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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

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Meanings

1

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

Related 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.

Built from

流りゅう血けつ+沙さ汰た

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.