Vocabulary

break up

別(わか)れる

B1 · Intermediate Common

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Idiom

A romantic relationship that ends prior to marriage.  Breaking up may be mutually agreed on, or one sided.

結婚(けっこん)前(まえ)に終(お)わってしまう恋愛(れんあい)関係(かんけい)。分(わ)かれは、相互(そうご)に合意(ごうい)することも、一方(いっぽう)的(てき)に別(わか)れてしまうこともある。

Examples

  1. She broke up with me while we were dating in high school. Funny that we got married 10 years later.

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