Illustration: In a compact apartment kitchen, an adult carrying a tray of dinner bowls cannot reach the dining table because the dishwasher door is fully open across the narrow passage. They have stopped with one foot raised, looking down at the obstruction and then toward the waiting family.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

差さし支つかえ

sashitsukae

hindrance, problem

差し支えなければ means ‘if you don’t mind’. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 差さし支つかえなければ同行どうこうしたいのですが。

    I’d like to come along if you don’t mind.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ここにいてもらっても差さし支つかえありません。

    You may stay here if you want to.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. その家いえは理想的りそうてきとはいえないが、まぁさしつかえはない。

    The house is not ideal, but it’s all right.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 差支

  • 差distinction; differenceOnサKunさす・さし
  • 支branch; supportOnシKunささえる・つかえる・かう

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