독립

dongnip · [동닙]

independence

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. independenceThe state or quality of not depending on or being bound to others.
  2. independenceAn independent existence without being attached to or included in another thing.
  3. independenceThe possession of its own complete sovereignty by one country.

Written Forms

독립Hangul
獨立Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

한국에서 시작하는 나의 독립 생활이 앞으로 어떻게 펼쳐질지 벌써부터 기대가 된다.

I am already looking forward to seeing how my independent life starting in Korea will unfold.

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According to a smartphone map app, an independent cafe remodeled from an old house is hidden somewhere around here.

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Each chapter of a thesis must be organically linked, and independent paragraphs must remain unified by a single theme.

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Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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