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kibun

noun

Etymology

From Korean 기분(氣分) (gibun).

  1. borrowed from 기분(氣分)

Definitions

  1. emotion

    emotion; feeling; mood

  2. face

    face; dignity; prestige

    • For example, a Korean's kibun is damaged when someone does not show him or her proper respect by bowing soon enough or low enough, not using honorific words, or handing him or her something with the left hand.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for kibun. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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