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惜別 (sekibetsu) Japanese meaning: reluctance to part | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 じ 字
Kanji 惜 pity, be sparing of, frugal 別 separate, branch off, diverge Related words 別わか れ 別れ is the common, everyday word for parting or separation. 惜別 is more literary and specifically emphasizes the emotional reluctance and sorrow.
惜お しむ 惜しむ is a verb meaning to regret or be reluctant to lose something. 惜別 is the noun form focusing on the parting aspect.
Etymology Compound of 惜 (regret, reluctance) and 別 (parting). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from its components.
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彼かれ は 惜せき 別べつ の 情じょう を 込こ め て 手て 紙がみ を 書か い た 。
He wrote a letter filled with reluctance to part.
