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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

格かく差さ

kakusa

disparity, gap

Example sentences

  1. 裕福ゆうふくな人々ひとびとと貧まずしい人々ひとびととの格差かくさはますます広ひろがっている。

    The gap between rich and poor is getting wider.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 日本中にほんじゅうで格差かくさ社会しゃかいの論議ろんぎがあるが、世界せかいをみればこの程度ていどの格差かくさなどたかが知しれてる。

    There’s a debate about social disparity throughout Japan, but if you look at the world, this level of disparity is negligible.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 経済けいざい格差かくさがこれらの社会問題しゃかいもんだいを引ひき起おこしている。

    The economic disparity is causing those social problems.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 格差

  • 格status; rankOnカク・コウ・キャク
  • 差distinction; differenceOnサKunさす・さし

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