色いろ恋こい沙ざ汰た

noun

love affair; romantic entanglement

Often implies a complicated or troublesome romantic involvement, sometimes with a hint of scandal or gossip.

• 彼かれは職しょく場ばで色いろ恋こい沙汰ざたを起おこして辞やめた。

  He got involved in a love affair at work and quit.

• あの俳はい優ゆうの色いろ恋こい沙汰ざたが週しゅう刊かん誌しに載のっていた。

  That actor's romantic entanglement was in the weekly magazine.