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day 34causes and beginnings

unit 5 · trends & figures

    causes and beginnings

    Name causes and starting points with N(으)로 말미암아 and 발단, and talk about breakthroughs, separate issues and complex reasons: 돌파, 별개, 복합적, 밑거름, 본격화.

    today’s words

    • 단적 danjeok · telling, clear-cut (example)
    • 대 dae · versus, to (2 대 1)
    • 대두 daedu · emergence, coming to the fore
    • 독자적 dokjajeok · independent, of its own
    • 돌파 dolpa · breakthrough; passing (a figure)
    • 동적 dongjeok · dynamic, active
    • 뒷전 dwitjeon · the back seat, the sidelines
    • 만사 mansa · everything, all things
    • 말미암다 malmiamda · (N으로 말미암아) owing to N, because of N
    • 명목 myeongmok · name, pretext (… 명목으로)
    • 무차별적 muchabyeoljeok · indiscriminate
    • 미정 mijeong · undecided, not yet fixed
    • 밀접 miljeop · close (connection)
    • 밑거름 mitgeoreum · foundation, fertiliser (for growth)
    • 발단 baldan · the start, the trigger (of an event)
    • 발돋움 baldodum · a step up, rising (to a new level)
    • 배제 baeje · ruling out, excluding
    • 백지 baekji · blank paper; (백지에서) from scratch
    • 별개 byeolgae · separate (matter)
    • 복수 boksu · plural, multiple
    • 복합적 bokapjeok · complex, mixed (several factors)
    • 본격화 bongyeokhwa · getting into full swing

    sentences

    • 이번 일의 발단은 작은 예약 실수였다. · It all started with a small booking mistake.
    • 시스템 오류로 말미암아 예약이 이틀 동안 중단되었다. · Owing to a system error, bookings were stopped for two days.
    • 이번 봄 자연 여행 예약은 처음으로 천 건을 돌파했다. · This spring, nature-tour bookings passed a thousand for the first time.
    • 이 결과는 만족도와 매출이 밀접하다는 단적인 예이다. · This result is a telling example of how closely satisfaction and sales are linked.
    • 최근 여행 업계에서는 안전 문제가 새롭게 대두되었다. · Safety has recently come to the fore in the travel industry.