隔てる – Vocabulary details

隔へだてる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide

ただ、遠とおい距きょ離りを隔へだてて話はなしをしたのだ。It was just that we spoke separated by a great distance.

2. to interpose; to have between

壁かべ一いち枚まい隔へだてた隣となりの部へ屋やから声こえが聞きこえる。I can hear voices from the next room, just one wall away.

3. to alienate; to estrange

お金かねの問もん題だいが兄きょう弟だいの仲なかを隔へだてた。Money problems came between the brothers.

isolate

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to put distance between; to estrange

to put distance between; to estrange

to die

海うみとこれを隔へだてるのは何なんですか？

What is it that separates this from the sea?

二ふたつの町まちは川かわで隔へだてられている。

The two towns are separated by a river.

日に本ほん海かいは日に本ほんとアジア大たい陸りくを隔へだてている。

The Japan Sea separates Japan from the Asian Continent.

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