Moto 沙: SandKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- サ、シャ
- Kun'yomi
- すな、よなげる
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 81 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (サ・シャ)
- ご無沙汰ごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.)
- 御無沙汰ごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.)
- 沙汰さたaffair; state
- きちがい沙汰きちがいざたinsane behavior; madness
- ご不沙汰ごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.)
- ご沙汰ごさた(imperial) words
- サハラ沙漠サハラさばくSahara Desert
- 不沙汰ぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.)
- 仏の沙汰も銭ほとけのさたもぜにmoney talks; money is the key that opens all doors
- 内沙汰うちざたsecret government business
- 刃傷沙汰にんじょうざたbloodshed
- 取り沙汰とりざたtalk (of the town); rumour
- 取沙汰とりざたtalk (of the town); rumour
- 喧嘩沙汰けんかざたbeginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
- 地獄の沙汰も金次第じごくのさたもかねしだいmoney talks; money is the key that opens all doors
- 姫沙羅ひめしゃらtall stewartia (Stewartia monadelpha); hime-syara stewartia
- 平沙万里へいさばんりvast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain
- 御不沙汰ごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.)
- 御沙汰ごさた(imperial) words
- 手持ち無沙汰てもちぶさたhaving nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do)
- 暴力沙汰ぼうりょくざた(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
- 曼珠沙華まんじゅしゃげred spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis
- 正気の沙汰ではないしょうきのさたではないcrazy; mad
- 毘沙門天びしゃもんてんVaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
- 気違い沙汰きちがいざたinsane behavior; madness
- 沙丘さきゅうsand dune; sand hill
- 沙弥しゃみmale Buddhist novice
- 沙弥十戒しゃみじっかいthe 10 precepts
- 沙弥尼しゃみにfemale Buddhist novice
- 沙汰の外さたのほかabsurd; unreasonable
- 沙汰の限りさたのかぎりout of the question; preposterous
- 沙汰止みさたやみcancellation; abandonment
- 沙漠さばくdesert
- 沙煙さえんhaze near the water
- 沙石させきsand and stone; pebble
- 沙羅しゃらsal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul
- 沙羅双樹さらそうじゅsal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul
- 沙羅樹さらじゅJapanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
- 沙門しゃもんshramana (wandering monk)
- 泥沙でいさmud and sand
- 流血沙汰りゅうけつざたbloodshed; bloody event
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 沙すなsand; grit
- 沙子すなごgold dust; silver dust
Other readings
- 坊主沙魚ぼうずはぜSicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)
- 姫沙魚ひめはぜsharp-nosed sand goby (Favonigobius gymnauchen)
- 川秋沙かわあいさcommon merganser
- 恒河沙ごうがしゃ10^52 (or 10^56)
- 手持無沙汰てもちぶさたhaving nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do)
- 撒児沙さるさsarsaparilla (Smilax regelii); sarsa
- 撒爾沙さるさsarsaparilla (Smilax regelii); sarsa
- 昔沙蚕むかしごかいarchiannelids of the genus Saccocirrus (esp. Saccocirrus major)
- 気狂い沙汰きちがいざたinsane behavior; madness
- 沙皮さめがわshagreen (from a shark or stingray); sharkskin
- 沙穀サゴsago (edible sago palm starch)
- 沙穀椰子サゴやしsago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
- 沙虫いさごむしcaddis worm; caddis-worm (caddisfly larva)
- 沙蚕ごかいragworm; sandworm
- 沙鉢さわちplatter; serving plate
- 沙魚はぜgoby (fish)
- 海秋沙うみあいさred-breasted merganser
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