noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
Broadly used for physical, abstract, or systemic separation. Can be transitive (separating things) or intransitive (things separating). Common in technical, scientific, and everyday contexts.
油と水は分離する。
Oil and water separate.
この装置で不純物を分離します。
This device separates impurities.
政教分離は重要な原則だ。
Separation of church and state is an important principle.