差し支える さしつかえる to interfere (with) N1 #14,175 Meanings also 差支える ichidan verb, intransitive to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience Its kanji 差 サ · さ.す、さ.し distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance 支 シ · ささ.える、つか.える、か.う branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)