離れ

Meanings

1. Noun

   detached building; solitary house; room detached from main houseAbbreviation

2. Noun, suffix

   turning away from; shift away from; loss of interest in; alienation from
3. being far removed from; being very different from; being (completely) unlike
4. becoming independent of

• ここん家ち、離はなれと地下室ちかしつまであるよ。

  This house has outbuildings and a basement, too.

• いま、日本にほんのたばこ産業界さんぎょうかいは、大人おとなの男おとこたちのたばこ離ばなれに頭あたまをいためている。

  The fact that nowadays fewer men smoke is a headache for the Japanese tobacco industry.