Japanese

Noun

断層 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 斷層, hiragana だんそう, romaji dansō)

1. (seismology, geology) fault
2. (figuratively) gap

   世代間 (せだいかん)の断層 (だんそう)

   sedai kan no dansō

   generation gap

Synonyms

• ずれ ‎(zure): (physical) slippage, a gap, shear; (metaphorical) a mismatch, a lag, a disparity
• 食 (く)い違 (ちが)い ‎(kuichigai): a discrepancy, a difference (of opinion)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9