隔へだたり

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to physical distance, a gap in understanding or opinion, or emotional estrangement. Often used in contexts of separation between people, ideas, or things.

二人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.
世せ代だい間かんの隔へだたりを感かんじる。
I feel the generation gap.
理り想そうと現げん実じつの隔へだたりに悩なやむ。
I struggle with the gap between ideals and reality.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に隔へだたりがあるthere is a gap/difference in ~
二人ふたりの意い見けんには大おおきな隔へだたりがある。
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)
久ひさしぶりに会あった友ゆう人じんとの間あいだに隔へだたりを感かんじた。
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
世せ代だい間かんの隔へだたりを埋うめる努ど力りょくが必ひつ要ようだ。
Efforts are needed to bridge the generational gap.
〈人ひと〉との隔へだたりa distance/gap from someone
彼かれとの隔へだたりが年ねん々ねん大おおきくなっている気きがする。
I feel like the distance between him and me is growing every year.

Expressions

六ろく次じの隔へだたりsix degrees of separation

Kanji

隔isolate, alternate, distance

Related words· 9

距きょ離りN3
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.
差さN3
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.
溝みぞN1
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
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.

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相そう違いN2
相違 stresses a factual or logical discrepancy between opinions or accounts, while 隔たり emphasizes the felt distance or separation itself.
断だん層そう
隔たり is a neutral word for a distance or gap between things, whereas 断層 stresses a sharp, fault-like discontinuity.
乖かい離り
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.
大たい差さ
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.
格かく差さN1
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.

Written forms

隔へだたりUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
隔へだたりUsage5%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not commonly used in modern writing.
へだたりUsage1%

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.