差(さ)し引(ひ)く

さしひく
verb (godan, transitive)
to deduct; to subtract; to balance
他動詞 transitivebusinessfinance
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present差(さ)し引(ひ)く差(さ)し引(ひ)かない
Present polite差(さ)し引(ひ)きます差(さ)し引(ひ)きません
Past差(さ)し引(ひ)いた差(さ)し引(ひ)かなかった
Past polite差(さ)し引(ひ)きました差(さ)し引(ひ)きませんでした
て form差(さ)し引(ひ)いて差(さ)し引(ひ)かなくて
ている present差(さ)し引(ひ)いている差(さ)し引(ひ)いていない
ている polite差(さ)し引(ひ)いています差(さ)し引(ひ)いていません
ている past差(さ)し引(ひ)いていた差(さ)し引(ひ)いていなかった
ている past polite差(さ)し引(ひ)いていました差(さ)し引(ひ)いていませんでした
Conditional ば差(さ)し引(ひ)けば差(さ)し引(ひ)かなければ
Conditional たら差(さ)し引(ひ)いたら差(さ)し引(ひ)かなかったら
Volitional差(さ)し引(ひ)こう—
Volitional polite差(さ)し引(ひ)きましょう—
Potential差(さ)し引(ひ)ける差(さ)し引(ひ)けない
Passive差(さ)し引(ひ)かれる差(さ)し引(ひ)かれない
Causative差(さ)し引(ひ)かせる差(さ)し引(ひ)かせない
Imperative差(さ)し引(ひ)け差(さ)し引(ひ)くな
1. to deduct; to subtract
To remove an amount from a total, typically in financial or mathematical contexts.
税金(ぜいきん)を差(さ)し引(ひ)く。
To deduct taxes.
After deducting expenses, there's almost no profit.
The take-home pay after deducting taxes is 200,000 yen.
2. to balance; to offset
To consider both positive and negative factors and arrive at a net result.
差(さ)し引(ひ)きゼロだ。
It balances out to zero.
Balancing the good and the bad, it's not a bad deal.
There were many hardships, but on balance it was an enjoyable experience.

Forms

Compound verb: 差(さ)す (to insert) + 引(ひ)く (to pull, to subtract)

Usage

  • Sense 1 is arithmetic on a stated total: the amount removed takes を, and what remains is usually named with 差(さ)し引(ひ)いた + noun (example 3).
  • Sense 2 weighs pluses against minuses rather than money, and most often appears as the noun 差(さ)し引(ひ)き or as 差(さ)し引(ひ)いて考(かんが)える (to take everything into account).
  • Everyday subtraction is plain 引(ひ)く; 差(さ)し引(ひ)く implies deducting from a sum owed or earned, so it belongs to payroll, invoicing, and accounting language.

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