Culture Holidays and Entertainment Korean Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering Korean cultural terms, traditional holidays like Seollal and Chuseok, and entertainment-related expressions.

강강술래

Korean traditional circle dance

고향에 내려가다

to go down to one's hometown

곡식

crop

공연

performance

공연장

performance hall

관객

audience

관람

viewing

국립국악원

National Gugak Center

국립중앙박물관

National Museum of Korea

기념하다

to commemorate

김치박물관

Kimchi Museum

농사를 짓다

to farm

대학로

Daehak-ro

명절

national holiday

모양

shape (used for moon shapes in holiday context)

묘

grave

뮤지컬

musical

반달

half moon

보름달

full moon

사물놀이

Korean traditional percussion quartet

서예

calligraphy

성묘하다

to visit one's ancestral grave

세계적

worldwide

세배하다

to do the New Year's bow

세뱃돈을 받다

to receive New Year's money

소원을 빌다

to make a wish

설날

Seollal (Native-Korean)/New Year's Day

씨름

Korean wrestling

아이돌

idol

악기

instrument

연극

play

연날리기

kite flying

연주하다

to play/perform

음력

lunar calendar

음악회

classical music concert

의미

meaning

인기가 많다

to be popular

인기가 없다

to be unpopular

조상

ancestor

차례를 지내다

to have a memorial service for ancestors

체험

experience

추석

Chuseok (Sino-Korean)/Korean Thanksgiving Day

콘서트

concert

콘서트장

concert hall

한가위

Hangawi (Native-Korean)/Korean Thanksgiving Day

홍대

Hongik University/Hongdae

환갑

60th birthday

환갑잔치

60th birthday party

윷놀이하다

to play a game of yut