差し

Meaning

1. n
   between (e.g. two people); face to face
2. n
   hindrance; impediment
3. n
   arrhythmic section of recitative
4. n
   playing with only 2 players
5. pref
   prefix used for stress or emphasis
6. ctr
   counter for traditional dance songs

Example sentences

• 足が遅い彼は、もちろんすでに2m差がついた。

  He, being slow-footed, was of course already lagging two meters.

• 一生懸命指でまぶたを広げて目薬を差しました。

  With great effort I held his eyelids open with my fingers and dropped in the eye medicine.

• この２つは模様が全然違うのだが、内部形態に差が見られず同一とみなされているようです。

  These two have completely different patterning but no difference is seen in their internal morphology so it seems that they are considered the same.