...만큼...-(으)ㄴ...-은/는 없다
there is no...that....as much as... --> used to indicate that the noun attached to 만큼 is the most (something)
...-을/를 대상으로
targeting someone/something as a (research) subject
자그마치...-(이)나
as many/much as...
불과...(밖에 안...)
barely/merely --> lit. "there is barely nothing but..." --> "(명사) 불과 # 밖에 안..."
다시 말해서
to say it again
한 마디로
in one word
...-기 쉽다/어렵다
-ing is easy/difficult
...-와/과...-은/는 깊은 관계가 있다
there is a deep connection between x and y
(형용사/동사)-거나/건...(형용사/동사)-거나/건
or, listing multiple situations or descriptions
...(동사)-ㄴ/는 데에는 (명사)이/가 있다
(verb) involves (noun) --> 예: 문명이 발달한 데에는 강이 있다 (the development of a civilization involves a river)
(명사)에 따르면
according to...
(명사)-은/는 물론이고, (형용사/동사)-ㄴ/는 것은 물론이고
of course there is... --> the noun/adjective/verb following the first clause adds more info but the first one is more of a given
(형용사/동사)-(으)ㄹ 뿐(만) 아니라...(형용사/동사)-기도 하다/(명사)-도...
not only...but also... --> expresses additional information, should be either both positive or both negative
...-을/를...-(으)로/(이)ㄴ 줄 알다
to understand something as... --> about something that turned out to be incorrect
...-(으)ㄴ 채
while in a state of... --> a completed state that continues into the following clause/action (often used with "to wear" verbs, 서다/앉다, 모르다) must refer to an action
(동사)-(으)ㄴ 바가 있다
official/formal equivalent of -(으)ㄴ 적이 있다
...-을/를...-(으)로 꼽다
count (something) as... --> related to ranking things (예: (명사)를 최우선, 대표적인 (명사)(으)로 꼽는다)
...-을/를...-(으)로/-다고 여기다/간주하다/생각하다
to consider/regard/think of something as... (formal)
...-(으)ㄴ 것을 보니...-(으)ㄴ/는 것으로 알겠다
seeing...I would take it as...
...-에는...-이/가 담겨 있다
(something) is contained in (something else) --> usually two nouns, 예: 한 언어에는 문화가 담겨 있다
(형용사/동사)-(으)면서도
while, even though --> describes two incompatible characteristics or situations, subject must be the same for both clauses, 예: 음식이 비싸면서 맛없다, 그는 알면서도 모른척 한다
...-(으)ㄴ/는 셈이다/셈이 되다
can be counted as, "you can say," "it's almost like..."
하나쯤/한번쯤
at least one/some, at least once --> 한번쯤 used more when referring to unlikely situations + 언젠가
...-와/과 관련된/관련하여/관련되어 있다
related to something (관련되다)
...-(으)ㄴ/는지 궁금하다
to be curious about something --> (으)ㄹ지 for future --> 형용사: -(으)ㄴ지 --> 동사: -는지 (colloquial: -나) --> 과거: -었/았는지 (colloquial: -었/았나)
...-는 것은...-는 것과 같다
x is like y --> used in the context of 숨겨진 의미, 예: "전화번호를 달라고 하는 것은 관심이 있다는 말과 같다"
(마치)...-듯이
"as if...," seeming like --> can be directly connected to a verb stem or (형용사/동사)-(으)ㄴ/는, the former of which indicates that the two clauses are the exact same + creates a metaphor, while the latter is more of a guess, 예: 이해하지 못하는 듯이 행동했다, 폭포가 떨어지듯이 눈물을 흐렀다
...-이/가...-(이)라면/있다면...-은/는...-(이)다/있다
comparable statement, "if you say x, then y..."/"if a has b, then c has d"
...-은/는...-기 위해서이다
used in the context of providing reasons, 예: (동사)-는 이유는...-기 위해서이다, "the reason for x is for y"
그대로
as it is, same (그대로인, 그대로다) --> 문자 그대로 (same as what the sentence says, literally), 말(한) 그대로 (same as what is said)
(...-을/를 보면)...-다/(이)라고 볼/할 수 있다
(looking at)...we can see/say... --> -을/를 보면 phrase used in context of making statements based on some kind of evidence, 예: (마스크를 쓰지 않아도 되고 사람들은 사회적 거리 두기도 안 하는 것을 보면) 코비드는 이제 지나갔다고 볼 수 있다
...-에 대한/대하여
concerning, about --> 대한 followed by nouns --> 대하여 is similar to 대해(서) and focuses more on the following verb
예를 들어/들면
for example --> 들어 used in writing, 들면 in speaking
-어/아 두다 vs -어/아 놓다
have something saved vs have something laid down --> both indicate than an action was done + the state of being that resulted from that action is ongoing, but 두다 is used for longer periods of time, 예: 문을 열어 놓았다, 달력을 벽에 걸어 두었다
...-(으)ㄹ 필요가 있다
there is a need to...
...-며
describes clauses that are connected + about the same subject, similar to (으)면서 but only used in writing
...-(으)ㄴ/ㄹ 점
a...point --> 좋은 점/장점 & 나쁜 점/단점 --> (누구에게) 배울 점 (a point you can learn from someone)