隔かく心しん

noun

reserve; alienation; estrangement

Rare literary word for emotional distance or estrangement between people; similar to 隔意 but less common. The reading きゃくしん is obsolete.

See also: 隔意

• 二人ふたりの間あいだには長なが年ねんの隔かく心しんがあった。

  There was long-standing estrangement between the two.

• 隔かく心しんを解とくには時じ間かんがかかる。

  It takes time to dissolve the reserve between them.