[ごぶさた, gobusata] (n, vs) (See 無沙汰) not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence; (P)
[おこのさた, okonosata] (n) stupidity; absurdity; presumption; impertinence
[おとさた, otosata] (n) news; letter
[きちがいざた, kichigaizata] (n) (sens) insane behavior; madness
[きょうきのさた, kyoukinosata] (exp) (col) crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness
[けいさつざた, keisatsuzata] (n) a matter for the police; with the police involved; a brush with the law
[けつえんとうた, ketsuentouta] (n) kin selection
[けんかざた, kenkazata] (n) beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
[ごさた, gosata] (n) (imperial) words
[さた, sata] (n, vs) (1) affair; state; incident; issue; matter; (2) verdict; sentence; (3) directions; orders; command; instructions; (4) notice; information; communication; news; message; tidings; update
[さたのかぎり, satanokagiri] (exp) out of the question; preposterous
[さいばんざた, saibanzata] (n) law suit; litigation
[しゆうとうた, shiyuutouta] (n) (obsc) (See 性淘汰) sexual selection
[しぜんとうた, shizentouta] (n, vs) natural selection
[しゃかいとうた, shakaitouta] (n) (See 社会ダーウィニズム) social selection
[とりざた, torizata] (n, vs) current rumour; current rumor; gossip; (idle) talk
[てもちぶさた, temochibusata] (adj-na, n) being bored; being at a loose end
[いろこいざた, irokoizata] (n) love affair
[じんいとうた, jin'itouta] (n) artificial selection (in biology)
[じんいんとうた, jin'intouta] (n) personnel reduction
[にんじょうざた, ninjouzata] (n) bloodshed
[せいとうた, seitouta] (n) sexual selection
[せいりとうた, seiritouta] (n, vs) reorganize an enterprise and weed out redundant workers; reorganize an industry and weed out redudant enterprises
[じごくのさたもかねしだい, jigokunosatamokaneshidai] (exp) (id) Money is the best lawyer
[とうた, touta] (n, vs) (1) selection; weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); (2) (See 自然淘汰・しぜんとうた) natural selection
[とうたさよう, toutasayou] (n) sifting out; weeding out; selection; sorting
[うちざた, uchizata] (n) secret government business
[おもてざた, omotezata] (n, vs) going public; creating publicity; recourse to litigation
[ぼうりょくざた, bouryokuzata] (n) (committing, resorting to) an act of violence
[ぶさた, busata] (n) not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
[りゅうけつざた, ryuuketsuzata] (n) bloodshed; bloody event
[わんりょくざた, wanryokuzata] (n) resorting (coming) to fisticuffs; coming to blows
[じんだ;じんた, jinda ; jinta] (n) (1) salted rice-bran paste for pickling; (2) mashed green soybeans