さま

Etymology 1
From. Originally a compound of.

Noun

 * 1) a person's appearance
 * 2) the state or situation of a thing
 * 3) the general trend, tenor, or feel of a thing
 * 4) one's social station, status, or quality
 * 5) the way or means of doing something, how one does something
 * 6) the reason or circumstances for something
 * 1) the reason or circumstances for something

Pronoun

 * : you, you all
 * : he, she, they

Usage notes
Used primarily by women of the red-light districts of the.

The pronoun senses have largely fallen into disuse. These originated as abbreviations of longer forms, , or , with the -sama suffix (see below) developing into an independent use.

Suffix

 * : honorable, Mr., Ms.
 * : a politeness marker that often has no direct translation, replacing copula
 * : that way, that direction
 * : just as
 * : the way of doing something, how one does something
 * : that way, that direction
 * : just as
 * : the way of doing something, how one does something
 * : just as
 * : the way of doing something, how one does something

Usage notes
The honorific senses developed out of euphemistic use of the noun sense of sama, “that way”, as an oblique form of reference, starting from around the.

The -sama suffix after personal names is more respectful than the everyday, and is generally only used when being very polite. Gender-neutral. This is sometimes glossed as, but is also used as a title, such as for judges or governors or certain ranks of nobility, whereas -sama is purely about politeness and relative social closeness.