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- 하나 hana one (native)
- 일 il one (Sino)
- 열 yeol ten (native)
- 월요일 woryoil Monday
- 화요일 hwayoil Tuesday
- 일요일 iryoil Sunday
- 안녕하세요 annyeonghaseyo hello (polite)
- 감사합니다 gamsahamnida thank you (formal)
- 안녕히 가세요 annyeonghi gaseyo goodbye (to one leaving)
- 빨간색 ppalgan-saek red
- 파란색 paran-saek blue
- 노란색 noran-saek yellow
- 김치 gimchi kimchi
- 비빔밥 bibimbap bibimbap (mixed rice)
- 불고기 bulgogi bulgogi (marinated beef)
- 최애 choeae bias (most-loved member)
- 입덕 ipdeok getting into a fandom
- 직캠 jikkaem fancam (single-member)
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Korean Skincare Shopping: K-Beauty Store Words and Phrases
Walking into a Korean beauty drugstore means hearing 스킨 (toner), 세일 (sale), and 찾으시는 거 있으세요? (looking for something?) within seconds. Here's the vocabulary for Korean skincare shopping, from picking a 선크림 to answering the staff politely.
Korean Photo Booth Culture: Four-Cut Photo Words (인생네컷)
The Korean photo booth is everywhere — a quick four-cut photo strip with friends or a date. Here's the vocabulary for 인생네컷 (four-cut photos), from 포즈 (pose) and 소품 (props) to 보정 (retouching), so you can order your own strip like a local.
Korean Horror Words for Summer: How to Say Scary in Korean
Korean summer TV leans hard into ghost stories — a tradition called 납량특집 that uses a good scare to beat the heat. Here's how to say scary in Korean, from 귀신 (ghost) to 소름 돋다 (goosebumps).
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