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

speech; words; language; word; maxim; rumor; gossip; sense; meaning; fortune; frustration; mention; reference

Human voice through which thoughts or feelings are expressed and conveyed.

Sound and letter through which thoughts or feelings are expressed and conveyed.

A story about an incident or a rumor that goes around.

A word used to emphasize or confirm something.

A word used to mean that something went OK or great.

A word expressing lament that a certain act has not been accomplished.

A word that is inteneded to emphasize a previuosly-mentioned object.

A word that is intended to draw attention or finish a sentence.

A dynasty that existed on the Korean Peninsula; in 1392, it was founded by Yi Seonggye on the basis of on Neo-Confucian ideals after he had overthrown the Goryeo Dynasty and relocated the capital to Hanyang; it fell in 1910 after having been deprived of its sovereignty by Japan.

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조선말

An implement used to filter inedible things from grains soaked in water; reason; logic; care; cooking; away

braised dish; being braised; forestation

lighting; focus; attention

eulogy; postpositional particle; postpositional marker; poll; survey; investigation

investigate

ancestor; ancestry

report; protocol

Joseon dynasty

Korean; Korean alphabet

Korean

building; development; fostering; promotion; instigation

contract; treaty; pact

advice

quietly; calmly

pilot

organization; texture; tissue

A postpositional particle to indicate an inclusion of extreme cases that are generally hard to predict

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The term used to refer to the Korean language during Japan's colonial rule of Korea.

The language spoken in the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.

The term used to mean the Korean language during Japan's colonial rule of Korea.

The language used during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.

조선말朝鮮말

The hanja from which the word comes

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