三佐

さんさ

major (JSDF)

二佐

にさ

lieutenant colonel (JSDF)

中佐

ちゅうさ

lieutenant colonel, commander (navy)

佐賀

Saga (city, prefecture)

佐幕

さばく

adherence to the shogunate

補佐

ほさ

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

海佐

higher-grade officer rank (JMSDF)

大佐

たいさ

colonel, (navy) captain

佐官

さかん

field officer

少佐

しょうさ

major, lieutenant commander, wing commander

空佐

くうさ そらさ

(Self Defense Force's Air Force) colonel (defence), lieutenant, major

一佐

いっさ いちさ

colonel (JSDF)

土佐

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

佐渡

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

佐幕派

さばくは

supporters of the shogun

伊佐木

いさき いさぎ イサキ イサギ

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

補佐役

ほさやく

assistant, adjunct, lieutenant

保佐人

ほさにん

conservator, curator

補佐官

ほさかん

aide

土佐派

Tosa school of Japanese painting (Muromachi-late Edo period)