Example sentences
Formation
(i) Noun | さえ | |
鹿さえ出る | Even deer appear | |
刺身さえ食べる | Eat even sashimi | |
(ii) Noun(Particle) | さえ | |
アフリカ(へ/に) さえ行った | Went even to Africa | |
(iii) Noun Particle | さえ | |
こんな街にさえある | Exist even in such a town | |
私にさえ分かる | Understandable even to me | |
学校でさえ教える | Teach even at school | |
犬とさえ遊ぶ | Play even with a dog | |
中国からさえ来る | Come even from China | |
(iv) Noun (Particle) | でさえ | |
専門家でさえ分からない | Even professionals don’t understand (literally: one doesn’t understand something even if he is a professional) | |
果物でさえ食べない | Don’t eat even fruit (literally: don’t eat something even if it is fruit) | |
私からでさえもらわない | Don’t accept (something) even from me (literally: don’t receive something even if it is from me) | |
(v) Vて | さえ (いる/もらう/etc.) | |
読んでさえいない | Have not even read | |
見てさえ分からない | Don’t understand even by looking at | |
(vi) Vます | さえする | |
書きさえする | Even write | |
(vii) Adjective い stem | くさえある | |
安くさえある | Be even inexpensive | |
(viii) {Adjective な stem/Noun} | でさえある | |
便利でさえある | Be even convenient | |
学者でさえある | Be even a scholar |