ご無沙汰 (ごぶさた)not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
- not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silencenoun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Kanji in ご無沙汰
- 無Nothingness; None; Ain'tRead with its on'yomi here
- 沙SandRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
- 汰Washing; Sieving; FilteringRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N1
Words that share its kanji
- 無料むりょうfree (of charge); gratuitous
- 無所属むしょぞくindependent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
- 無職むしょくwithout an occupation; unemployed
- 無理むりunreasonable; unnatural
- 無罪むざいinnocence; being not guilty
- 無線むせんradio (communication)
- 有無うむexistence or nonexistence; presence or absence
- 無償むしょうwithout compensation; without reward
- 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
- 淘汰とうたweeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees)
- 自然淘汰しぜんとうたnatural selection
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