格差

Japanese
Kanji in this term
格 差
かく
Grade: 5		 さ
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) か​くさ [káꜜkùsà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠kɯ̟ᵝsa̠]

Noun

格(かく)差(さ) • (kakusa) 

  1. difference, especially in social orders
    経済(けいざい)格差(かくさ)がこれらの社会問題(しゃかいもんだい)を引(ひ)き起(お)こしている。
    Keizai kakusa ga korera no shakai mondai o hikiokoshite iru.
    The economic disparity is causing those social problems.
    格差(かくさ)是正(ぜせい)が危急(ききゅう)の課題(かだい)だ。
    Kakusa zesei ga kikyū no kadai da.
    We must act on social inequality now.

Derived terms
  • 経済格差(けいざいかくさ) (keizaikakusa)
  • 賃金格差(ちんぎんかくさ) (chinginkakusa)
  • 男女格差(だんじょかくさ) (danjokakusa)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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