day 31on the rise
unit 5 · trends & figureson the rise
Say “although …, and yet” in a literary way with -건만, and describe figures on the rise: 증가세, 상승세, 웃돌다, 정점, 저조, 비약적.
today’s words
- 분산 bunsan · spreading out, dispersal
- 비약적 biyakjeok · rapid, by leaps and bounds
- 상당 sangdang · worth, equivalent to (a sum)
- 상승세 sangseungse · upward trend, rise
- 상위 sangwi · upper rank, top (of a ranking)
- 상위권 sangwigwon · the top group, high ranking
- 소량 soryang · a small amount
- 수두룩하다 sudurukada · there are plenty of, lots of
- 수차례 sucharye · several times, repeatedly
- 어마어마하다 eomaeomahada · tremendous, staggering
- 웃돌다 utdolda · exceed, be above (a figure)
- 위축 wichuk · shrinking; feeling cowed
- 유입 yuip · inflow, influx
- 일대일 ildaeil · one-to-one
- 일정량 iljeongnyang · a set amount, a certain amount
- 잡다하다 japdahada · miscellaneous, assorted
- 저조 jeojo · low, sluggish (rate, turnout)
- 적잖다 jeokjanta · not a little, quite a lot
- 적정 jeokjeong · appropriate, right (amount, level)
- 정점 jeongjeom · peak, apex
- 족하다 jokada · be enough, suffice
- 증가세 jeunggase · upward trend, increase
sentences
- 정부가 수차례 캠페인을 벌였건만 재활용률은 오히려 떨어졌다. · The government ran campaign after campaign, and yet the recycling rate actually fell.
- 밤새 준비했건만 발표는 생각보다 짧게 끝났다. · I prepared all night, and yet the presentation was over sooner than I thought.
- 배달 앱 이용자 수는 3년 사이에 비약적으로 늘었다. · The number of delivery-app users grew by leaps and bounds in three years.
- 서울의 1인 가구는 꾸준한 증가세를 보이고 있다. · One-person households in Seoul are steadily on the rise.
- 올해 배달 주문 건수는 작년 수준을 크게 웃돌았다. · This year’s delivery orders were well above last year’s level.