[Serie: All About Japanese Particles]

Note: Adds force to a sentence. When it overlaps with zo (#67), it is somewhat less emphatic. Ze is used mostly by men.

1. Used to make a declaration to someone or underscore a point.

先に行くぜ。
Saki ni iku ze.
I’m going on ahead. / Leaving now. See you there.

その仕事、君に頼んだぜ。
Sono shigoto, kimi ni tanonda ze.
I’m counting on you to do that job. / It’s [the job’s] up to you now.

頑張るぜ。
Ganbaru ze.
I’m going to give it my best shot. / I’m hanging tough.

– Source: All about particles – A handbook of Japanese function words –

Introduction

In this book, I propose to clarify the functions of a considerable number of particles, to describe their various usages, and, most important, to exemplify each and every usage with sample sentences. Only in this way through context can the student truly come to grips with the Japanese particle. Difficulty level:

All About Japanese Particles: に (ni) – 2

All About Japanese Particles: ものか (mono ka)

All About Japanese Particles: ぞ (zo)

All About Japanese Particles: ぜ (ze)

All About Japanese Particles: もの (mono)

All About Japanese Particles: い (-i)