washing, sieving, filtering, weeding out, luxury

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1. ご無沙汰ぶさたごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence1

   • ２年間ねんかんのご無沙汰ぶさたでした。

     Two years have passed since I last met you.

   • ご無沙汰ぶさたしました。

     I haven't seen you for ages.

   • ご無沙汰ぶさたしています。

     It has been a long time since I wrote you last.

2. 御無沙汰ごぶさたごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence2
3. 沙汰さたさたaffair; state; incident; issue3

   • 彼かれは若わかい時とき、とやかく取とり沙汰ざたされた。

     When he was young, he was the talk of town.

   • 彼かれがしたことは狂気きょうきの沙汰さたとしか言いいようがなかった。

     What he did was nothing less than madness.

4. 淘汰とうたとうたweeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection4
5. 自然淘汰しぜんとうたしぜんとうたnatural selection5

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