혼밥

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Pronunciation
honbab

Definition (meaning)
having a meal alone.

혼밥 is an abbreviation for 혼자 밥 먹기

Koreans think that having a meal is very important as social activitty or making a relationship with others. Moreover Koreans think belonging to the group is very important and usually tend to do something together, not alone. So ‘having a meal alone’ is considerd as a really big matter and embarrassed thing. This word shows this issue.

e.g. 쪽팔리게 혼밥하지 말고 나랑 밥먹자.

Definition in other languages (含义 / significado / परिभाषा / 意味 / Bedeutung / définition / 뜻)
혼자 밥 먹기의 약어. / 한국에서 밥먹는것은 사회활동 및 인간관계 형성의 의미를 담고 있다. 따라서 혼자 밥먹는 행위는 대체로 부정적이고, 창피한 일로 간주되어 진다. 이 단어는 한국인들의 타자 종속적인 경향을 잘 보여주는 단어이다. (Korean)

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