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    3. 別居

    別居

    別べっ居きょ

    separation

    KMT7News #14+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveFamily & RelationshipsHome & HousingKanji Vocab15 strokes

    べっきょ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    separation, living separately, living apart

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    彼かれらは別べっ居きょすることにしました。

    They decided to live separately.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsHome & Housing
    夫ふう婦ふの別べっ居きょ期き間かんが長ながくなっています。

    The period of separation for the couple has become long.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsHome & Housing
    子こ供どもたちのために、別べっ居きょ後ごも協きょう力りょくして子こ育そだてをしている。

    For the sake of their children, they continue to co-parent even after separation.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    彼かれは仕し事ごとの都つ合ごうで、家か族ぞくと別べっ居きょして単たん身しん赴ふ任にんしている。

    Due to work circumstances, he is living separately from his family on a solo assignment.

    KMT7Home & HousingWork & CareerFamily & Relationships
    法ほう律りつ上じょう、別べっ居きょ期き間かんは離り婚こんの条じょう件けんの一ひとつとして考こう慮りょされることがある。

    Legally, the period of separation can sometimes be considered as one of the conditions for divorce.

    KMT8Family & Relationshipslaw

    Kanji that make up this word

    別
    わか.れる・わ.ける…(2)
    separate・branch off・diverge・fork・another…(2)
    居
    い.る・-い・お.る…(5)
    reside・to be・exist・live with
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