隔てる
へだてる
Also written 距てる
Meanings
- Ichidan verb, Transitive to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide
- to interpose; to have between
- to alienate; to estrange
Kanji
- 隔 gap. Read as へだてる.
Example sentences
- 英国はイギリス海峡によって欧州大陸と隔てられている。
Britain is separated from the Continent by the Channel. - 二つの町は川で隔てられている。
The two towns are separated by a river. - 日本海は日本とアジア大陸を隔てている。
The Japan Sea separates Japan from the Asian Continent. - 彼は私たちと道を隔てた反対側に住んでいます。
He lives across the street from us. - 只見町は福島県南会津地方にあり、急峻な山を隔てて新潟との県境に位置しています。
Tadami is in Minamiaizu in Fukushima; cut off by steep mountains and located on the prefecture border with Niigata.
Common phrases
Related forms
- 隔たる (へだたる) to be distant (intransitive partner)
Words containing 隔てる
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