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TOPIK 6noun

탈상

talsang [탈쌍]

탈상이 · 탈상을

end of the mourning period

Example

요즘은 사십구재를 마치고 탈상하는 경우가 많아요.

These days, many families end mourning after the forty-ninth-day rite.

Word parts

탈 take off상 mourning

Literally 'taking off mourning' — once meant removing mourning clothes after three years.