► 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:
- 彼は人種差別者を軽蔑している ⇨ He holds racists in contempt
- 人の好みは千差万別だ ⇨ There are thousands of, great many, differences in people’s preferences
- これはあいつの差し金に違いない ⇨ This must be him pulling the strings
- 柔道の無差別級試合 ⇨ Judo matches with no weight restriction
- 米国で人種差別問題が再び頭をもたげた ⇨ Racism has reared its ugly head again in US
- 人種差別に対する世間の意識が高まった ⇨ The public awareness on racial discrimination has risen
- 朝日が窓を差した ⇨ Morning light came through a window
- 落差百メートルの崖 ⇨ A cliff with a fall of 100 meters
- 彼女は彼を軽蔑の眼差しで見た ⇨ She looked at him with contemptuous eyes
- 彼等は首位との差をじわじわ縮めて来ている ⇨ They are slowly but steadily closing the gap with the top team
- 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
- 憧憬の眼差しで見つめた ⇨
- 彼は手を差し出した ⇨ He held out his hand
- この二線は交差しない ⇨ These two lines don’t intersect with each other
- 無差別爆撃 ⇨ Indiscriminate bombing