Words
어버이날 | noun | none |
Parents' Day
A day designated in Korea for expressing gratitude for the love and devotion of parents; it falls on May 8th; children usually give a red carnation to their parents in token of their gratitude.
어부지리 | noun | advanced |
fish in troubled waters; playing both ends against the middle
An expression meaning that one gains an advantage effortlessly while the other two people are competing with each other.
어ː불성설 | noun | none |
words without logic; standing to no reason
A remark that does not make sense.
어ː사 | noun | none |
eosa
An undercover royal inspector of the Joseon Dynasty, who used to be dispatched secretly to local areas under the king's command and watch the adminstration of the local governors and life of the people.
어ː새카다 | adjective | intermediate |
awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
Uncomfortable and not natural because one is facing another person whom one does not know well or has not wanted to see.
awkward; unreasonable; absurd
Not having sufficient grounds and illogical.
awkward
Not natural because it is against a certain rule, norm, custom, etc.
어서 | adverb | beginner |
quickly; without hesitation; without delay
A word used to hurry someone to work or do something quickly.
with pleasure; please
A word used to welcome someone or eagerly ask someone to do something.
promptly
Quickly without delay.
어서어서 | adverb | none |
without delay; fast; promptly
An adverb used to urge someone to act or do something very quickly.
right; welcome; please
An adverb used to welcome someone or offer him/her something very eagerly.
어선 | noun | none |
fishing boat; fishing vessel
A boat or vessel used for catching fish with a net, etc.
어ː설프다 | adjective | advanced |
awkward; slovenly; poor
Imperfect and clumsy because one is not familiar with something.
poor; incomplete
One's knowledge, behavior, etc., being imperfect.
sloppy; careless
Behaving recklessly without thinking carefully or preparing perfectly.
light
One's sleep being not deep or one's dream being vague.
thin; light
Smoke, smell, etc., being very weak, not thick or strong.
어ː설피 | adverb | none |
awkwardly; in a slovenly manner; poorly
In an imperfect and clumsy manner because one is not familiar with something.
poorly; incompletely
In the state of one's knowledge, behavior, etc., being imperfect.
in a sloppy manner; carelessly
In the manner of behaving recklessly without thinking carefully or preparing perfectly.
lightly
In the state of one's sleep being not deep or one's dream being vague.
thinly; lightly
In the state of smoke, smell, etc., being very weak, not thick or strong.
어수루카다 | adjective | none |
naive; unsophisticated
One's way of speaking or behaving being innocent, not shrewd.
gullible; half-witted
Very dull and foolish.
loose; lax
Not being controlled properly and not strict.
어수선하다 | adjective | advanced |
messy; disordered
Cluttered with jumbled and mixed things.
confused; agitated; upset
One's mind or an atmosphere being uneasy, not relaxed.
어ː순 | noun | advanced |
order of words
The order in which the sentence components such as subject, object and predicate are arranged within a sentence.