이별

ibyeol · [이별]

parting · separation · farewell

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. parting; separation; farewellThe act of separating or parting from someone so that one cannot see him/her for a long time.

Written Forms

이별Hangul
離別Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

The pain of love and separation is clearly visible within the lyrics.

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I was so upset because the female lead ended up choosing to break up.

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Especially the words expressing longing after a breakup really resonate with me.

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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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