Daily life
Korean expressions and words about Daily life, with examples and translations. Learn Korean with LearnK.
Daily life
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어서 오세요 — The First Greeting That Opens Korea's Doors
The moment you step into a Korean café, restaurant, convenience store, or clothing shop, there's one phrase that catches your ear before anything else. Delivere
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The Art of Korean Consideration and Refusal, Learned Through One Word: "괜찮아요"
When you watch Korean dramas, there's one expression you'll hear again and again. It shows up when someone accidentally steps on your foot, when you comfort a f
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아이고 (aigo): The All-Purpose Korean Exclamation That Slips Out in Pain and in Joy
When you watch Korean dramas, the same little word comes out of the mouths of a grandmother pushing on her knees to stand up, a grandfather meeting his grandchi
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글쎄요 — The First Thing Koreans Reach For When It's Hard to Give a Straight Answer
When you watch Korean dramas, you'll notice that when a character gets a tricky question, they often don't answer with a straight "네 (ne, yes)" or "아니요 (aniyo,
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Today's Korean Expression: '정신없다' — The Word That Slips Out When You're Startled or Swamped
When you watch Korean dramas, you'll often see scenes where the main character is buried under moving boxes clutching their head, or a café part-timer is at a t
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화이팅 (hwaiting)! The National Cheer Koreans Shout Every Single Day
Walking behind a friend as they head into a job interview. Standing next to a teammate at the marathon starting line. Messaging a roommate still hunched over th
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밀당 (mildang): Push and Pull, the Mind Game of Dating Pros
If you watch enough Korean dramas, you'll run into this scene over and over. Someone who was texting sweetly right up until yesterday suddenly takes forever to
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썸 (sseom): Not a Couple Yet, but That Fluttery In-Between — Today's Korean Expression
Watch enough Korean dramas and you'll keep hitting the same ambiguous scene: two people who clearly like each other, and yet nobody ever actually says **"우리 사귀는