Kanji

汰

汰

washing, sieving, filtering, weeding out, luxury

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

7 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

タ, タイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おごる, にごる, よなげる

Example sentences

ご無沙汰 ごぶさた
大変 ご無沙汰 しております 。

It has been a long time since I last contacted you.

沙汰 さた
それ は 正気 の 沙汰 と は 思えない 。

I can hardly believe that is the act of a sane person.

正気 しょうき
あんな 危険 な こと を する なんて 、 正気 の 沙汰 では ない 。

Doing something so dangerous is simply insane.

淘汰 とうた
市場 の 厳しい 競争 に より 、 多く の 古い 技術 が 淘汰 された 。

Due to fierce market competition, many old technologies were eliminated.

強者 きょうしゃ
自然界 で は 強者 が 生き残り 、 弱者 が 淘汰 される の が 現実 だ 。

In the natural world, it is a reality that the strong survive and the weak are eliminated.

Example Vocabulary

ご無沙汰

ごぶさた

neglecting to contact; long silence

沙汰

さた

matter; affair; instruction; rumor

手持ち無沙汰

てもちぶさた

表沙汰

おもてざた

淘汰

とうた

selection, weeding out, elimination

色恋沙汰

いろこいざた

音沙汰

おとさた

警察沙汰

けいさつざた

暴力沙汰

ぼうりょくざた

狂気の沙汰

きょうきのさた

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