LingakuFrequency rank: 19,649. – 19,745.
- difference; discrepancy; variation
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb
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There is little, if any, difference between the two.
She did not overlook whatever difference there was between what was right and what was wrong.
There is a great contrast between city life and country life.
The graph in Figure 1 illustrates the differences in the means of total scores for white and black subject in each grade.
Let's try to settle our differences once and for all.
There does not seem to be any difference of meaning between the two constructions.
12. どくしょ読書のせんたく選択やまたどくしょ読書のしかた仕方についてがくせい学生たち達からしつもん質問をうけた受けたことがたびたび度々ある。これにたいする対するじぶん自分のこたえ答はいつもふとくようりょう不得要領におわる終るそと外はなかった。いかなる如何なるひと人にいかなる如何なるこいをしたら恋をしたらいいかときかれる聞かれるのとたいした大したそうい相違はないようなきがするような気がする。
Questions from students regarding selection of reading books and methods of reading are frequent. My answers to this question have always been off point. I feel that it no significant difference to this question and asking about which kind of love and which person would be best.
13. たてまえ建前はきごう「うそ嘘きごう」とごかい誤解されがちですが、それはきごう「うそ嘘きごう」のようにきごう「ひと人をだまそう騙そうとするものきごう」ではなくきごう「あいて相手とのいけん意見のそうい相違を、あいて相手にふかいかんをあたえ不快感を与えずつたえる伝えるためのしゅだん手段のひとつ一つきごう」だとわたくし私はかんがえています考えています。とうろん討論することをけいえん敬遠しがちなにほんじん日本人が、えんかつ円滑にものごと物事をすすめて進めていけるようにとねづいた根付いたぶんか文化だとおもいます思います。
The concept of "Tatemae" tends to be misunderstood as lying. But I think it's not lying in the sense of deceiving others, but rather as a way of respecting others' differences in opinion without making them uncomfortable. It's a cultural aspect stemming from how Japanese people tend to avoid arguments in favor of keeping the peace.