いさ

See also: いざ

Japanese

Etymology 1

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Interjection

いさ • (isa)

used as a filled pause

Derived terms

いさとよ (isatoyo)

Adverb

いさ • (isa)

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- 905, Kokin Wakashū (book 1, poem 42; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 35)
  人(ひと)はいさ心(こころ)も知(し)らずふるさとは花(はな)ぞ昔(むかし)の香(か)ににほひける
  hito wa isa kokoro mo shirazu furusato wa hana zo mukashi no ka ni nioikeru
  (please add an English translation of this example)

Proper noun

いさ or イサ • (Isa)

a female given name

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いさ – see the following entries.

【鯨】S	(archaic) a whale (large sea mammal)

【伊佐】	Isa (a city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) a female given name

【石原】	Isa (a neighborhood of Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan)

【伊作】	a female given name

【伊三】	a female given name

【伊早】	a female given name

【伊沙】	a female given name

【伊砂】	a female given name

【伊紗】	a female given name Alternative spelling いすず

【伊瑳】	a female given name

【以佐】	a female given name

【以作】	a female given name

【以早】	a female given name

【以沙】	a female given name

【以砂】	a female given name

【以紗】	a female given name

【以瑳】	a female given name

【依佐】	a female given name

【依瑳】	a female given name

【惟瑳】	a female given name

【意瑳】	a female given name

【衣砂】	a female given name

【衣瑳】	a female given name

(This term, いさ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as いさ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いさ.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 伊左, 伊咲, 伊差, 伊阿弥, 依作, 依早, 依咲, 依沙, 依砂, 依紗, 惟佐, 惟作, 惟早, 惟沙, 惟砂, 惟紗, 意佐, 意作, 意早, 意沙, 意砂, 意紗, 衣佐, 衣作, 衣早, 衣咲, 衣彩, 衣沙, 衣桜, 井佐, 井砂, 委沙, 委紗, 威佐, 威冴, 射狹, 入佐, 勇.)

Okinawan

Noun

いさ (isa)

医者: doctor

いさ

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