🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

別れ

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wakare

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Parting/ˈpɑːr.tɪŋ/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"空港での別れはとても悲しかった。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of leaving or separating from someone; a departure.

    "There were many tears at their emotional parting at the railway station."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Given, spoken, or performed as someone is leaving.

    "She offered a few parting words of advice before catching her flight."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'part', originating from Old French 'partir' (to divide, separate), which comes from Latin 'partire' (to share, distribute), from 'pars' (a part). The noun sense of leaving or separating developed in Middle English.

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