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流血沙汰 (りゅうけつざた) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

流りゅう血けつ沙ざ汰た

りゅ

う

け

つ

ざ

た

Meanings

1

noun

bloodshed; bloody incident; violent event

Refers to an incident or situation involving bloodshed or serious violence, often used in news or dramatic contexts.

昨さく夜やの喧けん嘩かは流りゅう血けつ沙汰ざたになった。
Last night's fight turned into a bloody incident.
その事じ件けんは流りゅう血けつ沙汰ざたに

発はっ

展てん

する

前まえ

に

収おさ

まっ

た

。

The incident was resolved before it escalated into bloodshed.

Kanji

流current, a sink, flow
血blood
沙sand
汰washing, sieving, filtering

Similar words

流りゅう血けつ
流血 means 'bloodshed' or 'bleeding' in a more general sense, while 流血沙汰 specifically refers to an incident or affair involving bloodshed.
沙さ汰た
沙汰 originally means 'affair' or 'incident', often used in compounds like 警察沙汰 (police matter) or 裁判沙汰 (court case). 流血沙汰 follows this pattern.

Etymology

Compound of 流血 (bloodshed) and 沙汰 (affair, incident). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern of combining a noun with 沙汰 to indicate a troublesome or serious matter.