離れ

Meaning

1. n abbreviation
   detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
2. n-suf
   turning away from; shift away from; loss of interest in; alienation from
3. n-suf
   being far removed from; being very different from; being (completely) unlike
4. n-suf
   becoming independent of

Example sentences

• いま、日本のたばこ産業界は、大人の男たちのたばこ離れに頭をいためている。

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

• ここん家、離れと地下室まであるよ。

  This house has outbuildings and a basement, too.