沙汰

さた

affair, state, incident, issue, matter

淘汰

とうた

weeding out, elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees), culling, selection

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

性淘汰

せいとうた

sexual selection

御沙汰

ごさた

(imperial) words

隣の糂粏味噌

となりのじんだみそ

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter)

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

色恋沙汰

いろこいざた いろこいさた

love affair

人為淘汰

じんいとうた

artificial selection

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