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無沙汰 (ぶさた): neglecting to stay in contact — Japanese vocabulary

無沙汰 is read ぶさた and means "neglecting to stay in contact". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

無沙汰

Reading
ぶさた · busata
Translation
neglecting to stay in contact
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ぶさたが

Kanji in this word

  • 無 — nothing, without
  • 沙 — Sand
  • 汰 — Washing, Sieving, Filtering

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