差さし引ひき

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

deduction; subtraction; net balance

Used in arithmetic, accounting, and everyday reckoning for subtracting one amount from another, or for the net result after additions and deductions. The related verb 差し引く is often more natural than 差し引きする in ordinary sentences.

• 収しゅう入にゅうと支し出しゅつを差さし引ひきすると、三さん万まん円えん残のこる。

  If you subtract the expenses from the income, thirty thousand yen remains.

• 手て数すう料りょうを差さし引ひきで、受うけ取とり額がくはいくらですか。

  After deducting the fee, how much will I receive?

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

ebb and flow; rise and fall

Refers to alternating increase and decrease, especially the movement of the tide. This sense is much narrower than the accounting sense and is common in phrases such as 潮の差し引き.

• この湾わんでは潮しおの差さし引ひきが大おおきい。

  In this bay, the tide rises and falls a great deal.