離間

りかん【離間】

¶～させる

estrange |他|(人を)〔…と〕仲たがいさせる〔from〕

¶ → 離間する

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りかん【離間】

alienation; estrangement.

～する alienate [estrange] 《sb from another》; separate [sever] 《husband and wife》; set 《people》 at variance [odds]; come between 《the two》.

●野党間の離間を画策する try to alienate [come between, estrange] the opposition parties.

離間策 a discord-producing intrigue; mischief-making; an alienating measure; a splitting maneuver; 《devise》 a strategy to drive a wedge 《between two countries》.

●離間策を用いる try to make mischief; try to drive a wedge 《between…》; sow discord 《between…》.