Physical or metaphorical gap, opening, or space between things. Often used in compound words like 隙間 (すきま).
Water collected in gaps in the rock.
A chance or opening to take advantage of a situation, often in a strategic or opportunistic sense. Common in phrases like 隙を見て (taking the opportunity).
Rare literary use for discord or disagreement between people. More commonly expressed with 不和 (ふわ) or 仲違い (なかたがい).
He attacked by exploiting a gap in the enemy's defenses.
A rift developed between the two.
gap; opening; void; aperture
caulking; calking
spare time; free moment · small opening; narrow crack
crevice; aperture
The kanji 隙 combines 阜 (mound) and 虖 (a phonetic component), originally meaning a crack in a wall. The reading げき is the on'yomi. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.