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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

食後の団欒

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shokugo no danran

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sobremesa/ˌsoʊ.brəˈmeɪ.zə/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"夕食の後の食後の団欒の時間が好きです。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The time spent lingering around the table after a meal, engaged in conversation.

    "After a wonderful Sunday lunch, they enjoyed hours of relaxed sobremesa filled with laughter and stories."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Spanish, combining the prefix 'sobre-' (meaning over, above, or after) and 'mesa' (meaning table). Originally evolving in Iberian culture, it captures the specific cultural tradition of spending time lingering at the table after finishing a meal to converse.

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