How to say "estranged" in Japanese

• 疎いうとい
  i-adjectiveDescribes a person who is emotionally distant from someone — family or old friends one has grown apart from, for instance — with a nuance of aloofness. A less common choice for 'estranged'.
  去さる者ものは日々ひびに疎うとしだな。お互たがいに離はなればなれになると、自然しぜんと疎遠そえんになるよね。↗

  Out of sight out of mind. When you're separated you lose touch.
• 疎そ
  na-adjective, nounCovers 'estranged' as a quality of the relationship itself — a bond that is distant or alienated — rather than of a person. A less common choice, and on its own seldom the word you want.

Use 「疎い」 for a person who is distant, aloof, or estranged from someone, and 疎 for the relationship itself being distant or alienated; both are less common choices for 'estranged'.

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• 疎いうといdistant (from someone)
• 疎そdistant (of a relationship)