差さし引ひく

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差し引く · godan verb (-ku)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	差さし引ひく	差さし引ひかない
Polite	差さし引ひきます	差さし引ひきません
Past polite	差さし引ひきました	差さし引ひきませんでした
Past	差さし引ひいた	差さし引ひかなかった
Te-form	差さし引ひいて	差さし引ひかないで
Desire	差さし引ひきたい	差さし引ひきたくない
Potential	差さし引ひける	差さし引ひけない
Passive	差さし引ひかれる	差さし引ひかれない
Causative	差さし引ひかせる	差さし引ひかせない
Causative passive	差さし引ひかせられるalso 差さし引ひかされる	差さし引ひかせられないalso 差さし引ひかされない
Volitional	差さし引ひこう
Polite volitional	差さし引ひきましょう
Imperative	差さし引ひけ	差さし引ひくな
Conditional	差さし引ひけば	差さし引ひかなければ
Tara conditional	差さし引ひいたら	差さし引ひかなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

deduct; subtract; take away

Used for subtracting an amount from a total, such as deducting expenses, taxes, or discounts.

給きゅう料りょうから税ぜい金きんが差さし引ひかれる。
Tax is deducted from the salary.
交こう通つう費ひを差さし引ひいても、まだ利り益えきが出でる。
Even after deducting travel expenses, there is still a profit.

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

make allowances for; take into account; factor in

Used when considering a mitigating factor or adjusting one's judgment by taking something into account. Often appears as 差し引いて考える.

彼かれの若わかさを差さし引ひいて考かんがえても、その発はつ言げんは無む責せき任にんだ。
Even taking his youth into account, that remark is irresponsible.
天てん候こうの影えい響きょうを差さし引ひいて、売うり上あげを分ぶん析せきする。
We analyze sales after factoring in the weather's influence.

godan verb (-ku), intransitive verb

ebb and flow; fluctuate

Intransitive use describing the rise and fall of tides, or metaphorically the fluctuation of something. Relatively rare; often replaced by 満ち引きする in modern Japanese.

潮しおが差さし引ひく様よう子すを眺ながめた。
I watched the tide ebb and flow.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉から〈数かず〉を差さし引ひくto deduct an amount from something
給きゅう料りょうから税ぜい金きんを差さし引ひく。
Tax is deducted from the salary.
〈事こと〉を差さし引ひいて考かんがえるto take something into account when judging
彼かれの若わかさを差さし引ひいて考かんがえても、実じつ力りょくはかなりのものだ。
Even taking his youth into account, his ability is quite considerable.
〈物もの〉が差さし引ひくfor something (esp. a tide) to ebb and flow
潮しおは昼ひると夜よるで差さし引ひくように変かわる。
The tide ebbs and flows between day and night.

Kanji

差distinction, difference, variation
引pull, tug, jerk

Transitive / intransitive

差し引く is mainly used transitively to mean deduct or subtract, as in 給料から税金を差し引く (to deduct tax from a salary), but it can also be used intransitively to describe the ebb and flow of tides, as in 潮が差し引く (the tide ebbs and flows).

Related words· 6

引ひくN5sense 1
引く is the plain, everyday verb for subtracting, while 差し引く specifically implies deducting an amount from a total such as tax or expenses.
相そう殺さいN1sense 1
相殺する means to offset or cancel out two amounts against each other, whereas 差し引く is the more general act of subtracting one amount from another.
減げんじる sense 1
減じる is a formal, literary word for reducing or subtracting, while 差し引く is more common in everyday financial contexts like salary or bills.
控こう除じょN1
差し引く is a general, everyday verb for subtracting one amount from another, while 控除 is the formal noun/verb used specifically for official deductions like taxes.

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差さし引ひきN2
差し引き is the noun for the deduction or net result, while 差し引く is the verb used to describe the actual act of subtracting and is usually more natural in sentences.
引ひき落おとすN1
差し引く is a general accounting term meaning to deduct or subtract, whereas 引き落とす specifically means money is taken from a bank account.

Opposites

加くわえるN3sense 1
加える means to add an amount, the direct opposite of 差し引く's meaning of deducting an amount.

Don't confuse with

差さし支つかえるN1
差し支える looks similar to 差し引く because both start with 差し, but it means to hinder or cause inconvenience, not to subtract.

Word family

差さし引ひきN2
deduction; subtraction; net balance · ebb and flow; rise and fall

Built from

差さす+引ひく

Written forms

差さし引ひくUsage91%
Standard kanji spelling.
差さし引ひくUsage7%
Variant spelling without okurigana し; less common but still encountered.
さしひくUsage1%

Etymology

Compound of 差す (sasu, 'to insert, add') and 引く (hiku, 'to pull, subtract'). The combination yields the sense of adding and subtracting, hence 'to deduct' or 'to offset'.