距てる – Vocabulary details

距へだてる

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.

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