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day 109cooking and settling in

unit 16 · home & daily life

    cooking and settling in

    Cook and talk about cooking in Korean (달구다, 달아오르다, 휘젓다, 덥히다, 묵히다, 우러나다, 솥, 대접, 숭늉) and about life away from home: 객지, 거처, 귀향.

    today’s words

    • 달구다 dalguda · heat up (a pan, iron)
    • 달아오르다 daraoreuda · get hot; flush (face)
    • 대접 daejeop · (large) bowl
    • 덥히다 deopida · warm up, heat (food)
    • 들이켜다 deurikyeoda · gulp down, drink in one go
    • 묵히다 mukida · leave unused; age (food)
    • 섬유질 seomyujil · fibre (in food)
    • 손맛 sonmat · the cook’s touch, home-cooked flavour
    • 솥 sot · (iron) rice pot, cauldron
    • 숭늉 sungnyung · scorched-rice tea (숭늉)
    • 식단 sikdan · diet, meal plan, menu
    • 식용 sigyong · edible, for eating
    • 양식 yangsik · provisions, food stocks
    • 엉기다 eonggida · congeal, clot, clump
    • 우러나다 ureonada · steep, come out (flavour)
    • 정통 jeongtong · authentic, orthodox
    • 즙 jeup · juice
    • 한과 hangwa · traditional Korean sweets
    • 항아리 hangari · earthenware jar
    • 휘젓다 hwijeotda · stir, whisk
    • 객지 gaekji · a place far from home
    • 거처 geocheo · place to live, residence
    • 경고문 gyeonggomun · warning notice, warning sign
    • 귀향 gwihyang · going home (to your hometown)
    • 동호인 donghoin · fellow enthusiasts, club members

    sentences

    • 객지 생활이 길어지면 고향 음식이 그리워진다. · The longer you live away from home, the more you miss the food from home.
    • 명절에는 도처에서 귀향 행렬로 도로가 막힌다. · At the holidays, roads everywhere jam with people heading home.
    • 그는 새 거처를 구할 때까지 친구 집에 머물렀다. · He stayed at a friend’s house until he found a new place to live.
    • 엘리베이터 앞에 명령하는 어투의 경고문이 붙어 있었다. · There was a bossy-sounding warning notice by the lift.
    • 김치를 항아리에 담아 몇 달 묵히면 맛이 깊어진다. · If you keep kimchi in an earthenware jar for a few months, the flavour deepens.