一別

いちべつ · ichibetsu · JLPT N1 · noun

farewell

👋 一 = one + 別 = parting: one single parting, one goodbye

一 means one and 別 means separate or parting. Together they mark one farewell, often a brief meeting followed by a single separation.

一 — single horizontal stroke
一 is one of the simplest pictographs in Chinese, depicting a single horizontal line to represent the number one. It has retained essentially the same form since oracle bone script over 3,000 years ago. By extension it also means 'first,' 'whole,' or 'same.'

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