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aboji

abonim

adul

aigo chukketta

ajosshi

ajuma

ajumoni

amu ssulmo omnun saram

anee moegu jahgi

a’ne (or) cho

annyonghaseyo

annyong hashimnikka

annyonghi chumu’shipsio

annyonghi kaseyo

annyonghi ka’shipsio

ano shipal

appa

anee

aniyo

aniyo, choahiji an-ssumnida

anyo or animnidda

aphuro ttok paro kaseyo

Arirang

bin’daeddeok

bul’goegi

ca’gogee

can’chaa’naa

chal’moruge’sumnida

chang (pot)

Ch’angduk-gung

Changmi

ch’angnyo

chal saenggin

chebal

che irumun Lee imnida

cheogori

che’so

chesong’hamnida

chijum

chigum torashimnikka!

ch'ima

chin’gu

chooe’aa

chooe’aoe

choahajian sumnida

choahamnida

chomdo ch’onch’onhi

chom towajuseyo

chogi

ch’ohon

chokum

ch’onch’onhi

Chongah

chongji

chonman’e malsumimnida

chonmaneyo

chosumnida

chotkarak

chotkarakul chushipshio

choun

ch’ulssang

Chungguk

chungmae

chuseyo

ch’uwoyo

ddokparo ka-jusaego

doltaegari

dongchong

esso

eungh

haemult’ang

halmoni

ham

hanboks

Hanguk

Hanguk yori

haraboji

hu’chu

hwajangshil

hwajangshil’i odie Isumnika

hyang

ibalssa

iballyoga olma imnikka?

ibul

idywaa

igangju

igosun olmaimnika?

Igoshi kajang choun goshimnikka?

igo’sul sagesumnida?

igosun olchi anssumnida

igot

injong

jjajang

jja-jja-jang chang chang

kaesaikiya

kaebijic

kajan choun kosul poyo
chushipshio

kalbi

kamja

kamsa

kamsahada

kamasahamnida

kapshida

kicha

kimch’i

kimjang

kimpap

kisaeng

kkakdugi kimchee

kyeyak tonggo

kkojo

kkumdingy

kogi

komapssumnida

Komo

konggi

kongnyo

kopi

kosok peosu

ku’dul

kugot cham andwaetkkunyo

kujo’kuro sumnida

kumanhae

kuraeyo?

kut

kwaench’anayo, haeboseyogo

kyeran

kye’sansorul chusipsio

kye’sansorul kajyo shipshio

kyobae

kyorhon p'iroyon

madinneyo

maedup

maepsumnidda

mae-un-t’an

ma’gam

makkolli

mana’so pankap’sumnida

mandu

mani

maru

mek’ju

mianhae

mianhaeyo

mianhamnida

miguk

minam

mi shimi pet pojida

modu

moegu

mogi

mogyokt’ang

mogyok

mogyok tangi innum takbbangul chuseyo

moja

moolah

mudang

mul

momch’cuda

moruget assumnida

mul

mullon imnida

muot jom mashigessumnikka?

Mwoshi piryo hamnikka?

myond

myondohaha

myongdang

myot or mo

myot shi imnikka?

na

naege

naeryojuseyo

nae ttal imnida

na kayaman hamnida

namja

nam-pyon

nanun ajik chimdaee issumnida

nappun

narang gachi yogi isseo

no

norigae

nye

nye, Annyong hashimnikka?

nye, amnida

nye, jom hamnida

nugu

nun

nuna

nuni kyseok naerimnida

odiga apushimnikka?

odiso

oen jjokuro tora chushipsiyo

olma imnika?

olma turimyou toejiyo

Oma


omoni

omagee

onje

onni

onul un nalssiga nappumnida

onurun chuwoso sukapu-ga piryo hamnida

oppa

opsumnida

opsshi

opsshi saragada

opsso

ottooke chinaesseyo

paduk

paega kop’umnida

paega mopshi apumnida

paji

panch’an

pang

pang chuseyo

pap

pap konggi

pap han konggi dushigetssoyo?

