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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

個こ人じん差さ

kojinsa

individual differences

Example sentences

  1. 他ほかに基準きじゅんがないから評価ひょうかに個人差こじんさがある。

    Since there is nothing else to refer to, evaluations may differ between individuals.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 卵たまごかけご飯はんは時間じかんが経たつと卵たまごの水分すいぶんを米粒こめつぶが吸すい込こむ為ため、食感しょっかんが悪わるくなり、個人差こじんさはあるものの、大抵たいていの人ひとは食たべにくく感かんじる。

    Most people feel it more difficult to eat tamago kake gohan after a certain time, though it depends on an individual, because of the texture degraded by the rice absorbing water from the egg.

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

  3. 更年期こうねんきが始はじまる年齢ねんれいには個人差こじんさがある。

    The age at which menopause begins differs per person.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 個人差

  • 個individual; counter for articlesOnコ・カ
  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと
  • 差distinction; differenceOnサKunさす・さし

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