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Google translate is saying it means a "tendency to shrink" I think that could be misleading because 'shrink' in English is more commonly used in the intransitive sense, where there's no object in …

It's mimicking the sound of fast, almost unintelligible speech - so 거의 반말조로 [[ 다다다다]] means something like speaking very fast, 'dadadadadada', almost in ban-mal

It's this meaning of 파리하다 - ashen, pale, pallid, white. 파리한 얼굴에, 겁이 많았다. His/her face went white with fear.

As per the dictionary definition, 소멸(消滅) is extinction; 소멸 직전이다 means 'about to become extinct'. This is actually a compliment - Koreans find small faces attractive; a face that is 'about to go extin …

The verb 찢다 is to tear; 찢기다 is the corresponding passive form 'to be torn'. So... 찢겼을 거란 말이죠 means something like so you're saying it got torn?

The normal Korean form would be 있으려고 하지 - to intend to stay. 있을라 하지 is a more informal spoken form. 있을라카지 is 경상도 pronunciation of 있을라 하지.

무리수을 뛌어 is a misspelling of 무리수를 뒀어. As well as its mathematical meaning which you will find in a dictionary, 무리수 means to 'overdo' or 'overreach' - to be too ambitious. 무리 하다 is a verb form meaning …

아무도 그와 싸울래 않아 There are a couple of things that can be improved there - the (으)ㄹ래 construction isn't a general way of saying 'want'. It's specific to saying "I want to do something" (first per …

Does that mean "hot" (매운맛) is pronounced "maeunmas" or "maeunmat"? it should be 'maeunmat'. When I type '매운맛' into google translate and press the 'Listen' button, that's pretty much what it says …

Actively build vocabulary It still happens to me so often that I can think of most of the words in a sentence, but am missing one important one. …

(한손) = One hand 모종 = seedling 이식기 = a transplanter So it's a '(one handed) seedling transplanter'. 카이로스 is the company name. If you search for 카이로스 모종이식기 you can find it on sale in Korea.

Why is “puppy” a cuss word in korean? The most common translation of 'puppy', 강아지 , isn't commonly used as an insult. a translation of the word “puppy” can be an insult/cuss word. I guess t …

Handbook of Korean Vocabulary is a great book, and I can't think of an online resource that's quite like it. …

There wouldn't be a simple single word that someone of Korean cultural assumptions would understand to mean what you want. You'd probably have to be explicit and say 고모의 와이프/고모의 아내 for 'Father's sist …

A positive one is the 덕분에 / 덕택에 construction, meaning "thanks to": 구 선생님 덕택에 한국어를 많이 배웠어요. => Thanks to you, Ms. Koo, I learned a great deal of Korean 흥부 덕분에 제비가 목숨을 구했다. => Thanks to Hŭngb …