別れ
わかれ · wakare · JLPT N3 · noun
farewell
👋 wakare sounds like walk-away-ray: a parting is when you walk away
別れ is the noun form of 別れる (wakareru), to part ways. It shares its root with 分かれる, to split or branch. The kanji 別 means separate, the same one you see in 特別 (special) and 別々 (separately).