ぜ

Etymology 2
→ →  →

Shift via monophthongization of older, in turn from sentence-ending emphatic particle and exclamatory or familiar particle.

First dated to 1771. Usage became established in the area, then spread to the  region in the late 1700s.

With the softening effect of particle, the sense was originally somewhat less gruff than using just. However, in modern usage, this is now generally considered more gruff than, and usage is restricted to informal masculine speech, either between members of the same group and status, or by a social superior to an inferior.

Usage notes

 * Similar to, ぜ is mostly used by males. However, unlike , ぜ is strictly informal register, and can be considered highly impolite if used outside of a casual setting.
 * When used with polite-register forms like and the  verb ending, this may imply sarcasm, contempt, or threat.

Etymology 3
Reading of various kanji.