► 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:
- 彼はほんの僅かの差で敗れた ⇨ He lost by the smallest margin
- 彼女の頬に赤みが差した ⇨ Her cheeks became red
- この交差点で事故が相次いだ ⇨ Accidents happened one after another in the intersection
- 天才と狂気の差は紙一重だ ⇨ The difference between genius and insanity is one sheet of paper. It’s a fine line
- 二位のチームは首位との差をじりじりと縮めている ⇨ The second-place team is inching closer to the top
- この二線は交差しない ⇨ These two lines don’t intersect with each other
- 差しで話をしよう ⇨ Let’s talk face to face
- 人種差別 ⇨ Racial discriminations
- この交差点はよく事故が起こる ⇨ Accidents frequently happen in this intersection
- 文書の中の図が間違っていたので差し替えた ⇨ I exchanged the chart in the document because it was a wrong one
- 人種差別を撲滅する ⇨ Eliminate racial prejudice
- 社内の政治に嫌気が差した ⇨ I got jaded by the corporate politics
- 昨日この交差点で事故があった ⇨ An accident happened in this intersection yesterday
- 彼は人種差別の屈辱を味あわされた ⇨ He was humiliated for his race
- 板の継ぎ目に段差がある ⇨ There is a step in the joint of the plates