ずれ

ずれ · zure · JLPT N1 · noun

difference; gap

ずれ sounds like 'zoo-ray': a zoo-ray of gaps, where things are out of line

ずれ comes from the verb ずれる, to slip out of place or line up wrongly. That shift is the 'gap' or 'difference' between two things that should match.

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