距離|きょりkyori[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- noundistance; range; interval
- noundifference (e.g. in opinion); gap; distance
- noun, mathmetric
- Synonym間隔かんかくNeutralSpacing between objects, and also time intervals between events, as in 「一定の間隔」「間隔を空ける」; 「距離」 stresses spatial or psychological nearness.
- SynonymディスタンスNeutralLoanword for distance, used especially in 「ソーシャルディスタンス」; in everyday speech 「距離」 is the normal word.
- Related隔たりへだたりWrittenWritten word for gaps and disparities, as in 「意見の隔たり」; leans toward abstract differences rather than physical distance.
Use 「距離」 for spatial or psychological distance between two points, as in 「距離を置く」「長距離」. Choose 「間隔」 for spacing between objects or time intervals, 「隔たり」 for abstract gaps in written prose; 「ディスタンス」 appears mainly in 「ソーシャルディスタンス」.
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