差し支える

さしつかえる
to interfere
to hinder
to become impeded

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さしつかえる【差し支える】

〔支障がある〕 be hindered 《in one's work, from doing》; be impeded; be prevented 《from doing》; (用事･先約で) be engaged; be busy; 〔不便を感じる〕 experience [suffer] inconvenience.

●仕事に差し支える be hindered in one's work; 〈事が主語〉 hinder one's work.

●右手にけがをしたので書き物に差し支える. I'm prevented from doing any writing because I hurt my right hand.

・十分眠っておかないと明日の仕事に差し支える. If I don't get enough sleep, I'll be unfit for tomorrow's work.

・携帯がないと日常のすべてに差し支えるんだ. どこに忘れてきたんだろう. Being without my mobile telephone will impact adversely on everything in my daily routine. I wonder where I left it.

・運転に差し支えるから私は飲みません. It'd interfere with my driving, so I'm not drinking.