Translation guide
The state of being separated from others, physically or socially, or the act of separating something.
Feeling alone, cut off from others, or lacking social contact.
Refers to the feeling of loneliness and being alone, often with a negative emotional connotation. Commonly used for emotional or existential isolation.
都会で孤独を感じる。
I feel isolated in the big city.
彼は孤独な老人だ。
He is a lonely old man.
Emphasizes being cut off from a group or society, often without support. Can be used for social isolation or a country's diplomatic isolation.
彼はクラスで孤立している。
He is isolated in his class.
その国は国際的に孤立した。
That country became internationally isolated.
A more colloquial and emotional term for being all alone, often used by children or in casual speech. Implies a sense of abandonment.
一人ぼっちで寂しい。
I'm all alone and lonely.
Keeping someone or something apart from others, often for health or safety reasons.
Specifically refers to physical isolation, such as quarantine, segregation, or separating something from a group. Used in medical, technical, or social contexts.
感染患者を隔離する。
Isolate infected patients.
その地域は隔離された。
The area was isolated.
Means separation or detachment, often used in scientific or technical contexts (e.g., separating substances). Can also be used for abstract separation.
A location being remote or cut off from others.
Also used for geographical isolation, such as an isolated village or island.
その村は山に囲まれて孤立している。
The village is isolated, surrounded by mountains.
Literally 'an isolated island on land', a set phrase for a place that is extremely isolated and hard to reach, like a remote mountain village.
ここは陸の孤島だ。
This place is completely isolated.
The action of separating something from everything else.
The act of isolating, especially in medical or social contexts.
隔離措置が取られた。
Isolation measures were taken.
The act of separating or detaching, often in technical or scientific contexts.
孤独 (kodoku) is about the subjective feeling of loneliness, while 孤立 (koritsu) is about the objective state of being cut off from a group or society. Use 孤独 for emotional isolation and 孤立 for social or physical isolation without support.
孤独を感じるが、孤立はしていない。
I feel lonely, but I'm not isolated.
孤独 (kodoku) is not used for medical isolation. Use 隔離 (kakuri) for quarantine or separating patients.
Separate the components from the mixture.
Data isolation is necessary.