Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device provided with a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposing each other, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein

• the first substrate includes a comb-shaped first electrode and a comb-shaped second electrode;
• the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed opposing each other planarly within a pixel;
• the first electrode includes a first trunk portion, and a first branch portion that is connected to the first trunk portion and that intersects obliquely the first trunk portion;
• the second electrode includes a second trunk portion, and a second branch portion that is connected to the second trunk portion and that intersects obliquely the second trunk portion;
• the liquid crystal layer includes a p-type nematic liquid crystal and is driven by an electric field generated between the first electrode and the second electrode;
• the p-type nematic liquid crystal is vertically aligned with respect to surfaces of the first substrate and of the second substrate when no voltage is applied;
• the pixel includes a blank portion of the second electrode including an acute angle-shaped blank portion and an obtuse angle-shaped blank portion that are mutually adjacent, in a plan view of the surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate;
• the first branch portion includes a specific branch portion disposed within the blank portion of the second electrode, and wherein
• an acute angle-side spacing, which is a spacing between the specific branch portion and a portion of the second electrode that extends along an extension direction of the specific branch portion and that forms the acute angle-shaped blank portion, is narrower, at least at a tip region of the specific branch portion, than an obtuse angle-side spacing, which is a spacing between the specific branch portion and a portion of the second electrode that extends along the extension direction of the specific branch portion and that forms the obtuse angle-shaped blank portion.