- 離れる【はなれる】 - to be separated, to be apart, to be distant, to leave, to go away, to leave (a job, etc.), to quit, to give up, to lose connection with, to drift away from 
- 離婚【りこん】 - divorce 
- 距離【きょり】 - distance, range, interval, difference (e.g. in opinion), gap, distance 
- 離す【はなす】 - to separate, to part, to divide, to keep apart 
- 隔離【かくり】 - isolation, segregation, separation, quarantine 
- 引き離す【ひきはなす】 - to pull apart, to separate, to have a lead over, to pull ahead of, to outdistance 
- 離脱【りだつ】 - withdrawal, secession, separation, breakaway 
- 離陸【りりく】 - takeoff 
- 分離【ぶんり】 - separation, partition, detachment, segregation, isolation 
- 遠距離【えんきょり】 - long distance, tele- 
- 切り離す【きりはなす】 - to cut off (from), to separate, to detach, to sever, to uncouple 
- 離党【りとう】 - secession from a political party 
- 長距離【ちょうきょり】 - long distance, long haul 
- 短距離【たんきょり】 - short distance, short range, short-haul 
- 離着陸【りちゃくりく】 - takeoff and landing 
- 離島【りとう】 - isolated island, outlying island, leaving an island 
- 離反【りはん】 - estrangement, alienation, disaffection, desertion, defection, breakaway 
- 離散【りさん】 - dispersal, scattering, discrete 
- 離職【りしょく】 - employment separation, leaving one's job, losing one's job 
- 離宮【りきゅう】 - imperial villa, royal villa, detached palace