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gibun

gibun is the alternative form of kibun.

Meaning of kibun

Noun

kibun (uncountable)

  1. (Korea) emotion; feeling; mood
  2. (Korea) 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.2009, Mary E. Connor, The Koreas, page 243

Questions about gibun

What is gibun the alternative form of?
Gibun is the alternative form of kibun.

Words near gibun in the dictionary

  1. Gibsonia
  2. Gibsonian
  3. Gibsons
  4. gibstaff
  5. gibstaffs
  6. gibun
  7. gibus
  8. gibuses
  9. GIC
  10. Gichi Gami
  11. Gichigami

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gibun (page history and authors); kibun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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