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그치다

capital; Seoul

study; private village school

books; publications

bookstore

three; seat

Buddha

Seokgatap Pagoda

pomegranate; pomegranate tree

release; discharge

oyster; lichen

be mixed; be added

blind date with a potential spouse; launch; unveiling; display; the first; moving first; first move; good; goodness; line; cable; cord; contour; connection; relationship; ray; A bound noun that serves as a unit for counting the number of times a person has been elected to office or indicating the sequence of a person's terms in office

pioneer

election

predetermination; prior settlement

announcement; sentence

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let go; let loose; stop; relax; ease; bet; about; on; calculate; reckon; increase; speed up; recover from; put; place; construct; lay; set; adorn; embroider; engrave; stuff; add; sow; put in; inject; needle; give; make; loan; bid; shoot; send; use friendly terms

To let something that one is either holding in one's hand or pushing be released by opening or relaxing one's hand.

To quit doing something that one has been doing continuously.

To forget or discard one's worries, anxiety, etc.

To have something as a subject for discussion.

To count numbers by using an abacus, sticks, etc.

To lay down on something an object one is holding or gripping.

To install a machine, device, structure, etc., in a certain place.

To set a net or trap in a specific place to catch an animal or fish.

To carve a pattern, painting, letters, etc.

To fill the inside of clothes, covers, a cushion, etc., with cotton, down, etc.

To put something into a dish to complete the dish.

To send a person, animal, etc., for a certain purpose.

To give an injection or apply acupuncture for treatment.

To lend someone a house, money, food, etc., for money or at interest.

To put on a playing board a go stone or piece in Korean chess, janggi, or  the game of go.

To let someone know about something through a letter, etc.

To use low forms of speech, not talking in an honorific way.

To  operate a machine and have it be in the state that one wants.

To roll a thin and wide object and make one end roll into the rest.

To wrap something by rolling it with a thin, wide object.

For a continuing matter, movement, phenomenon, etc., to cease.

To discontinue a continuing matter, movement, phenomenon, etc.

To come to stay in a certain state or level without making progress any more.

그치다

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