► 名詞
差 [さ] meaning: different rank: 1
☆ 先頭と二番の差は10秒だ ⇨ The gap between the leader and the second is 10 seconds
☆ 日本のサッカーと世界の差は縮まったといっても未だかなりある ⇨ The gap between Japanese soccer and the world has shrunk but is still significant
差 [さ] [差を付ける] meaning: different rank: 1
☆ 彼女は他に大きな差をつけて優勝した ⇨ She won with a large margin against the rest
☆ 彼等は客が高い方を選ぶようにわざの内容に差をつけている ⇨ They are differentiating the contents on purpose so that customers will choose the expensive one
More examples:
- 彼は米国には人種差別は存在しないと言い募った ⇨ He insisted there was no racism in the US
- 柔道の無差別級試合 ⇨ Judo matches with no weight restriction
- 誤差は許容範囲内だ ⇨ The inaccuracy is within the tolerance
- 先日差し上げた品はお気に召しましたでしょうか？ ⇨ How did you like the item I gave you the other day
- 奴隷制の産物は貧富の差だけに留まらない ⇨ The product, legacy, of the slavery is not just the differences in wealth
- 彼の差別発言は皆の大顰蹙を買った (だいひんしゅく) ⇨ His prejudiced comment bought, received, exasperations from everybody
- 社内の政治に嫌気が差した ⇨ I got jaded by the corporate politics
- 彼は米国の人種差別問題を研究の材料とした ⇨ He used the racial discriminations in the US as his research material
- 全てを同じ物差しで測ることは出来ない ⇨ You cannot measure, judge, everything with the same ruler, criteria
- 若い世代とは意識の差を感じる ⇨ I feel a difference of sensibilities, generation gap, with the younger generation
- 彼は裏切り者に刺客を差し向けた ⇨ He’s sent an assassin for the traitor
- 昼間は日差しがきつい ⇨ The sunlight is harsh, too direct, in the afternoon
- 一位と二位の差が詰まってきた ⇨ The gap between the first and the second has become tighter
- 現時点では推測は差し控えたいと思います ⇨ I’d rather not speculate at this moment
- 私達が遅くまで働いていたら上司が食事を差し入れてくれた ⇨ We were working late and our boss brought us dinner