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隔て心 (へだてごころ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
reserve ; alienation ; estrangement
archaic
Archaic noun for a feeling of distance or estrangement between people; not used in modern everyday speech. Compare with modern terms like 疎遠感 or よそよそしさ.
See also: 隔心 (かくしん)
心ごころ
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An old letter said that a sense of estrangement had arisen between the two.
Written forms 隔へだ て 心ごころ
Standard kanji spelling for this archaic noun.
隔へだて 心ごころ
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana variant; less common and may be confused with 隔心 (かくしん).
Kanji 隔 isolate, alternate, distance Similar words 隔かく 心しん A homograph with a different reading and meaning; refers to a different concept of mental separation or reserve, but is also archaic.
疎そ 遠えん 感かん Modern term for a feeling of estrangement or distance, more commonly used than 隔て心.
Etymology Compound of 隔て (へだて, 'separation, barrier') and 心 (こころ, 'heart, mind'), literally 'separating heart'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern for abstract nouns in classical Japanese.
