沙汰

Verb

 * 1)  to do away with; to abolish

Etymology
From, in turn from. Originally referred to "washing away" "sand"  from something desirable.

First cited in Japanese to a text from 786.

Noun

 * 1) washing away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice
 * 2) by extension, a fine-grained or careful sorting out or selection of something or someone
 * 3) deliberation of an issue and arriving at an appropriate outcome:
 * 4) the proper disposal or treatment of an issue
 * 5) a court case, a lawsuit, a trial
 * 6) a public affair, something in the court of public opinion
 * 7) a transmission of information:
 * 8) an instruction or order
 * 9) a notification
 * 10) a reputation
 * 11) a rumor
 * 12) an action, event, or matter worth talking about: how things shake out
 * 13)  incident

Verb

 * 1) to wash away sand to obtain something desirable, such as gold dust or rice
 * 2) by extension, to carefully sort out or select something or someone
 * 3) to deliberate on an issue and arrive at an appropriate outcome
 * 4) to transmit information:
 * 5) to give an instruction or order
 * 6) to notify
 * 7) to gossip, to spread rumors