noun
reserve; alienation; estrangement
Rare literary word for emotional distance or estrangement between people; similar to 隔意 but less common. The reading きゃくしん is obsolete.
See also: 隔意
二人の間には長年の隔心があった。
There was long-standing estrangement between the two.
隔心を解くには時間がかかる。
It takes time to dissolve the reserve between them.
More common synonym for reserve or estrangement; 隔心 is rarer and more literary.
Compound of 隔 (separate, distance) and 心 (heart, mind), suggesting a heart kept at a distance. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.