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noun[U]
a feeling of longing or yearning for someone or something absent; nostalgia, wistful missing
geurium
Pronunciation
Etymology
From the Korean adjective 그립다, “to miss; to long for,” with the nominalizing suffix -움.
Examples
나는 고향에 대한 그리움을 마음속에 간직했다.
naneun gohyange daehan geuriumeul maeumsoge ganjikhaetda
I kept a longing for my hometown in my heart.
그녀의 편지를 읽자 그리움이 밀려왔다.
geunyeoui pyeonjireul ikja geuriumi millyeowatda
As I read her letter, longing came flooding over me.
시간이 지나도 첫사랑의 그리움은 사라지지 않았다.
sigani jinado cheotsarangui geuriumeun sarajiji anatda
Even as time passed, the longing for my first love did not disappear.
Character Breakdown
그
geu
syllable from the stem 그리-, related to longing or missing
리
ri
syllable from the stem 그리-, related to longing or missing
움
um
nominalizing ending forming a noun from a descriptive verb
Collocations
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