ

aid, help, assistance, assistant, counselor, counsellor, adviser, advisor

佐渡

Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

土佐

Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)

一佐

いっさ いちさ

colonel (JSDF)

空空

くうくう

empty, vacant, void

佐幕派

さばくは

supporters of the shogun

補佐役

ほさやく

assistant, adjunct, lieutenant

伊佐木

いさき いさぎ イサキ イサギ

chicken grunt (species of fish, Parapristipoma trilineatum), threeline grunt

佐保姫

さほひめ さおひめ

Saohime, goddess of Spring