差

Meaning

差 centers on a measurable gap or deviation between things: a distinction, difference, or discrepancy. The margin and balance senses extend this idea to the amount of difference or the act of adjusting it.

• 差さ
  N3

  difference; variation

• 差別さべつ
  N3

  distinction; differentiation; discrimination

• 交差点こうさてん
  N5

  crossing; intersection

• 格差かくさ
  N1

  qualitative difference; disparity; gap

• 差すさす
  N5

  to shine

• 差異さい
  N1

  difference; disparity; gap

• 誤差ごさ
  N1

  measurement error; calculation error

• 大差たいさ

  great difference; big difference; wide margin

• 時差じさ
  N2

  time difference

• 交差こうさ
  N2

  crossing; intersection

• 日差しひざし
  N2

  sunlight; rays of the Sun

• 眼差しまなざし
  N1

  (a) look; gaze

• 人差し指ひとさしゆび
  N2

  index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger

• 差し出すさしだす
  N2

  to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand)

• 差額さがく
  N1

  balance; difference (in price, cost); margin

• 落差らくさ

  difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); fall distance

• 差し支えさしつかえ
  N2

  hindrance; impediment

• 差し止めさしとめ

  prohibition; ban; suspension; injunction

• 差し込むさしこむ

  to insert; to put in; to thrust in; to plug in

• 点差てんさ

  point spread; point difference

• 差出人さしだしにん
  N3

  sender (e.g. of mail)

• 差し上げるさしあげる
  N4

  to lift up; to hold up; to raise

• 物差しものさし
  N3

  ruler; measure; measuring stick

• 差し伸べるさしのべる
  N1

  to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to stretch; to reach out for

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