一いち別べつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

parting; separation

A somewhat formal or literary noun for parting or separation. Often used in set phrases like 一別以来 (since we parted). The する form is intransitive and means 'to part' or 'to separate'.

• 一いち別べつ以い来らい、十じゅう年ねんの歳さい月げつが流ながれた。

  Ten years have passed since we parted.

• 彼かれとは駅えきで一いち別べつしたきり、会あっていない。

  I haven't seen him since we parted at the station.