淘汰 とうた weeding out #23,627 Meanings noun, takes する, transitive weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection biology selection Its kanji 淘 トウ · よな.げる select 汰 タ、タイ · おご.る、にご.る、よな.げる washing, sieving, filtering, weeding out, luxury