Physical or metaphorical gap, opening, or space between things. Often used in compound words like 隙間 (すきま).
Water collected in gaps in the rock.
A chance or opening to take advantage of a situation, often in a strategic or opportunistic sense. Common in phrases like 隙を見て (taking the opportunity).
Rare literary use for discord or disagreement between people. More commonly expressed with 不和 (ふわ) or 仲違い (なかたがい).
A rift developed between the two.
He attacked by exploiting a gap in the enemy's defenses.
gap; opening; void; aperture
caulking; calking
spare time; free moment · small opening; narrow crack
crevice; aperture
The kanji 隙 combines 阜 (mound) and 虖 (a phonetic component), originally meaning a crack in a wall. The reading げき is the on'yomi. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.