Illustration: At a neighborhood pottery class, two friends sit shoulder to shoulder at matching workstations with equal portions of clay. One has produced a tall, symmetrical vase with a graceful narrow neck.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ギャップ

gyappu

difference, disparity

Example sentences

  1. のちに「松竹しょうちくでは束縛そくばくだらけだったが、日活にっかつはまったくなかったから驚おどろいた」と松竹しょうちくと日活にっかつのギャップを語かたっている。

    Later he would discuss the major difference between Shochiku and Nikkatsu: "At Shochiku I was hampered by endless restrictions, so was very surprised to find that Nikkatsu was not like this at all."

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 『粉乳ふんにゅう』は保存性ほぞんせいに優すぐれるため輸送ゆそうや保管ほかんが容易よういだが、ミルク本来ほんらいの風味ふうみとはギャップを生しょうじる。

    Although "powdered milk" is easily transported and stored due to its high storage stability, it is unlike the essential flavor of milk.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 他たの近畿方言きんきほうげんでは「~らへん」「~れへん」を区別くべつしないことが多おおく、コミュニケーションギャップが生しょうじやすい。

    In other Kinki dialects, many people do not discriminate between '... rahen' and '... rehen,' which frequently causes communication gaps among speakers.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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