隔離|かくりkakuri[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, no-adjectiveisolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
    その伝染病でんせんびょう患者かんじゃは他たの患者かんじゃから隔離かくりされた。↗
    The infectious case was isolated from other patients.
Conjugation
Dictionary form隔離する(かくりする)
Polite (masu)隔離します(かくりします)
Negative (nai)隔離しない(かくりしない)
polite (masen)隔離しません(かくりしません)
classical zu / nu隔離せず・隔離せぬ(かくりせず・かくりせぬ)
Past (ta)隔離した(かくりした)
polite (mashita)隔離しました(かくりしました)
Past negative (nakatta)隔離しなかった(かくりしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)隔離しませんでした(かくりしませんでした)
Te form隔離して(かくりして)
Potential隔離できる(かくりできる)
Passive隔離される(かくりされる)
Causative隔離させる(かくりさせる)
Causative passive隔離させられる(かくりさせられる)
Conditional (ba)隔離すれば(かくりすれば)
tara隔離したら(かくりしたら)
Volitional隔離しよう(かくりしよう)
polite (mashou)隔離しましょう(かくりしましょう)
Imperative隔離しろ(かくりしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym分離ぶんりWrittenWritten word for separation into distinct parts, as in 「政教分離」; it stresses splitting apart, while 「隔離」 stresses keeping apart so there is no contact.
  • Related隔てるへだてるNeutralVerb for putting something between, keeping apart, or estranging; 「隔離」 mainly means isolating people or things so they do not touch, as in epidemic control.
  • Related離すはなすNeutralEveryday verb for putting distance between things or letting go; 「隔離」 is a Sino-Japanese word stressing isolation to prevent contact.
  • Related離隔りかくWrittenRare written word for being far apart with ties growing weak; in everyday speech say 「隔離」 or 「分離」.
  • Antonym結合けつごうWrittenWritten word for joining multiple things into one unit; the opposite of 「隔離」, which keeps things apart.
  • Antonym接触せっしょくNeutralTouching or contact, including contact between people; the opposite of 「隔離」, as in 「接触を避ける」.
  • Antonym融合ゆうごうWrittenWritten word for two or more things fusing into one; the opposite of the keeping-apart that 「隔離」 describes.

Use 「隔離」 to isolate people or things so they cannot make contact, as in 「隔離病棟」. For splitting into parts use 「分離」, for keeping something between or estranging use 「隔てる」. 「接触」, 「結合」 and 「融合」 are its opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 隔へだてること。また、隔へだたること。
  2. 感染症かんせんしょうの患者かんじゃなどを一定いっていの場所ばしょに移うつし、一般いっぱんの人ひとから離はなしておくこと。
  3. 交配こうはい可能かのうな生物せいぶつが生態せいたい的てき・地理的ちりてき要因よういんにより交配こうはいが妨さまたげられる現象げんしょう。
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