day 4rashly, lately, long ago

rashly, lately, long ago

Say something is extremely so with -기 짝이 없다, and talk about time gone by: 그간, 간밤, 격주, 나날, 반나절, 반세기, 막바지.

today’s words

• 짝 jjak · (-기 짝이 없다) extremely, beyond compare
• 빤히 ppanhi · (stare) straight at, intently
• 뻔히 ppeonhi · perfectly well, obviously
• 사뭇 samut · quite, utterly (different); earnestly
• 사사건건 sasageongeon · every single thing, at every turn
• 샅샅이 satsachi · thoroughly, every nook and cranny
• 서슴없이 seoseumeopsi · without hesitation, unhesitatingly
• 선뜻 seontteut · readily, willingly (offer, agree)
• 섣불리 seotbulli · rashly, carelessly, too hastily
• 설령 seollyeong · even if, supposing (that)
• 간밤 ganbam · last night
• 격주 gyeokju · every other week, fortnightly
• 그간 geugan · meanwhile, all this time
• 까마득하다 kkamadeukada · far off, distant; long forgotten
• 나날 nanal · days (passing one after another)
• 단시간 dansigan · short time
• 도래 dorae · advent, arrival (of an era)
• 뒷일 dwinnil · what comes after, the consequences
• 막바지 makbaji · the final stage, the last leg
• 반나절 bannajeol · half a day
• 반세기 bansegi · half a century
• 사시사철 sasisacheol · all year round, in every season
• 사후 sahu · after the event, afterwards

sentences

• 새벽 세 시에 일어나는 것은 괴롭기 짝이 없다. · Getting up at three in the morning is pure misery.
• 사과 한마디 없이 가 버리다니 어이없기 짝이 없네요. · Leaving without a word of apology: it’s utterly absurd.
• 반세기 전의 서울은 지금과 사뭇 달랐다. · Seoul half a century ago was quite different from today.
• 제주도는 사시사철 경치가 아름다워요. · Jeju is beautiful in every season.
• 간밤에 비가 많이 와서 길이 젖어 있었다. · It had rained a lot in the night, and the roads were wet.