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Korean vocabulary list:

traditional

  • 가락
    –garak; piece of music
  • 가야금
    –gayageum
  • 갈다
    –rub an ink stick
  • 개
    –A case in yunnori, a traditional Korean game, in which two of four sticks that act as the dice are facing up, resulting in two moves forward
  • 고무
    –A traditional Korean dance, using buks, drums
  • 꼭두각시
    –puppet
  • 병창
    –singing while playing an instrument
  • 비파
    –bipa
  • 소리
    –sori
  • 시조
    –Traditional Korean three-verse poetry, which was developed from the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and and was used extensively in the Joseon Dynasty
  • 아리랑
    –arirang
  • 운
    –the start of a conversation
  • 윷놀이
    –game of yut
  • 창
    –An act of singing pansori, Korean storytelling song, japga, folk song, etc., in tune, or such a song
  • 탈놀이
    –mask play
  • 한가위
    –Hangawi
  • 함
    –A box used for a traditional Korean wedding, containing fabrics and a letter of proposal, sent by the bridegroom to the bride's family the day before the wedding
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