English Dictionary

Dear John letter

名詞

A letter from a wife or girlfriend to her husband or boyfriend, informing that the relationship is over. Usually precipitated by the writer's having met a third party.

日本語の意味

妻や彼女などが夫や彼氏に送る、別れを告げる手紙。特に、第三者との出会いが原因で関係を終わらせる旨が記されている。 / 別れを告げる手紙としての意味を持つ表現

After returning from deployment, he found a Dear John letter on his kitchen table and realized everything had changed.

任務から戻った彼は台所のテーブルで彼女からの別れの手紙を見つけ、すべてが変わったことに気づいた。

意味（1）

A letter from a wife or girlfriend to her husband or boyfriend, informing that the relationship is over. Usually precipitated by the writer's having met a third party.

He was still carrying the Dear John letter he got from his high school sweetheart in Vietnam thirty years later.

Dear John letters （ plural ）