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落差 (らくさ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

落らく差さ

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Meanings

1

noun

drop; head; fall distance

Physical vertical difference in water level, such as a waterfall drop or hydraulic head.

この滝たきの落らく差さは約やく50メートルです。
The drop of this waterfall is about 50 meters.
ダムの落らく差さを利り用ようして発はつ電でんする。
Electricity is generated using the head of the dam.

2

Kanji

落fall, drop, come down
差distinction, difference, variation

Similar words

差さ
差 is a general word for 'difference' or 'margin', while 落差 emphasizes a vertical drop or a stark gap.
格かく差さ
格差 refers to a gap in rank, quality, or social standing, often with a sense of inequality. 落差 can be used for any kind of gap, including physical drops.

Etymology

Compound of 落 (raku, 'fall') and 差 (sa, 'difference'). The physical sense of a water drop is primary, with the abstract gap sense developing from it.

noun

gap; difference; disparity

Abstract gap or disparity between two things, such as expectations and reality, or ability levels.

理り想そうと現げん実じつの落らく差さに悩なやむ。
I struggle with the gap between ideals and reality.
両りょうチームの実じつ力りょくの落らく差さは大おおきい。
There is a big disparity in ability between the two teams.