일면식

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 一面識 (“one-face knowledge”). Compare Japanese 一面識(いちめんしき) (ichimenshiki).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [iɭmjʌ̹nɕʰik̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [일면식]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ilmyeonsik
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ilmyeonsig
McCune–Reischauer?	ilmyŏnsik
Yale Romanization?	il.myensik

Noun

일면식 • (ilmyeonsik) (hanja 一面識)

1. slight acquaintance of someone; shallow acquaintance of someone (typically in the negative)

   일면식도 없는 남자에게 고백하다

   ilmyeonsik-do eomneun namja-ege gobaekhada

   to confess to a man who she does not know at all

   • 1915, KS生(생), “低(저)級(급)의 生(생)存(존)慾(욕)”, in 學(학)之(지)光(광), volume 4, page 34:

     그 旅(여)館(관)에 출입하난 사람들은 만히 도교에서 一(일)面(면)識(식)이라도 잇든 터이라 […]

     geu yeogwan-e churiphanan saram-deur-eun manhi Dogyo-eseo ilmyeonsig-i-rado itdeun teo-ira […]

     Since many of the people who entered and exited that inn were those with whom I had made at least a slight acquintance while at Tokyo […]

   • 2021 June 2, “귀가 여성 '묻지마 폭행' 후 강제추행까지 한 20대 남성 [gwiga yeoseong mutjima pokhaeng hu gangjechuhaengkkaji han 20dae namseong]”, in Edaily‎^[1]:

     피해자는 A씨와 일면식이 없이 처음 본 사이다.

     Pihaeja-neun Assi-wa ilmyeonsig-i eopsi cheo'eum bon saida.

     The victim has not the slightest prior acquaintance with A, having encountered each other for the first time.