無沙汰

ぶさた ぶ さた

not writing or contacting for a while, neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.), failing to write (call, visit, etc.), long silence

ご無沙汰

ごぶさた

not writing or contacting for a while, neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.), long silence

沙汰

さた

affair, state, incident, issue, matter

内沙汰

うちざた うちさた

secret government business

表沙汰

おもてざた

going public, creating publicity, recourse to litigation

音沙汰

おとさた

news, letter

御沙汰

ごさた

(imperial) words

色恋沙汰

いろこいざた いろこいさた

love affair

警察沙汰

けいさつざた

a matter for the police, with the police involved, a brush with the law

取り沙汰

とりざた

current rumour, current rumor, gossip, (idle) talk

腕力沙汰

わんりょくざた

resorting (coming) to fisticuffs, coming to blows

沙汰止み

cancellation; abandonment

刃傷沙汰

にんじょうざた

bloodshed

裁判沙汰

さいばんざた さいばんさた

law suit, litigation

暴力沙汰

ぼうりょくざた

(committing, resorting to) an act of violence

流血沙汰

りゅうけつざた

bloodshed, bloody event

沙汰の外

さたのほか

absurd, unreasonable, out of the question, preposterous

喧嘩沙汰

けんかざた

beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)

手持ち

てもち

in hand, on hand, on one, in stock, in store