► 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:
- 黒板に人種差別用語が書き殴られていた ⇨ A racial slur was written on the blackboard
- 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
- 警察が麻薬を差し押さえた ⇨ The police confiscated the narcotics
- 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?
- 人の好みは千差万別だ ⇨ There are 10 to 100 thousand, great many, differences in people’s preferences
- 昼間は日差しがきつい ⇨ The sunlight is harsh, too direct, in the afternoon
- 床に段差がある ⇨ There is a step, unevenness, on the floor
- 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
- 肌がじりじり焼けるような夏の日差し ⇨ Summer sunlight that almost slow-burns your skin
- 人種差別問題が議題に取り上げられた ⇨ Racism was picked up as a topic of discussion
- 暖かな春の日差し ⇨ Warm spring sun
- 昨日この交差点で事故があった ⇨ An accident happened in this intersection yesterday
- 納税期限が差し迫っている ⇨ The tax deadline is approaching
- 社長からの差入れ ⇨ Thank you gifts, food, from the CEO
- 彼女は目薬を差した ⇨ She instilled eye drops in her eyes