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隔たり (へだたり, hedatari) Japanese meaning: distance | Kotomora
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ふたり
の
間あいだ
に
は
大おお
きな
隔へだ
たり
が
ある
。
There is a wide gap between the two of them.
I feel the generation gap.
I struggle with the gap between ideals and reality.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 隔へだ たりがある there is a gap/difference in ~
There is a big gap between their opinions.
隔へだ たりを 感かん じる to feel a distance/gap (between people)
I felt a distance between me and my friend, whom I hadn't seen in a while.
隔へだ たりを 埋う める to bridge a gap
Efforts are needed to bridge the generational gap.
〈 人ひと 〉 との 隔へだ たり a distance/gap from someone
I feel like the distance between him and me is growing every year.
Kanji 隔 isolate, alternate, distance Related words· 9 距離 is the standard neutral word for physical distance, while 隔たり often adds a nuance of separation or estrangement, whether physical, emotional, or conceptual.
差 is a neutral term for a quantitative difference or margin, while 隔たり implies an underlying sense of separation, often abstract or emotional.
溝 vividly evokes an emotional rift or estrangement between people, while 隔たり is a more general word covering physical, emotional, or conceptual gaps.
ギャップ is a casual loanword often used for gaps like generation or culture gaps, while 隔たり is a native, more formal or literary word for the same idea.
Show 5 more 相違 stresses a factual or logical discrepancy between opinions or accounts, while 隔たり emphasizes the felt distance or separation itself.
隔たり is a neutral word for a distance or gap between things, whereas 断層 stresses a sharp, fault-like discontinuity.
隔たり is a more general, neutral word for a distance or gap between things, while 乖離 is formal and often used for abstract concepts like opinions or ideals drifting apart.
隔たり suggests a distance or estrangement between things or people, whereas 大差 is more concrete, referring to a measurable gap in scores or ability.
Written forms 隔へだ たり Usage 94%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
隔へだた り Usage 5%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not commonly used in modern writing.
へだたり Usage 1%
Etymology Derived from the verb 隔たる (へだたる, 'to be distant'), which itself comes from 隔 (へだ, 'separation') + たる (a verb-forming suffix). The noun form 隔たり nominalizes the verb stem.
隔たり describes a distance or divide, often emotional or abstract, whereas 格差 specifically points to a hierarchical gap in status, income, or ability.
