沙汰

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沙	汰

Etymology

From Sinitic 沙汰. Originally referred to "washing away" (汰) "sand" (沙) from something desirable.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA: [sa̠ta̠]

Noun

沙汰 (hiragana さた, romaji sata)

1. washing away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice
2. by extension, a fine-grained or careful sorting out or selection of something or someone
3. deliberation of an issue and arriving at an appropriate outcome:
   1. the proper disposal or treatment of an issue
   2. a court case, a lawsuit, a trial
   3. a public affair, something in the court of public opinion
4. a transmission of information:
   1. an instruction or order
   2. a notification
   3. a reputation
   4. a rumor
   5. an action, event, or matter worth talking about: how things shake out

Synonyms

• (careful selection): 淘汰 (とうた, tōta)
• (discussion, deliberation): 検討 (けんとう, kentō), 論議 (ろんぎ, rongi), 評議 (ひょうぎ, hyōgi)
• (court case): 裁判 (さいばん, saiban)
• (lawsuit): 訴訟 (そしょう, soshō)
• (public affair): 公事 (おおやけごと, ōyakegoto)
• (instruction): 指図 (さしず, sashizu)
• (order): 指令 (しれい, shirei), 命令 (めいれい, meirei)
• (notification): 報知 (ほうち, hōchi), 通知 (つうち, tsūchi), 便り (たより, tayori), 知らせ (しらせ, shirase)
• (reputation): 評判 (ひょうばん, hyōban)
• (rumor): 噂 (うわさ, uwasa)
• (action): 行為 (こうい, kōi)
• (event, matter): 事柄 (ことがら, kotogara)

Verb

沙汰 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana さたする, romaji sata suru)沙汰する 沙汰 suru

1. to wash away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice
2. by extension, to carefully sort out or select something or someone
3. to deliberate on an issue and arrive at an appropriate outcome
4. to transmit information:
   1. to give an instruction or order
   2. to notify
   3. to gossip, to spread rumors

Conjugation

Conjugation of "沙汰する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms	Imperfective (未然形)	沙汰し	さたし	sata shi
	Continuative (連用形)	沙汰し	さたし	sata shi
	Terminal (終止形)	沙汰する	さたする	sata suru
	Attributive (連体形)	沙汰する	さたする	sata suru
	Hypothetical (仮定形)	沙汰すれ	さたすれ	sata sure
	Imperative (命令形)	沙汰せよ¹ 沙汰しろ²	さたせよ¹ さたしろ²	sata seyo¹ sata shiro²
Key constructions	Passive	沙汰される	さたされる	sata sareru
	Causative	沙汰させる 沙汰さす	さたさせる さたさす	sata saseru sata sasu
	Potential	沙汰できる	さたできる	sata dekiru
	Volitional	沙汰しよう	さたしよう	sata shiyō
	Negative	沙汰しない	さたしない	sata shinai
	Negative continuative	沙汰せず	さたせず	sata sezu
	Formal	沙汰します	さたします	sata shimasu
	Perfective	沙汰した	さたした	sata shita
	Conjunctive	沙汰して	さたして	sata shite
	Hypothetical conditional	沙汰すれば	さたすれば	sata sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

• (to select carefully): 淘汰 (とうた, tōta)
• (to discuss, to deliberate): 検討 (けんとう, kentō), 論議 (ろんぎ, rongi), 評議 (ひょうぎ, hyōgi)
• (to give an instruction): 指図 (さしず, sashizu)
• (to give an order): 指令 (しれい, shirei), 命令 (めいれい, meirei)
• (to notify): 報知 (ほうち, hōchi), 通知 (つうち, tsūchi), 便り (たより, tayori), 知らせ (しらせ, shirase)
• (to gossip): 噂 (うわさ, uwasa)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
沙汰

Verb

沙汰 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shātài)

1. (archaic) to do away with; to abolish

References

• "沙汰" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2009-05-15.