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separation, isolation, detachment
The act of separating or being separated from something. Used in scientific, political, medical, and general contexts.
政教分離は重要な原則だ。
Separation of church and state is an important principle.
混合物を成分ごとに分離する。
Separate the mixture into its individual components.
ロケットの第一段が分離して、第二段エンジンが点火した。
The first stage of the rocket separated and the second-stage engine ignited.
A versatile formal term used across many fields. As a する verb: 分離する.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 政教分離 (separation of church and state)
- 分離独立 (secession, separatist independence)
- 分離手術 (separation surgery)
- 分離する (to separate, to isolate)