落らく差さ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

drop; head; fall distance

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

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

落らく差さがあるthere is a gap/disparity (between two things)
期き待たいと現げん実じつの間あいだには大おおきな落らく差さがある。
There is a big gap between expectation and reality.
落らく差さを感かんじるto feel a gap/disparity
彼かれは理り想そうと現げん実じつの落らく差さを感かんじて悩なやんでいた。
He was troubled, feeling the gap between his ideals and reality.
〈数かず〉メートルの落らく差さa drop of X meters (of a waterfall, etc.)
この滝たきは落らく差さ100メートルを誇ほこる名めい所しょだ。
This waterfall is a famous spot boasting a 100-meter drop.
落らく差さを埋うめるto bridge/close the gap
二人ふたりの実じつ力りょくの落らく差さを埋うめるため、彼かれは毎まい日にち練れん習しゅうした。
He practiced every day to close the gap in skill between the two of them.

差さN3
差 is the plain, general word for 'difference', whereas 落差 emphasizes a stark drop or vivid gap between two things.
格かく差さN1sense 2
格差 highlights an inequality in rank, income, or status, while 落差 can describe any kind of striking gap, including a physical drop.
ギャップ sense 2
ギャップ is a casual loanword for a gap between ideas or generations, while 落差 sounds more formal and can also mean a physical fall in height.
高こう低てい差さ sense 1
高低差 specifically means a difference in elevation between two points, while 落差 more often describes the drop of falling water like a waterfall.
段だん差さ
段差 is a small step or bump you might trip on, whereas 落差 emphasizes a dramatic drop in height, as with a waterfall or steep cliff.

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.