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差し支え

JLPT N2 · Vocabulary

差し支え — “hindrance, obstacle, impediment”

差し支え (read さしつかえ) means hindrance, obstacle, impediment. It appears on the JLPT N2 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

さしつかえ

Meaning

hindrance, obstacle, impediment

差し支え in a sentence

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The kanji in 差し支え

差difference
支support, branch

Words that share a kanji with 差し支え

交差点こうさてん— intersection
差すさす— to raise (stretch out) hands, to raise (e.g., umbrella)
差し上げるさしあげる— to give (to a superior) (humble)
差さ— difference, gap
差別さべつ— discrimination
交差こうさ— crossing, intersection, to cross, to intersect
差し引きさしひき— deduction, balance, net (after subtraction)
日差しひざし— sunlight, sunshine, rays of the sun

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