kohyangvocabcard8.txt

sit across from

very

be interesting

men's outer coat; Korean traditional overcoat

kimono

wear (around or about oneself)

calico

jacket (part of the traditional Korean costume)

lower part of the body

they

commonly

oiled paper

be smooth, slippery

textiles

wear leggings

straw shoes

Japanese gobu-gari "crewcut"

by (mere) chance

once in a while

be strange, odd, eccentric

arrange

train compartment

be oddly/strangely coincidental

sit or stand against, lean on

three countries (Korea, Japan, China)

put on, wear

usefulness, worth, worthwhile effect

pretty well

carry on/speak fluently

be unskillful, inexpert; clumsy; not fluent

first word

initiate, start (a conversation)

tremendously; unbelievably

be bland, flat

feel nauseated, feel sick

idle talk; quibbling

chatter, chat, babble

thumb

index finger

be stubbly

moustache

rub

reluctantly, unwillingly

nod

[back of the] head

indifferent answer [sounding like a snort or sniff]

hold, hold on to

bother, annoy

Mandarin Chinese ni shang nar qu? (Where are you going?)

Mandarin Chinese ni xing shemme? (What's your name?)

go at, fly at, rush at, attack; challenge

be oily

be expressionless and uncommunicative

an enigma, riddle; mystery

have, wear [a smile]

retort, reply, answer

continuously

mumble, mutter

just like (usually followed by a phrase ending in 처럼 )

animal, beast

banter, chaff, tease, make fun of

magician

spectator

skill; technique; talent

give applause, cheer; applaud, praise

be distant and cold/chilly in one's conduct; be apathetic

one's gaze, line of vision/sight

avoid, avert

show off, brag

be saucy, pert, forward, conceited

be hateful, detestable, disgusting; unsightly; repulsive

close it, shut it

be bored

sound of scratching

bite, bite at, gnaw at

blankly, vacantly

talk or carry on in an annoying way; chatter (persistently)

suddenly

dialect for 어디까지

dialect, brogue, patois

fellow traveler

be too much, be over the top; extreme, excessive

way or manner of speaking

be silent, taciturn

be annoying, bothersome

laborer

Japanese kijin yado 奇人宿 "flophouse; cheap inn"

one's lot, one's circumstances

scowl, frown

here and there, in places

be all scattered about

each and every strand

hang down, droop loosely

sharpness, acuteness, impetuosity; appearance, looks

space between the eyebrows

strip, strand

get/have wrinkle(s)

cheekbone(s)

cheek-flesh

adverb to describe twitching, quivering

cheek

suck in; be/get hollow

sumac; bitter taste

be/get crooked, slanted

tighten it

tears gather in one's eyes

approximately, about

look as though one has suffered hardship/privations; be agonizing

be/feel moved, impressed

antipathy, aversion; hostility

living quarters for laborers

to the last detail, inquisitively; odds & ends; anything and everything

dialect for 지금 now

cling to; entreat, appeal to

urge, press

be cold, frigid; indifferent, aloof

be/feel sorry, apologetic

knowledge; information

implicitly, indirectly; suggestively

sound of sighing

the bewailing of one's lot; complaining

clue (to a bigger story)

be/get unravelled

isolated, remote; secluded

village

counter for homes/households

be a bit over, be upward of; more or less

resident, inhabitant

the land(s) around or at the periphery of government poststations, which were often sublet out to farmers

lit.: 'dig out and eat', i.e., make a living from tilling

private house

farm the land, work the land

remain as profit

farm the land, work the land

be rich, ample, thick; profitable

be enough, plenty; rich, affluent

be peaceful

rural community

be envious of others

be/get switched, reversed, changed

Oriental Colonization Company

ownership, possession, property

rent/fee for tenant farming

give/pay to a superior

so-called; 'as it were'

middleman tenant farmer; tenant farmer agent

abbreviation for 동양척식회사 (Oriental Colonization Company)

play the role of; function as

actual/real farmer

landowner, landlord

play the role of; function as; conduct oneself/behave as

fee for tenant farming

pay

be squeezed ['scratched'] out of one's money

crops, products; yield

10 percent

monk

pray to Buddha

be in everyone's mouth, on everyone's tongue

lit.: 'the men carry on their backs and the women carry on their heads', i.e. an expression for the itinerant life of homeless or uprooted families ( 男負女戴 )

