垣かきを作つくる

expression, godan verb (-ru)

put up an emotional wall; become distant

Idiomatic expression for creating emotional distance between people, often intentionally. The image is of building a fence or wall.

• 彼かれは最さい近きん、私わたしに垣かきを作つくっているように感かんじる。

  I feel like he has been putting up a wall between us lately.

• あの二人ふたりは喧けん嘩かしてから、お互たがいに垣かきを作つくってしまった。

  Those two have become distant with each other since they had a fight.

expression, godan verb (-ru)

form a wall of people

Literal or figurative use: people standing or acting together to form a barrier. Less common than the emotional sense.

• 警けい官かんたちが垣かきを作つくって、デモ隊たいの進しん行こうを止とめた。

  The police officers formed a wall and stopped the demonstrators from advancing.