差し引く (さしひく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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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

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'.

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