► 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:
- 黒人に対する差別 ⇨ The discrimination against black people
- 状況は差し迫っている ⇨ The situation is urgent
- 次の交差点を右に曲がって下さい ⇨ Turn right at the next intersection
- 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
- 私が代わりにやって差し上げましょうか？ ⇨ Would you like me to do it for you?
- 信号が赤の時は交差点を渡ってはいけない ⇨ You cannot walk/drive across an intersection when the signal is red
- 先頭と二位の差は急に縮まった ⇨ The distance between the leader and the second has shrunk suddenly
- 経費を差し引くと残十万円になった ⇨ After subtracting the expenses, the remainder is ¥100K
- 憧憬の眼差しで見つめた ⇨
- 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
- 社員食堂の料金は給料から差し引かれる ⇨ The charges at the employee cafeteria will be subtracted from salary
- 彼は人種差別者を軽蔑している ⇨ He holds racists in contempt
- 誤差は許容範囲内だ ⇨ The inaccuracy is within the tolerance
- 人の好みは千差万別だ ⇨ There are thousands of, great many, differences in people’s preferences
- 近年社会で貧富の差の拡大が激しい ⇨ The increase of the gap between the rich and the poor in society has been steep in recent years