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Grammar detail: さえ, でさえ
さえ, でさえ - even, not ~ even, let alone
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noun
+ （で）さえ
or verb stem
+ さえ
or verb て form
+ さえ
means even, not even, not so much as
The form でさえ is only used with nouns, and adds emphasis:
You may also encounter the forms すら and ですら, which are just older forms of さえ and でさえ, and in modern Japanese typically only encountered in written texts. As with でさえ, ですら is only used with nouns.
さえ can also be used within conjugations, for added emphasis:
Kanji used in this grammar
セイ ショウ life なま raw いかす to enliven いきる to live いける to arrange flowers うまれる to be born うむ to give birth to き pure, undiluted おう to grow, to sprout はえる to grow, to sprout はやす to grow, cultivate
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