Illustration: In a Japanese pottery workshop, an instructor places two freshly fired cups side by side on a wooden bench. Their bodies have the same height, shape, and plain surface, but one handle admits only a fingertip while the other forms an enormous loop.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

差さ異い

sai

difference, disparity

Example sentences

  1. それらの間あいだには、ごくわずかな差異さいがあった。

    There was a minute difference between them.

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  2. 彼等かれらは細こまかい差異さいに気きがつかなかった。

    They did not notice minute differences.

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  3. 原画げんがと複製ふくせいとでは色調しきちょうに微妙びみょうな差異さいがある。

    Subtle differences in tone discriminate the original from the copy.

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Kanji in 差異

  • 差distinction; differenceOnサKunさす・さし
  • 異uncommon; differentOnイKunこと・ことなる・け

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