Kanji1 / 7
汰 kanji
washing, sieving, filtering, weeding out, luxury
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
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Kun readings
おごるにごるよなげる
Words with 汰
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —整理淘汰reorganizing an industry or enterprise and weeding out redundant workers; readjustment and retrenchment
- —暴力沙汰(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
- —腕力沙汰resorting (coming) to fisticuffs; coming to blows; settling with violence
- —流血沙汰bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
- —血縁淘汰kin selection
- —社会淘汰social selection
- —淘汰作用sifting out; weeding out; selection; sorting
- —沙汰の外absurd; unreasonable; out of the question; preposterous
- —沙汰止みcancellation; abandonment
- —訴訟沙汰matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
- —烏滸の沙汰stupidity; absurdity; presumption; impertinence
- —気違い沙汰insane behavior; madness
- —狂気の沙汰crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness
- —沙汰の限りout of the question; preposterous
- —正気の沙汰sound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind
- —手持ち無沙汰having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored
- —仏の沙汰も銭money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; even the Buddha's verdict is (decided by) money
- —地獄の沙汰も金次第money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even the verdict of hell is determined by money
- —取沙汰talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
- —とう汰weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection; selection