(lit. our language) The Korean language used by the Korean people.

A social organization of people with a territory and sovereign rights.

A pronoun used when the speaker refers to himself/herself and the listener or listeners, or a group of people including the speaker and listener or listeners.

A pronoun used when the speaker refers to several people including himself/herself while speaking to a person senior to himself/herself.

we: A pronoun used when the speaker intimately refers to something related to him/her while speaking to the person junior to himself/herself.

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우리나라

boo; the right; right; right wing; foolishness; stupidity; B mark; good

Thick stripes of noodles, or a soup made by boiling them. It is one of the representative Japanese dishes

stupidity; silliness

high; preeminently; outstandingly; abruptly

be looked up at; come to revere; come to look up to

loud and strong; energetic; strong

thunder

we; uri; pen; hutch; barn

our country

Korean language

well

accidental occurrence

umbrella; parasol

image; statue; idol

idol worship

priority; preference; first of all; to begin with; before everything; for now; lacking anything better

jocularity

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A term used by the Korean people to refer to Korea.

우리나라

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