佐

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assistant

On-Yomi: サ

Koohii stories:

1) [fuaburisu] 27-11-2008(177): Mr T's assistant is on his left. Why? Because Mr T has this bad habit of suddenly extending his right arm (what with all the boxing that he did), and his assistant got inadvertently punched in the face more than once (ouch). So now his assistant is always to his left side, much safer - "Stay on my left, foo!".

2) [chamcham] 9-5-2007(84): On your right is your "right-hand man" that you credit for all your success….on the left…… is your assistant who does all the grunt work and gets no credit for anything…

3) [Raichu] 24-4-2008(35): Your left-hand man. (NB this kanji suggests a lower-ranking assistant. Their is a similar but rarer kanji 佑 with "right" that indicates receiving help from a superior.).

4) [Stryder] 30-11-2007(13): Dwight Schrute wants to be Michael Scott's right-hand man (Assistant Regional Manager) but the best he ever manages is his left-hand man (Assistant TO the Regional Manager).

5) [somukeru] 6-3-2008(12): As Obi-wan's padawan, or assistant, Anakin is the Jedi who stands on his left.

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