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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ずれ

zure

difference, discrepancy

Example sentences

  1. このずれは年としにより変かわることは無なく一定いっていである。

    This difference does not change from year to year and is constant.

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

  2. また、以下いかのように他たの同時代資料どうじだいしりょうや隊士たいしたちの遺稿いこうとズレを生しょうじる部分ぶぶんも多おおい。

    In addition, there were many places, as written below, where the book differed from other historical documents of that time as well as from posthumous manuscripts of soldiers.

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

  3. 約やく50年ねんのずれがあって直接ちょくせつの関連かんれんはないと見みなされている。

    Because there is a gap of about 50 years, they are considered to have no direct connection.

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

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