another place, other places

wander around, roam

be deteriorated, ruined; dilapidated

truly, in fact, in actuality; actually

poverty

hardship(s)

make a person old

Western Kando (in Manchuria)

get/be pursued, chased out, expelled

destiny, fate

be fresh; alive and kicking

be fertile, rich, productive

cultivated fields and wild fields

person; the one [who]

all, without exception; everything

occupy, take over

waste land

even though

arrive at, reach; land

breakfast makings

dinner makings

conducting oneself; behaviour

be [long-]lasting

sterile, barren land (cf. 거치-ㄹ- be rough)

capital, funds; money; land

'empty fist', i.e. no income

two years

by force, under compulsion; unwillingly, reluctantly

resist, endure, stick it out, hang in there; sustain

foreign country, foreign land

soul

widowed mother

desperation

one's miserable, hard and tough life; one's hard lot

nutrition

be lacking, short, deficient; fall short of

be tired, exhausted

reason, cause

mother [honorific/fancy]

rice gruel; porridge

draft, gulp, mouthful, swig; sip

suddenly, abruptly

be sleek, glossy, shiny

shed tears, weep

console, comfort

hesitating(ly)

a bottle ( 병 ) of sake ( 정종 )

cork, bottle cap

remove, pull out

tea cup

pour in

be tough, hard, difficult

melt it, make it melt

consecutively, in a row

stay, put up at; reside, live

Shin-uiju (city name)

Andong prefecture

work as a day laborer, sell one's labor

job; moneymaking

Kyushu

coal mine

ironworks

stay; join

deteriorate, decay

pent-up anger

surge up, swell up

deterioration, blight, stunting

(mountains and rivers of) one's native land

- yearn after/for, long for, miss

aimlessly, without any definite purpose

sigh, lament

all, entirely

very much, quite

show up, turn up

ruined/devastated rural community

wall, fence

stand close together in a long line

possibly ...? perchance ...? maybe

[one's voice' strains, cracks, breaks

rot

rafter

rumble; roll

skeleton

break it, tear it down

fling open

above, over; approximately, more or less

household(s) [counter for homes]

spectacle, scene

picture to oneself, imagine

blankly, vacantly

pour

with a gulp/sip

drink deep, gulp down

be somewhat thick; thickish

drop, droplet

description of something dripping

be dreary and cold; gloomy, desolate

be miserable, wretched

clearly, distinctly

after a while, before long; finally

only

be melancholy, dismal, gloomy, depressed

uncommonly, unusually

prior connection or contact

wedding, marriage

get/be closed

one's lot, situation

grow up

be solid, substantial; desirable

virgin, maiden

suddenly

red-light district, brothel

spread

after that

both, mutual(ly); each other

unoccupied land, vacant lot

town

you; Mr., Ms., Mrs.; someone's wife

happen to meet, bump into

she [Korean writers in the 1920s experimented with different neologisms for 'she'; this one didn't last long]

master, owner

debt

virulent/malignant disease

walking corpse, living dead

write off (a debt); exempt

release, set free, let go

pile, heap, stack

draw out, evoke

thanks to

change

why?

thickness, density [of hair]

become bald

be soft and shiny

lactic acid

splash on, pour on

Japanese noodle (udon) house

sake

empty it; lay it down (i.e. what you do with a bottle once you've drunk it all)

squeeze it; wrench

with one (new) thing popping up one after the  other

draw out, evoke

inscribe, carve into

be tired, exhausted

close/shut one's mouth

be cruel, terrible

one's life

get a bitter taste in one's mouth; feel depressed, unhappy

give and take

a unit of measure

dry it, make it dry; finish it (a bottle/drink)

• be overcome by the merriment of intoxication; give        
• oneself over to tipsiness

have no idea/clue; know nothing

recite (a poem)

sack of rice stalks

cultivated lands, fields

newly constructed road; highway

word, something said; clause, phrase; speech

prison

tobacco pipe

shake

old man

public cemetery

appearance, countenance

woman, female (usually derogatory)

red-light district, brothel