隔へだてる

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

隔てる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Physical or temporal separation: putting distance, time, or a barrier between things. Often used with を to mark what is separated.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

interpose; put between

Placing something between two parties or things, often to create distance or a barrier. Common with を marking the thing interposed.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

alienate; estrange

Emotional or social distancing: causing a rift between people. Often used with を for the people being estranged.

〈場ば所しょ〉を隔へだててseparated by (a place); across (a place) from
二人ふたりは海うみを隔へだてて暮くらしている。
The two of them live separated by the sea.
〈人ひと〉の仲なかを隔へだてるto drive a wedge between (people)
誤ご解かいが二人ふたりの仲なかを隔へだててしまった。
The misunderstanding drove a wedge between them.
〈時とき〉を隔へだててafter an interval of (time)
十じゅう年ねんを隔へだてて再さい会かいした。
They met again after a ten-year interval.
〈物もの〉で〈場ば所しょ〉を隔へだてるto separate (a place) with (a thing)
壁かべで部屋へやを隔へだてる。
They divided the room with a wall.

隔へだたるN1
隔てる is the transitive verb meaning to separate or put something between two things, while 隔たる is the intransitive state of being separated.

離はなすN3sense 1
離す is the general verb for keeping things apart, while 隔てる implies a barrier or distance that formally divides them.
分わけるN4sense 1
分ける means to split a whole into parts, whereas 隔てる focuses on the gap or barrier that keeps two things apart.
仕し切きるN1sense 2
仕切る is used for physically partitioning a space with a wall or divider, a narrower, more concrete use than 隔てる's broader sense of interposing something.
遠とおざける sense 3
遠ざける means to deliberately keep someone at a distance, close to 隔てる's emotional sense of estranging people but more about active avoidance.

近ちか付づけるN2sense 1
近づける means to bring things closer together, the opposite of 隔てる's meaning of putting distance or a barrier between them.

隔へだてるUsage69%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
へだてるUsage28%
距へだてるUsage3%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 隔てる is strongly preferred.

Derived from the noun 隔て (へだて, 'separation') + verbal suffix る. The kanji 隔 carries the meaning of 'separate' or 'distance'.