Translation guide
To subtract or take away an amount from a total, often in financial or formal contexts.
To reduce a sum by a specific amount, such as in calculations, payments, or accounting.
The most common and versatile verb for deducting or subtracting an amount from a total. Used in financial, business, and everyday contexts.
Tax is deducted from the salary.
Please deduct the discount from the total amount.
Formal term used in tax, legal, and official contexts for deductions or exemptions.
Apply for a medical expense deduction.
This expense can be deducted from taxable income.
Specifically refers to automatic deductions from salary or payments, such as taxes, insurance, or loan repayments.
Social insurance premiums are deducted from the monthly salary.
Formal or literary verb meaning to subtract or reduce. Rare in everyday speech.
The amount after deducting necessary expenses from income becomes the income.
To remove points, marks, or credit as a penalty or adjustment.
To reach a conclusion by reasoning from known facts (deductive reasoning).
差し引く is the general term for deducting an amount. 控除する is formal and used for tax/legal deductions. 天引きする specifically means automatic deduction from salary or payments.
English 'deduct' is sometimes used metaphorically (e.g., 'deduct points for style'). In Japanese, use 減点する for points, not 差し引く unless it's a numerical subtraction.
そのミスで5点差し引かれた。
Five points were deducted for that mistake.
Deduce specific phenomena from general principles.