parun jjokuro tora chushipsiyo

Piwon

pujoks

Pom

ppalli

ppalli chinagada

ppalli hada

ppalli hae!

ppalli kada

ppang

puok

sangdanghi

sanjin

sanjini chal pannun

sanjin jjigo

saranghae

sewojuseyo

shille huamnida

shil’sumnida

shinyori issumnikka?

siksa doemnikka

skoshi

sodurupshio

so’kogi

so’gum

soju

Songhaah

sudosa

sugo hashyosumnidda

sukapu

taedanhi kamsahamnida

Taegu

Taejon

taerye

taksan

tamnyo

tang’shin

tang’shin iru’mun muwo’shimnika

tanyouwassumnida!

Tashi malssum haechuseyo

teji’kogipork

Tonhwa-mun

tto mannapshidasee

ttong galbo

tu konggi to kajyo oseyo

tulooseyo

Tungduchon

turumagi

twoenjang guka

u’ri

uyu

wae

wae mireo

Won or Ton

wonhashimnikka?

wonch’i anssumnida

yakkan issuminda

yaki’mandu

yak’onja

yang galbo

yang gengju

yang saeksi

yeshiktchang

yo

yobo

yoboseyo

yogi

yogi isseo

yogi isseo naeryeo jusaeyo

yogiso torachushipshiyo

yoja

yoja hyongje

yol

yong’up jung

yom

yonae

yongorul hashimnikka?

yont’an

yorobun tapsuineghae chushipshio

yorokajiro kamsahamnida

yubu kuksu

father

father, polite

son

I could just die

uncle or general form when speaking to unknown male of older age, sounding more like odi schee

term for older woman, stemming from the respectful word for aunt, ajumoni

aunt, of polite reference to older woman

good for nothing

no eat, or in this context, no oral sex

wife

hello, and how are you?

hello, politely, how are you

good night

gooddbye

goodbye

fuck off

dad

no

no

No, I don’t like it.

no politely

go straight ahead

Rolling Hills, folk song

mung bean pancake

marinated barbeque beef

dog meat

can do it - a bastardization of English

I do not understand

ceramic pot in all sizes used for storage

Ch’angduk Palace

rose (changmi)

prostitute

you’re handsome

please

My name is Lee

traditional hanbok coat, waist length for men compared to a woman’s hanbok jacket that just covers the breasts, both are tied in the same fashion across the chest

vegetable

excuse me

now

Welcome home

large skirt of the hanbok

friend

good

good, with personal inflection

I don’t like it

I like it

please go slower

please help me

there

ceremonial wailing after a death

a little (of something)

go slower

familiar name for Chong

stop

You are welcome

you are welcome

OK, good, that’s right

chopsticks

chopsticks, please

good

carrying the coffin to the grave site

Chinese

match made relationship

please

I’m cold

go straight ahead

stupid, a big fucking stone head, a moron,
a piece of shit, a dumb ass.

detachable paper collars worn
on the hanbok jacket

have or something is here, like VD esso

similar to nye, an affirmative response, or like
yeah in English but usually sounding like a
groan rather than a spoken word. Casual and
informal response between Koreans

a noodle soup filled with pieces of pork, beef;
octopus mixed with seasoning and red peppers.

grandmother

box containing wedding gifts

full white dress with a short jacket tied with
a ribbon

Korean

Korean food

grandfather

pepper

toliet

where is the toilet

funerary incense

barber

How much for a haircut?

sleeping quilt

come, also used as idywaah, the white rubber
shoes worn by Koreans were nicknamed
idywaa shoes

pear and ginger wine

how much does this cost?

Is this the best one?

what is this?

this is not right

this

to have compassion

black bean paste (Fenkl)

song of the men who used to collect the
excrement from a houses outhouse.

you son of a bitch

cabbage

Let me see the best on you have

short ribs

potato

thanks

thank you

thank you (polite)

let’s go

train

Korean food, generally made with cabbage and
seasoned with different spices and red peppers

Winter kimch’i

rice, egg, spinach and other vegetables rolled
in seaweed, then cut into sections

sometimes translated as "skilled women," and
skilled in literature, music, and the arts, she held company with the elite and had to have the skills
to entertain them

turnip kimchee

contract for cohabitation

get out or go away

charcoal man, also used to describe black
Americans as it means black skin

meat

thank you (polite)

aunt, on father’s side, used as the name for
Songhi’s Aunt

rice bowl

virgin

coffee

express bus

they

that’s too bad

so, so

enough

Is that so?

