性淘汰

せいとうた

sexual selection

人員淘汰

じんいんとうた

personnel reduction

整理淘汰

せいりとうた

reorganize an enterprise and weed out redundant workers, reorganize an industry and weed out redudant enterprises

自然淘汰

しぜんとうた

natural selection

人為淘汰

じんいとうた

artificial selection

淘汰作用

とうたさよう

sifting out, weeding out, selection, sorting

社会淘汰

しゃかいとうた

social selection

血縁淘汰

けつえんとうた

kin selection

雌雄淘汰

しゆうとうた

sexual selection

淘げる

to separate and discard; to sieve and sort; to wash out (impurities, etc.)

淘宝網

タオバオ

Taobao (Chinese e-commerce site)

沙汰

さた

affair, state, incident, issue, matter

糂汰

じんだ じんた

salted rice-bran paste for pickling

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

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

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