袂たもとを分わかつ

expression, godan verb (-tsu)

part company; break off relations; split up

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'to separate the sleeves', used for ending a relationship or parting ways, often with a sense of finality.

• 長なが年ねん連つれ添そった友ゆう人じんと袂たもとを分わかつことになった。

  I ended up parting company with a friend I had been with for many years.

• 意い見けんの相そう違いから、彼かれは会かい社しゃと袂たもとを分わかった。

  Due to a difference of opinion, he broke off relations with the company.