生いき別わかれ

noun

lifelong separation; parting while alive

Refers to being separated from a loved one while both are still alive, often with the implication that they may never meet again. Commonly used in emotional contexts such as family separations due to war, disaster, or estrangement.

• 戦せん争そうで家か族ぞくと生いき別わかれになった。

  I was separated from my family during the war, never to see them again.

• 幼おさない頃ころに生いき別わかれた兄あにを探さがしている。

  I am searching for my older brother, from whom I was separated in childhood.