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estrangement; driving a wedge between people; splitting apart
The act of causing two people or groups who were close to become estranged or separated, or the resulting state of being split apart. Often involves a third party deliberately creating conflict.
噂��二人の仲裂きの原因になった。
Rumors caused the estrangement between the two.
親子の仲裂きをする人がいて困っている。
Someone is driving a wedge between the parent and child, and it's a problem.
昔話には恋人の仲裂きをする悪役がよく登場する。
In old tales, villains who split lovers apart often appear.
Composed of 仲 (relationship, friendship) and 裂き (tearing, splitting), from the verb 裂く (to tear apart). The more common expression for this concept is 仲を裂く (to tear apart a relationship), which uses the same components as a verb phrase. 仲裂き nominalizes this action.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 仲裂きをする: to drive a wedge between people
- 仲裂きの原因: cause of estrangement
- 恋人の仲裂き: splitting apart lovers
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 仲違い: falling out, quarrel — when two people have a disagreement and become estranged, without necessarily involving a third party
- 離間: alienation, estrangement — a more formal term for deliberately creating distance between people
- 仲を裂く: to tear apart a relationship — the verb phrase expressing the same action