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    3. 段違い

    段違い

    段だん違ちがい​

    wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.)

    KMT9News #32+1Emotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab24 strokes

    だんちがい

    Noun, Particle, Adjective

    1.
    wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.), on another level, in a different league, a world apart, far better

    Noun, Particle

    2.
    of different heights, uneven

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    彼かれの実じつ力りょくは段だん違ちがいだ。

    His ability is on a completely different level.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologySports & Martial Arts
    この棚たなは段だん違ちがいになっていて、物ものを置おくのが難むずかしい。

    This shelf is uneven, making it difficult to place things on it.

    KMT8Daily LifeHome & Housing
    プロとアマチュアでは、技ぎ術じゅつのレベルが段だん違ちがいだ。

    The level of skill between professionals and amateurs is vastly different.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologySports & Martial Arts
    最さい新しんのAIは、以はい前ぜんのバージョンと比くらべて処しょ理り速そく度どが段だん違ちがいに速 い。

    The latest AI has a processing speed that is vastly different (faster) compared to previous versions.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyTechnology
    彼かれの提てい案あんは、従じゅう来らいの常じょう識しきを覆くつがえす段だん違ちがいの発ハッ想ソウだった。

    His proposal was an idea on a completely different level, overturning conventional wisdom.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    段
    grade・steps・stairs
    Kanji
    違
    ちが.う・ちが.い・ちが.える・-ちが.える・たが.う・たが.える…(1)
    difference・differ
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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