Illustration: At a kitchen table in a Japanese apartment, two siblings have emptied their savings into parallel rows of identical coins. The rows begin together and match coin for coin until the shorter one ends.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

差さ額がく

sagaku

difference in amount

Example sentences

  1. 差額さがくはありますか。

    Is there a difference?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 遅延便ちえんびんについては、オリジナルの出発日しゅっぱつびに基もとづくシーズナリティを適用てきようするため、マイル差額さがくの払はらい戻もどしはいたしません。

    For delayed flights, seasonal adjustments are made on the basis of the original flight date and so refunds of air-mile difference will not be made.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. また、降車こうしゃで停車ていしゃする直前ちょくぜんにメーターが変かわった場合ばあい、変かわる前まえの料金りょうきんで良よいと言いう乗務員じょうむいんもいるが、これもトラブル防止ぼうしの意味合いみあいが多おおく、また差額さがくは乗務員じょうむいんの自己負担じこふたんである。

    In addition, when the meter changes and the fare increases immediately before the taxi stops as it arrives at the destination, many taxi drivers charge the fare the meter was showing before the fare increased; however, this also means they want to avoid trouble with the passenger and the driver is responsible for the difference in the amount.

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

Kanji in 差額

  • 差distinction; differenceOnサKunさす・さし
  • 額forehead; tabletOnガクKunひたい

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