In the sixth episode of Shingu, at one point Hachiyou's grandfather and Nayuta's father talk to Hajime about something that happened in ep 4 (which I'm not going to describe). Nayuta sees this, and calls him away. He comes over to her, and she asks, "What did my father say to you?"

And Hajime says, Musume o yoroshiku tte sa.

Musume == "daughter"

o is the object particle

yoroshiku is a very versatile word. In this case it means "please think well of" or "please take care of".

tte is a quotation particle.

But the icing on the cake is sa. It is like trailing yo, an emphasis, but when a man uses it, it indicates that he thinks what he's saying is obvious. So what Hajime said was:

"Please look out for my daughter," obviously!

He's teasing Nayuta gently, and she knows it. Her response is "Baaaka!" What he's really telling her is to mind her own business.

I love the sa terminal!

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