さた

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さた – see the following entry.

【沙汰】 [noun] washing away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice [noun] by extension, a fine-grained or careful sorting out or selection of something or someone [noun] deliberation of an issue and arriving at an appropriate outcome: [noun] the proper disposal or treatment of an issue [noun] a court case, a lawsuit, a trial [noun] a public affair, something in the court of public opinion [noun] a transmission of information: [noun] an instruction or order [noun] a notification [noun] a reputation [noun] a rumor [noun] an action, event, or matter worth talking about: how things shake out [noun] (in compounds) incident [verb] to wash away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice [verb] by extension, to carefully sort out or select something or someone [verb] to deliberate on an issue and arrive at an appropriate outcome [verb] to transmit information: [verb] to give an instruction or order [verb] to notify [verb] to gossip, to spread rumors

(This term, さた (sata), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)