Words
떠올리다 | verb | intermediate |
recall; recollect
To bring back one's memory or come up with an idea that one could not think of.
show
To make a certain expression revealed on one's face.
떡 | noun | beginner |
tteok
rice cake: A dish made by steaming or boiling grain powder such as injeolmi, a rice cake coated with red bean powder or soy bean powder, and songpyeon, a half-moon-shaped rice cake, etc.
mat
(figurative) Hair that is matted due to lack of washing, etc.
떡 | adverb | advanced |
broad
In a state in which one's chest and shoulders are wide, or one's eyes and mouth are open wide.
all of a sudden
In the manner of meeting suddenly.
strongly
In the state of standing firmly.
strongly
In the state of adhering tightly to something.
떡까루 | noun | none |
tteokgaru
rice powder: A grain powder milled to be made into tteok, rice cake.
떡깝 | noun | none |
tteokgap
money for rice cakes; bonus: (figurative) A special allowance given to employees on national holidays such as Seollal and Chuseok, Korean Thanksgiving Day.
tteokgap
money for rice cakes; bribe: (figurative) Money offered to a helpful person in order to court his/her favor.
떡꼬물 | noun | none |
tteokgomul
Flour sprinkled on tteok, rice cake, in order to improve its shape and taste.
throw-in; extra; addition
(figurative) A small extra profit obtained while doing something.
떡꾹 | noun | beginner |
tteokguk
sliced rice cake soup: A dish made by cutting garaetteok, a white cylinder-shaped rice cake, into thin slices and boiling them in clear broth.
떵메 | noun | none |
tteokme
rice cake hammer: A large wooden hammer used to pound cooked rice to make tteok, a chewy rice cake.
떡빱 | noun | none |
paste bait
Bait made by adding bean flour or pupa powder to rice bran, kneading the mix, and dividing it into small lumps.
tteokbap
Rice cooked to make tteok, rice cake.
떡빵아 | noun | none |
tteokbang-a
rice pounding: The act of pounding rice to make it into tteok, rice cake, or the pounder itself.
떡뽀끼 | noun | beginner |
tteokbokki
Boiled rice cake with seasoning, made by boiling garaetteok, a white cylinder-shaped rice cake, in round stick form, vegetables, seasonings such as soybean sauce, pepper paste, etc.
떡씨루 | noun | none |
tteoksiru
earthenware steamer: Round clayware with small holes in its bottom, used to steam tteok, rice cake.
no part of speech | none |
떨거지 | noun | none |
dregs
(disparaging) Worthless people who are a burden although they belong to a group.
떨구다 | verb | advanced |
glance down
To glance down.
drop
To make something above move down.
drop; leave out
To drop or leave behind what one has been holding.
leave behind
To make someone fall behind or be left out.
bend one's head
To bend one's head down.
reduce; discount
To lower a price or amount.
use up
To use up something that has been used.
lose
To make someone or something lose a value, position, honor, etc.
shake off
To shake something very hard so that it falls off.
drop; stop thinking
To drop a bad thought or feeling.
drop; fail
To make someone not passing or not picked in a test, contest, etc.
떨기 | noun | none |
cluster
A lump of stems that have sprouted from a root.
tteolgi
bunch: A unit for counting clustered flowers or grass, etc.
떨꺼덕 | adverb | none |
click
A word imitating the sound made when big and hard objects hit each other.