YOU SAID:
I walked away from my wife
INTO JAPANESE
私は妻から離れました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I left my wife
INTO JAPANESE
私は妻と別れました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I broke up with my wife
INTO JAPANESE
妻と別れた
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Separated from his wife
INTO JAPANESE
妻と別居
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Separation from his wife
INTO JAPANESE
妻との別居
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Separation from his wife
That didn't even make that much sense in English.