모처럼

Adverb

1. 1

   with much trouble

   Barely, for the first time after having bided one's time.

   Korean definition: 벼르고 별러서 처음으로, 가까스로.

   • 지수는 모처럼 잡은 발표 기회를 그만 놓쳐 버렸다.

     Jisu ended up missing the presentation opportunity she had worked so hard to get.

   • 가족들이 모두 바빴지만 할아버지의 칠순 생신을 맞아 모처럼 가족사진을 찍게 되었다.

     Everyone in the family was busy, but on Grandfather's seventieth birthday we finally managed to take a family photo.

2. 2

   after a long interval

   After a very long time.

   Korean definition: 아주 오래간만에.

   • 장마 이후 모처럼 맑은 하늘이 매우 푸르다.

     After the rainy season, the sky is finally clear and very blue for the first time in a long while.

   • 친구와 모처럼 식사를 하려고 했는데 급한 일이 생겨 버려 약속을 취소해 버렸다.

     I was going to have a meal with my friend for the first time in ages, but something urgent came up and I had to cancel.