Word Meaning 隔て

へだて hedate

隔て is read as へだて (hedate) and means partition.

Meaning

English

  1. partition
  2. distinction

Reading

Kana

へだて

Romaji

hedate

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 17433 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

隔てる

へだてる

to alienate

隔日

かくじつ

every other day

隔たる

へだたる

to be distant

隔離

かくり

isolation

隔月

かくげつ

every second month

隔たり

へだたり

distance

隔週

かくしゅう

every other week

隔年

かくねん

biennially

隔世

かくせい

separation of ages

隔絶

かくぜつ

isolation

隔壁

かくへき

barrier wall

隔世の感

かくせいのかん

feeling that one is living in a completely different age

Example Sentences

9

かべがふたつのへやをへだてている。

The wall separates the two rooms.

そのくにとはうみをへだててむかいあっている。

That country faces us across the sea.

こどもたちはとうめいないたでへだてられていた。

The children were separated by a transparent panel.

たかいへいがどうろとにわをへだてている。

A high fence separates the road from the garden.

What is it that separates this from the sea?

Britain is separated from the Continent by the Channel.

The wall separating criminals from non-criminals is not as thick as we think.

Tadami is in Minamiaizu in Fukushima; cut off by steep mountains and located on the prefecture border with Niigata.

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.