沙汰

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Chinese

granule; hoarse; raspy
granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
 
to discard; to eliminate; too
simp. and trad.
(沙汰)

Pronunciation


Verb

沙汰

  1. (archaic) to do away with; to abolish

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (沙汰):
  • Japanese: 沙汰(さた) (sata)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S

Grade: S
kan'on kan'yōon

Etymology

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 沙汰 (MC srae|sraeH thajH, literally “sand + washing”). Originally referred to "washing away" ( (tài)) "sand" () from something desirable.

First cited in Japanese to a text from 786.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

()() (sata

  1. washing away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice
  2. by extension, a fine-grained or careful sorting out or selection of something or someone
  3. deliberation of an issue and arriving at an appropriate outcome:
    1. the proper disposal or treatment of an issue
    2. a court case, a lawsuit, a trial
    3. a public affair, something in the court of public opinion
  4. a transmission of information:
    1. an instruction or order
    2. a notification
    3. a reputation
    4. a rumor
    5. an action, event, or matter worth talking about: how things shake out
  5. (in compounds) incident
    警察(けいさつ)沙汰(ざた)
    keisatsu-zata
    an incident in which one has called the police
    暴力(ぼうりょく)沙汰(ざた)
    bōryoku-zata
    violent incident

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Derived terms

Verb

()()する (sata surusuru (stem ()() (sata shi), past ()()した (sata shita))

  1. to wash away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice
  2. by extension, to carefully sort out or select something or someone
  3. to deliberate on an issue and arrive at an appropriate outcome
  4. to transmit information:
    1. to give an instruction or order
    2. to notify
    3. to gossip, to spread rumors

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References

  1. ^ 沙汰”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN