# 離 divorce / physical distance between things

(beret) + 凶 (terrible) + ム (moocow) + (George Michael's Moustache) + (turkey)
★★★☆☆
18 strokes

## Onyomi

RI | Bruce LEE got divorced from Tommy LEE in 1985.

## Mnemonic

| I had to divorce my terrible turkey because it came home wearing George Michael's beret and smelling like his moustache. I'm not gonna include moocow because fuck this is too long already.

## Kunyomi

( から ) はな*れる | to leave someone, to be distant (both physically and emotionally) ★★★★☆
( を ) はな＊す | to separate, to detach, to keep separate ★★★★☆

## Jukugo

離婚(りこん) する | divorce ★★★☆☆ 離 (divorce / physical distance between things) + 婚 (marriage) = 離婚 (divorce)
距離(きょり) | distance ★★☆☆☆ 距 (distance) + 離 (divorce / physical distance between things) = 距離 (distance) physical distance between two things: towns on a map, for instance, or the distance between an archer and a target - a much bigger distance than the related word 間隔.
分離(ぶんり) | segregation / separation ☆☆☆☆☆ 分 (understand / divide / minute) + 離 (divorce / physical distance between things) = 分離 (segregation / separation) The dictionary says "separation, " as in separation of church and state, or "the river separates the two countries." Politically it means to segregate people, like in the American South, or what Japan does to Burakumin.

## Synonyms

differ 異なる 差 食い違い 相違 間隔 区別 距離
partition, separate へだてる 分離 隔離 検疫