隔かく世せい

noun

different generation; separation of ages; being of a different era

Refers to something that spans or is separated by a generation or era. Often used in fixed compounds such as 隔世遺伝 (atavism) or 隔世の感 (a feeling of being from another age).

• 祖そ父ふの形かた見みを見みると、隔かく世せいの感かんがある。

  Looking at my grandfather's memento gives me a feeling of a bygone era.

• 隔かく世せい遺い伝でんで、彼かれは曾そう祖そ父ふにそっくりだ。

  Through atavism, he looks exactly like his great-grandfather.