Shamanistic ritual to rid a house of evil spirits

on, do it please (encouraging or pleading)

eggs

please bring the bill

please bring the bill

bow, or to bow

wedding reception hall

it’s delicious

the knot where the norigae is tied to the dress

it’s spicey hot

seafood soup

closed

Korean wine, vile tasting stuff

nice to meet you

a steamed dumpling

a lot (of something)

wooden floor, served as exterior porch of the room

beer

I am sorry - apologizing

I am sorry, with added inflection

I am sorry - said politely

American

handsome

your mother has a bald pussy

all (of something)

eat, or have something to eat

mosquitto

bathhouse

bathe

I’d like a room with a bath.

black hat worn during the wedding by the male

I do not know, slang version of mollasseo

shaman

water

stay

I don’t understand

water

of course

Would you like something to drink?

What do you want?

shave

to have a shave

selection of the burial site

what

What time is it?

I

me

let me off here

this is my daughter

I must go

man

husband

I’m still in bed.

bad

stay here with me.

you (singular form) formal is tang’shin’dul

a hanbok decoration, tied to the skirt or the
ribbon on the jacket, at the Maedup

yes, also ne or eungh for intimate discussions
which sounds like a groan more than a word.

Answer to greeting.

Yes, I know

yes, a little

who

snow

older sister (as spoken by young male in family)

it’s still snowing

Where do you feel pain?

where, odi for short

please turn left

How much?

How much do I owe you?

shortened form for mother, term used here as a
name for the village woman who helps Songhi

mother, respectful

mother

when

kinship term for older sister of younger female

weather is bad today

It’s cold today you will need a scarf

older brother

without, there is none available

gone

go without

casual form of saying gone or without something

how’ve you been?

Korean board game of Japanese origin

I’m full

I have a severe pain in my stomach

traditional male pants that historically were more tight legged, but became baggier to suit working in the fields in a squatting position or sitting on the floor at home

side dishes

bread

bread, please.

cooked rice

rice bowls

Would you like a bowl of rice?

please turn right

Secret Garden

mall straw figure, a talisman used by a shaman

Springtime

quickly, as in do it quickly

quickly speed by, as in a car quickly speeding by

speed up, go faster

be quick about it! As in a command

speed

bread

kitchen

very pretty

picture

photogenic

take my picture

I love you

stop here

excuse me

bad

Do you have a fever?

Are you still serving meals?

Japanese word for a little or few, also spelled sukoshi

please hurry

beef

salt

liquor made from potatoes

familiar form of Songhi, or Songhee

monk

thank you very much, beyond expectation

scarf

thanks you very much

Daegu is the new Romanized version

Daejon is the new Romanized version

Great Ritual of the matrimonial ceremony, binding the two families together

Japanese word for a lot or much

blanket

you

what's your name?

I’m home!

please say it again

pork

Gate of Mighty Transformation, Changduk Palace

you later

dirty whore

Please bring two more bowls

please come in

Dungduchon is the newer Romanized version

overcoat, worn by the male

fermented soybean paste soup with clams.

we

milk

why

what’d you push me for?

Korean Currency

Do you want it?

I don’t want it

I have a little fever

fried dumpling, filled with vegetables and meat, usually pork or beef.

fiancé

whore

American Princess

American Princess, euphemism for prostitute

wedding hall

sleeping mattress

honey or sweetie, as in girlfriend or boyfriend

hello

here

stay here

stop here

stop here

woman

sister

fever

open

preparation of the corpse

couple finding love without matchmaker

Can you speak English?

charcoal pressed charcoal briquettes

all aboard, please

thanks for your hospitality

noodles with fish cakes in a broth