隔世
Chinese edit
to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off |
life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime | ||
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simp. and trad. (隔世) |
隔 | 世 |
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
隔世
- to be separated by a generation
- (figurative) to be a long time apart
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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隔 | 世 |
かく Grade: S |
せい Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
References edit
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN