KIIP 4단계 2과

대가족

extended family, multigenerational family living in the same house

핵가족

nuclear family

부모님을 모시다

to support, live with, and take care of parents (especially in their old age); carries a sense of filial duty and respect

돌보다

to take care of, to look after (generally)

부양하다

to support, provide for (financially)

세대

generation (as in age group or family)

유대가 깊다

to have a strong bond/deep ties, to be closely connected (deep emotional nuance)

분가하다

to move out of one's parents' house and start a new family unit (aka, moving out and in with a spouse)

독립하다

to become independent/ live independently

가사

chores (formal version of 집안일)

분담하다

to share, divide responsibility among multiple ppl

가사를 분담하다

to divide up the chores

존중

respect (with social/moral nuance, as in respecting differences or opinions)

존경

respect (like admiration)

다문화 가족

multicultural family

맞벌이 부부

dual-income couple

외벌이 가정/부부

single income household/couple

1인 가구

single person household

한 부모 가족

single parent household

주말부부

weekend couple (married couple who only lives together on weekends)

독거노인

a senior citizen who lives alone

고령화 사회

aging society

국제결혼

international marriage

아이를 낳다

to give birth to a baby

입양하다

to adopt a child

혼자 살다

to live alone (more casual/conversational language)

재혼하다

to remarry

이혼하다

to get divorced

중시하다

to emphasize, value, prioritize; to actively treat something as important

증가하다

to increase, rise, grow (in number or amount) (formal, stats word)

전업

full time job, dedicated to one role

전업주부

a full-time homemaker, stay at home spouse/parent

전망

future outlook, prospect, forecast (also literal view/scenery)

-에 빠지다

to miss/not participate in something you were supposed to attend (ex: to miss a class)

결석하다

to be absent (formal, used for students)

복지

welfare, social welfare

지방

region, place outside major cities (especially Seoul)

식구

household/family member; family living together (warm, domestic connotation)

육아 휴직을 내다/쓰다

to take parental/childcare leave

평등하다

to be equal/fair (social justice nuance)

경제적인

financial/economic (ex: financial burden = ___ + 부담)

자체

itself/on its own (intrinsic nature); ex: 문제 + ___ = the problem itself

맏사위

eldest son in law

며느리

daughter in law

맏-

eldest; historically implies responsibility

혼인율

marriage rate

출산율

birth rate/fertility rate

이혼율

divorce rate

초혼 연령

age at first marriage

저출산

low birth rate, low fertility rate

역대

of all time, throughout history (used for comparisons)

최저

lowest

감소하다

to decrease or decline

연령

age (formal/official)

가치관

one's values or sense of values, a value system/core beliefs

변화하다

to change; usually used for big picture stuff (formal and objective)

변하다

to change in condition or state (like weather changing)

경제 활동

economic activity

연속

consecutive/continuously

3년 연속

3 years in a row; for 3 years consecutively

노후

one's old age, later years; years after retirement

평균 수명

average life expectancy (of a population)

평균

average

기대 수명

expected lifespan

매출

sales, income from sales specifically

매출액

sales figure; total sales amount

쑥쑥

growing fast, rapidly (more informal nuance)

시행하다

to carry out, implement, enforce (formal, legal, administrative context)

실행하다

to carry out (informal/personal version -- not government)

동행

to accompany, go together with someone (supportive or emotional nuance)

쌍

pair, set; used for things that naturally belong together as a pair (like socks)

사물 인터넷(IoT)

Internet of Things; network of physical things connected to the internet (like smart watches or smart lighting)

감지되다

to be detected, sensed (by a device)

자동 감지

automatic detection

싱글족

single people; "solo lifestyle" people

비혼족

*unmarried* adults by choice

독신자

an unmarried, single person (neutral/formal)

불가피

inevitable, unavoidable (formal and somewhat serious nuance)

목숨을 구하다

to save a person's life/ rescue someone from a life-threatening situation

목숨

life, one's life

구조하다

to rescue/provide aid (broader than life-threatening situations)

차지하다

to take (up); to occupy; to account for

고령층

elderly population; the elderly

꼽다

to count, to point out, choose (used for stats and surveys, notable things)

등장하다

to appear, make an appearance (often used for appearance in a show or on a stage)

첫 등장

first appearance; usually used for coming into public view

생필품

daily necessity; the essentials

규모

scale, scope, magnitude (neutral, formal, stats, news)

전통적

traditional, conventional

구식

old fashioned, outdated (negative)

정책

government policy or plan

공공 정책

public policy

개선하다

to improve/reform intentionally (formal)

주거

housing, residence (formal, structural aspect)

지원

aid, support, assistance; application, volunteering

2. application, volunteering

지원금

financial aid/grant

세심하다

to be meticulous, careful (more formal version of 꼼꼼하다)

시급하다

to be urgent, to be pressing (formal)

신혼부부

newlyweds, newly-married couple