距離|きょりkyori[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noundistance; range; interval
    4マイルはかなりの距離きょりだ。↗
    Four miles is a good distance.
  2. noundifference (e.g. in opinion); gap; distance
  3. noun, mathmetric
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 二ふたつのものや場所ばしょの間あいだの空間的くうかんてきな隔へだたり。
  2. 二ふたつのものやひとの間あいだの心理的しんりてき・感覚かんかく的てきな隔へだたり。
  3. 二に点てんを結むすぶ線分せんぶんの長ながさ。
  4. ある集合しゅうごうの2つの要素ようそ x, y から、次つぎの4つの性質せいしつを満みたす実じつ数値すうち関数かんすう d(x, y) より算出さんしゅつされる値あたい。またはその関数かんすう。距離きょり関数かんすうともいう。上記じょうきのような意味いみの距離きょりを一般化いっぱんか・抽象化ちゅうしょうかしたもので、幅広はばひろいものを距離きょりとして扱あつかうことができる。
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