ずれ

〈事こと〉にずれが生しょうじるa discrepancy/gap arises in something
二人ふたりの意い見けんにずれが生しょうじた。
A discrepancy arose between the two people's opinions.
ずれを修しゅう正せいするto correct a misalignment/gap
機き械かいの位い置ちのずれを修しゅう正せいした。
We corrected the misalignment in the machine's position.
スケジュールにずれが出でるa schedule slips or falls out of sync
工こう事じの予よ定ていにずれが出でてしまった。
The construction schedule ended up slipping.
感かん覚かくのずれa difference in perception or sense between people
世せ代だい間かんで感かん覚かくのずれを感かんじることがある。
You sometimes feel a gap in perception between generations.

Related words· 6

違ちがいN3sense 2
違い is a neutral, general word for a difference between things, while ずれ specifically implies something is out of alignment or off from where it should be.
誤ご差さN1sense 3
誤差 is a technical term for measurement error or tolerance, whereas ずれ is a broader, everyday word that also covers time, opinion, or physical misalignment.
食くい違ちがいN1sense 2
食い違い emphasizes conflicting accounts or details that don't match up, while ずれ can describe any kind of gap, including small physical or timing offsets.
ギャップ
ずれ is a native Japanese word for a shift or misalignment, often describing a concrete or systematic mismatch, while ギャップ suggests a more noticeable, felt disconnect.

Show 2 more

断だん層そう
ずれ is a general word for misalignment or a small gap, while 断層 implies a deep, structural rift, whether geological or figurative.
乖かい離り
ずれ is a casual, everyday word for a slight gap or misalignment, while 乖離 is formal and implies a serious or growing separation.

一いっ致ちN3sense 2
一致 means things match or agree perfectly, the direct opposite of ずれ, which describes a mismatch or misalignment.

Derived from the verb ずれる (to slip, to deviate). The noun form ずれ nominalizes the action or state of being out of alignment.