Korean Vocabulary and Concepts

Extreme Food Refusal

  • 극단적인 음식 거부: Extreme food refusal

Physical and Medical Conditions

  • 구토: Vomiting
  • 설사약 복용: Taking purgative
  • 체중 감소: Weight loss
  • 체중 증가: Weight gain
  • 체중 미달: Under weight
  • 정상 체중: Normal weight
  • 유지하다: Maintain
  • 응급 상황: Emergency
  • 입원치료: Hospitalization (treatment)
  • 폭식: Voracity (devouring great quantities of food)

Psychological and Behavioral Concepts

  • 강박적 반복: Compulsive repetition (강박 = obsession)
  • 진단: Diagnosis

Medications

  • 이뇨제: Diuretic (forcefully increased passing of urine)
  • 변비약: Constipation medicine

Distortion

  • 일그러지다: To be distorted

Political History

  • 자유당 정권: Government of the Liberal Party
  • 부정선거: Illegal election

Education

  • 명문 국민학교: Prestigious elementary school
  • 일류학교: Top-ranked school
  • 전학: Transfer (to another school)

Social Interactions

  • 바람을 맞다: Rejected
  • 담임선생님: Homeroom teacher
  • 악연: Ill-fated relationship

Premonition

  • 예감: Premonition

Obedience

  • 복종: Obedience
  • 불합리한 폭력: Irrational violence
  • 확신: Conviction
  • 권력: Power
  • 모욕: Insult
  • 물리력을 행사하다: Use of power

Social Roles

  • 구원자: Savior
  • 해결사: Problem solver
  • 설득: Persuasion
  • 본능적인 공포: Instinctive fear

Compensation

  • 댓가: Compensation

Rebellion

  • 반란을 꾀하다: To plot a rebellion
  • 악행: Misdeed

Voting

  • 무기명: Secret ballot

Political Systems

  • 독재: Dictatorship
  • 통솔력: Leadership

Body Modification

  • 문신: Tattoo
  • 원시 시대: Primitive ages
  • 주술적 의미: Incantatory meaning
  • 종교적 의미: Religious meaning

Example

  • 사례: Instance
  • 추출하다: Extract

Legal Terms

  • 형벌: Punishment
  • 전과자: Ex-convict
  • 노비: Slave
  • 시행되다: Be in effect

Revolt

  • 반란을 꾀하다: Plot a revolt

Judgement

  • 선고하다: Condemned
  • 배척을 당하다: Encounter exclusion
  • 구속력을 발휘하다: Exert binding force
  • 정교하다: Elaborate

Luck

  • 부적: Talisman

Testing

  • 시험대: Test stand

Social Bonds

  • 결속력: Bond
  • 의리: Loyalty
  • 섣불리: Rashly