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06-11-2010, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by berrypie View Post
うん... (staring at the phrase for 30 sec) I can't even guess what it means! lol. It seems that dictionary doesn't have this phrase so I totally don't understand. Now, the sentence perfectly makes sense to me.
I don't know what the context is but it just means the essentials of a thing, the core, the heart, the nature, etc. If you know what 本質 or 核心, you should be able to understand it.

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さて、次の質問をさせていただきます。
「待つって、なにを
「日が沈むまで待つの
I only know an i-adjective can become a noun by attaching さ at the end (and drop the い off), how does it sound like when it is used as a sentence copula?
This さ has nothing to do with the adjective nominalizing さ.

It is a masculine sentence-ending particle that is close to よ in meaning but is only softer. さ is very close to だよ in nuance.
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