A dish made by steaming or boiling grain powder such as injeolmi, rice cake coated with red bean powder or soy bean powder, and songpyeon, half-moon-shaped rice cake, etc.

(figurative) Hair that is matted due to lack of washing, etc.

A round, broad, flat vessel with many holes on the bottom used to steam tteok, rice cake, or rice.

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시루떡

time; hours; hour

schedule; timetable

clock; visibility

construction; building; time and space

state of affairs

period; time

merit of the age

earthenware steamer

steamed rice cake

October

start; beginning; writing a poem

days; the time; season; situation of the times

progenitor; root; founder; father; origin; Traditional Korean three-verse poetry, which was developed from the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and and was used extensively in the Joseon Dynasty

beginning and end; from start to finish; all the time; all the way

test; exam; trial; pilot; temptation

ceremony; ritual; expression; A bound noun meaning a certain method or format

family member; family

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Tteok, rice cake, made by mixing beans, adzuki beans, etc., with rice flour and steaming in siru, round, broad, flat vessel.

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