How to say "disconnected" in Japanese

• 薔薇薔薇バラバラCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjective, adverb, suru verbCovers 'disconnected' as scattered or fallen to pieces — things that have lost cohesion, physically or figuratively. A common, vividly mimetic word for objects, groups or accounts that come apart.
  詩人しじんが言葉ことばに対たいしていだく愛情あいじょうにも似にた感情かんじょうを、科学者かがくしゃは事実じじつ（たとえばらばらの事実じじつであれ）に対たいしていだく。↗

  The scientist has a love of facts, even isolated facts, similar to the poet's love of words.
• 途切れ途切れとぎれとぎれ
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveCovers 'disconnected' as intermittent: something ongoing — a signal, a call, speech — that keeps being interrupted and resuming. Use it when the connection itself keeps cutting out rather than when things have scattered.
• 飛び飛びとびとび
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveCovers 'disconnected' as discontinuous: things occurring here and there with gaps between them, not in an unbroken run. Think of sporadic occurrences or items spaced apart, not of something broken into pieces.
• 切れ切れきれぎれ
  na-adjective, nounA less common choice for 'disconnected'; it pictures something cut or broken apart, its parts no longer joined into a whole. For many senses バラバラ or 途切れ途切れ is the more natural pick.

Use バラバラ for things scattered or fallen apart, 「途切れ途切れ」 for something ongoing that keeps cutting out, 「飛び飛び」 for occurrences spaced with gaps, and 「切れ切れ」 for things broken into pieces.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• ばらばらscattered
• 途切れ途切れとぎれとぎれbroken
• 飛び飛びとびとびsporadic
• 切れ切れきれぎれdisconnected