How to say "separate" in Japanese

• 個別こべつJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveCovers 'separate' in the sense of individual or case-by-case: dealing with people, items, or matters one at a time rather than as a group, as in separate consultations or separate replies.
  あらゆる事態じたいを個別こべつに分析ぶんせきする必要ひつようがある。↗

  Every situation requires individual analysis.
• 別々べつべつJLPT N2approx.Common
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveCovers 'separate' for people or things being apart rather than together: sitting apart, paying separately, going separate ways. Each party or item is distinct from the other.
  我々われわれは別わかれて別々べつべつの道みちを行おこなった。↗

  We broke up and went our own ways.
• 別途べっとCommon
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveCovers 'separate' meaning handled on its own rather than included together: a separate charge, a separate arrangement, contacting someone separately. Typical of notices and business arrangements.
• 隔てるへだてるJLPT N2approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbA verb for placing distance, time, or a barrier between two things: a wall, a river, or a stretch of years can separate them. Covers the physical or temporal sense, including partitioning and isolating.
  アイルランドとイギリスは海うみによって隔へだてられている。↗

  Ireland and England are separated by the sea.
• 切り離すきりはなすCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbA verb for detaching one thing from another by cutting: severing a part from the whole or breaking a connection. Use it when 'separate' implies cutting something free rather than merely keeping things apart.
  金かねと権力けんりょくは、切り離きりはなせない。↗

  Power and money are inseparable.

Use 別々 for people or things being apart, 個別 for case-by-case handling, 別途 for matters handled separately rather than included, 「隔てる」 for putting distance, time, or a barrier between things, and 「切り離す」 for cutting one thing from another.

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• 個別こべつindividual
• 別々べつべつseparate
• 別途べっとseparate
• 隔てるへだてるto separate (by distance, time, etc.)
• 切り離すきりはなすto cut off (from)
• 個々ここindividual
• 区切るくぎるto divide
• 引き離すひきはなすto pull apart
• 離れ離れはなればなれseparate
• 離すはなすto separate
• 分かつわかつto divide
• 引き分けるひきわけるto pull apart
• 別個べっこanother
• 分けるわけるto divide (into)
• セパレートseparate
• 別れ別れわかれわかれseparate
• ふるいにかけるto sieve
• 別べつseparate
• 分かれるわかれるto separate
• 別れるわかれるto separate (of a couple)
• 割るわるto cut
• 取り分けるとりわけるto separate (out)
• あらぬdifferent
• 引き裂くひきさくto (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.)