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One of the national holidays in Korea; on the first day of the year by the lunar calendar, families and relatives gather to hold an ancestral ritual called charye and the young perform sebae, a traditional Korean bow, to their elders; people have tteokguk, sliced rice cake soup, and enjoy folk games such as yunnori, a traditional Korean family board game, as well as neolttwigi, riding a standing see-saw, and yeonnalligi, kiteflying.

A generic term referring to both Lunar New Year and Solar New Year.

섣달

kind heart; virtuous attitude; good intention; good will

light sleep; catnap

ancestors; forebears; forefathers

Blood from a slaughtered animal such as pigs, cows, etc

prophet; visionary

collection; anthology

election

going ahead; being ahead; preceding; virtue; beneficence

The last month of the lunar year; the 12th month of the lunar calendar

Seol; theory; view; opinion; rumor; speculation

Seollal; Lunar New Year

explanation; account

explain; account for

island; straw sack; A bound noun that serves as a unit for measuring the volume of grains, powder, liquid, etc

island city

principle; logic; Providence

intake; ingestion

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The last month of the lunar year; the 12th month of the lunar calendar.

섣달

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