Meanings
noungganbu (plural gganbu)
- A best friend.
If a gganbu is, as Il-nam describes it: “a good friend, one you trust a lot [and] you share things with,” then Sae-byeok and Ji-yeong become gganbu over the course of this hour of television.
2021 September 22, Kayti Burt, “Squid Game’s Most Heartbreaking Hour is Also Its Best”, in Den of Geek, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2021
Origin
- Korean깐부
- Englishgganbu
Borrowed from Korean 깐부 (kkanbu).
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APA
gganbu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gganbu
MLA
“gganbu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gganbu. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gganbu,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gganbu.
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