沙

Meaning

沙 centers on sand: fine granular material found near water. The meaning is straightforward and concrete.

• 沙しゃ

  one hundred-millionth

• 沙汰さた

  affair; state; incident; issue; matter

• ご無沙汰ごぶさた
  N2

  not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

• 音沙汰おとさた

  news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact

• 沙羅しゃら

  sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul

• 表沙汰おもてざた

  going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge

• 毘沙門天びしゃもんてん

  Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)

• 沙弥しゃみ

  male Buddhist novice

• 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); being at a loose end; being bored

• 曼珠沙華まんじゅしゃげ

  red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis; cluster belladonna; manjusaka

• 沙蚕ごかい

  ragworm; sandworm; clam worm (Hediste)

• 沙門しゃもん

  shramana (wandering monk)

• 無沙汰ぶさた
  N2

  not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

• 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; even the Buddha's verdict is (decided by) money

• 内沙汰うちざた

  secret government business

• 刃傷沙汰にんじょうざた

  bloodshed

• 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; money is the best lawyer in hell; even the verdict of hell is determined by money

• 坊主沙魚ぼうずはぜ

  Sicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)

• 姫沙羅ひめしゃら

  tall stewartia (Stewartia monadelpha); hime-syara stewartia

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