表沙汰おもてざた

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
表ひょう 沙すな 汰
おもて
Grade: 3 		さ > ざ
Grade: S 		た
Grade: S
kun'yomi kan'on kan'yōon

Etymology

Compound of 表ひょう (omote, “front; on the surface, in the open”) +‎ 沙汰さた (sata, “an action, an event”). The sata changes to zata due to rendaku (連濁れんだく).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

表ひょう(おもて)沙すな(ざ)汰(た) • (omotezata) 

  1. something that has come out into the open: a public incident, something that is public knowledge
    その件けん(けん)は表ひょう(おもて)沙すな(ざ)汰(た)にするな。
    Sono ken wa omotezata ni suru na.
    Don't air your dirty laundry / bring it out into the open. → Keep it private.
  2. an issue brought before a court or other public institution
    相そう(そう)続つづけ(ぞく)争そう(あらそ)いを表ひょう(おもて)沙すな(ざ)汰(た)にする
    sōzoku arasoi o omotezata ni suru
    to take an inheritance dispute public / to court

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語こくご大だい辞典じてん（新装しんそう版ばん） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉だいじせん [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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