ご無沙汰 (ごぶさた) — not having been in touch, neglecting to contact
ご無沙汰
not having been in touch
Frequency #7474
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
4 characters
漢語 kango
漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings.
noun · intransitive · suru verb
Part of speech (JMdict: n, vi, vs)
gobusata
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
ごぶさた[0] heiban 平板
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
Meanings
- not having been in touch
- neglecting to contact