N21570/1725

ご無ぶ沙さ汰た

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するintransitive verb

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ごぶさた

Meanings

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

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Example sentences

ご無沙汰ぶさたしております。お元気げんきでしたか。

I apologize for not being in touch. Have you been well?

長ながらくご無沙汰ぶさたしてしまい、大変たいへん申もうし訳わけございません。

I am very sorry for having neglected to contact you for so long.

田中たなかさんとはもう半年はんとし以上いじょうご無沙汰ぶさただ。

It has been more than half a year since I last contacted Tanaka-san.

ご無沙汰ぶさたしていましたが、先日せんじつようやく旧友きゅうゆうに連絡れんらくを取とることができた。

After a long silence, I was finally able to get in touch with an old friend the other day.

お世話せわになった先生せんせいにご無沙汰ぶさたしているのが、ずっと気きになっていた。

I had been feeling guilty about not keeping in touch with the teacher who had taken care of me.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)