JLPT N2 · Verb

隔てる (hedateru)

隔てる (へだてる, hedateru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: へだてる
Romaji: hedateru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to partition; to divide · ichidan verb, transitive
to interpose; to have between · ichidan verb, transitive
to alienate; to estrange · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

アイルランドとイギリスは海によって隔てられている。

Ireland and England are separated by the sea.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 隔てる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	隔てる	へだてる hedateru
Polite (~masu)	隔てます	へだてます hedatemasu
Negative	隔てない	へだてない hedatenai
Polite negative	隔てません	へだてません hedatemasen
Past	隔てた	へだてた hedateta
Polite past	隔てました	へだてました hedatemashita
Negative past	隔てなかった	へだてなかった hedatenakatta
Te-form	隔てて	へだてて hedatete
Potential	隔てられる	へだてられる hedaterareru
Passive	隔てられる	へだてられる hedaterareru
Causative	隔てさせる	へだてさせる hedatesaseru
Volitional	隔てよう	へだてよう hedateyou
Imperative	隔てろ	へだてろ hedatero
Conditional (~ba)	隔てれば	へだてれば hedatereba

Kanji in 隔てる

隔

isolate, alternate, distanceカク・へだ.てる・へだ.たる · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 隔てる.

間隔かんかくspace隔週かくしゅうevery other week隔たるへだたるto be distant

Source: JMdict entry 1206360 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.