隔てる
へだてる
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide
JLPT N2 Common word
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
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 隔てるへだてる | 隔てますへだてます |
| Negative | 隔てないへだてない | 隔てませんへだてません |
| Past | 隔てたへだてた | 隔てましたへだてました |
| Past negative | 隔てなかったへだてなかった | 隔てませんでしたへだてませんでした |
| Te-form | 隔ててへだてて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 隔てられるへだてられる |
| Passive | 隔てられるへだてられる |
| Causative | 隔てさせるへだてさせる |
| Volitional | 隔てようへだてよう |
| Imperative | 隔てろへだてろ |
| Conditional (ば) | 隔てればへだてれば |
| Conditional (たら) | 隔てたらへだてたら |
Example sentences
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The two towns are separated by a river.
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What is it that separates this from the sea?
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The Japan Sea separates Japan from the Asian Continent.
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He lives across the street from us.
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The English Channel separates England and France.
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Ireland and England are separated by the sea.
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Britain is separated from the Continent by the Channel.
罪を犯す人と犯さない人とを隔てる壁は我々が考えているより薄い。
The wall separating criminals from non-criminals is not as thick as we think.
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.
七夕祭りは、星祭とも呼ばれ、天の川に隔てられた恋人同士である星が、年に1回会えるとされる7月7日に行われます。
The Tanabata Festival is often called the Star Festival. July 7th, the day of the festival, is said to be the only time when a pair of lovers, stars separated by the Milky Way, can see each other.
みんな手があり、足があり、頭があるんだし、みんな歩きもするし、話もするんだもの。でも、今や、これらの人たちを分け隔てようとする何かがあるわ。
They all have arms, legs, and heads, and they walk and talk, but now there's SOMETHING that wants to make them different.