East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North — Page 1

Vocabulary

및

mit — And; used to connect nouns or noun phrases.

의

ui — Possessive particle meaning 'of' or belonging to.

온라인

ollaein — Online; connected to or available via the internet.

분산

bunsan — Distribution; spreading out or dispersing something.

교정

gyojeong — Proofreading; correcting errors in a text.

팀이

timi — Team (subject form); a group working together.

제작했습니다

jejak-haetsseumnida — Produced or created something (formal past tense).

이

i — This; demonstrative pronoun or determiner.

파일은

pail-eun — File (topic form); a digital or paper document.

인터넷

inteonet — Internet; global network connecting computers worldwide.

아카이브

akaibeu — Archive; collection of stored historical documents or files.

미국

miguk — United States of America; country in North America.

도서관이

doseogwani — Library (subject form); place housing books and resources.

너그럽게

neogeureopge — Generously; in a magnanimous or benevolent manner.

제공한

jegonghan — Provided; supplied something to someone (modifier form).

이미지로부터

imijirobuteo — From images; originating from picture sources.

제작되었습니다

jejak-doeseotseumnida — Was produced or made (formal passive past tense).

삽화

saphwa — Illustration; a picture accompanying a text.

그도

geudo — He also; indicating the subject did something too.

물속에

mulsoge — In the water; inside a body of water.

비친

bichin — Reflected; showing an image mirrored in a surface.

모습을

moseup-eul — Appearance (object form); one's look or figure.

보았다

boatda — Saw; perceived visually (plain past tense).

하지만

hajiman — However; conjunction indicating contrast or exception.

그는

geuneun — He (topic form); third-person male subject marker.

곧바로

gotbaro — Immediately; right away without any delay.

고개를

gogaereul — Head or neck (object form); the head's movement.

들어

deureo — Lifted; raised upward (connective verb form).

나무

namu — Tree; a large woody perennial plant.

위에

wie — On top of; above a surface or object.

앉아

anja — Sitting; being in a seated position (connective form).

있는

inneun — Existing; being present or in a state (modifier).

아름다운

areumdaun — Beautiful; pleasing to the eyes or senses.

아가씨를

agassi-reul — Young woman or maiden (object form); unmarried lady.

알아차렸다

ara-charyeotda — Noticed; became aware of something (plain past tense).

페이지

peiji — Page; a single side of a sheet in a book.

태양의

taeyang-ui — Of the sun; relating to or belonging to the sun.

동쪽

dongpjjok — East; the direction where the sun rises.

달의

dar-ui — Of the moon; relating to or belonging to the moon.

서쪽

seojjok — West; the direction where the sun sets.

북쪽의

bukjjog-ui — Of the north; relating to the northern direction.

옛이야기들

yet-iyagideul — Old stories; traditional tales from the past.

뉴욕

nyuyok — New York; major city in the United States.

머리말

meorimal — Preface; introductory remarks at the start of a book.

민담은

mindameun — Folk tale (topic form); traditional story of the people.

그

geu — That; a demonstrative determiner referring to something.

원초적인

wonchojeogin — Primordial; relating to the earliest or most basic origin.

언어의

eono-ui — Of language; relating to spoken or written communication.

소박함과

sobakhamgwa — Simplicity and; plain unpretentious quality combined with.

사고의

sago-ui — Of thought; relating to thinking or cognitive processes.

복잡함이

bokjapami — Complexity (subject form); the quality of being complicated.

전혀

jeonhyeo — Not at all; completely absent or lacking something.

없다는

eopda-neun — The fact of not existing; expressing absence or lack.

점에서

jeome-seo — In the aspect of; regarding a particular point or regard.

낯선

natssen — Unfamiliar; strange or unknown to one's experience.

이의

i-ui — Of this person; possessive referring to an unfamiliar party.

손길에

songil-e — To a touch or hand; referring to someone's influence.

특히

teuki — Especially; particularly or above all else.

민감하고

mingamhago — Sensitive and; easily affected or responsive to influences.

영향을

yeonghyang-eul — Influence (object form); effect one thing has on another.

받기

batgi — Receiving; the act of being affected or getting something.

쉽다

swipda — Easy; not difficult or requiring little effort.

이야기들이

iyagideuri — Stories (subject form); multiple narratives or tales.

선별된

seonbyeoldoen — Selected; carefully chosen from among many options.

원전

wonjeon — Original text; the primary source document of a work.

를

reul — Object marker particle following a vowel-ending noun.

접해본

jeophaebon — Having encountered; experienced or come into contact with.

사람은

sarameun — Person (topic form); a human being as the subject.

영어

yeongeo — English language; the language spoken in England and USA.

번역본의

beonyeokbon-ui — Of the translated version; relating to a translation copy.

독자보다

dokjaboda — Than the reader; compared to those who read a translation.

유리한

Advantageous; in a favorable or beneficial position.

위치에

wichie — In a position; at a particular location or standing.

있다

itda — To exist or be; indicates presence or a state.

씨는

ssi-neun — Mr./Ms. (topic form); honorific title for a person's name.

이점을

ijeom-eul — Advantage (object form); a beneficial or favorable quality.

충분히

chungbunhi — Sufficiently; to an adequate or full enough degree.

활용하였으며

hwaryonghayeoteumyeo — Made use of and; fully utilized something (connective form).

그의

geu-ui — His; possessive form referring to a male person.

그림이

geuri-mi — Picture (subject form); a drawing or painted artwork.

지닌

jinin — Possessed; having or carrying a particular quality.

절묘한

jeolmyohan — Exquisite; remarkably skillful or delicately precise.

기이함

giham — Strangeness; the quality of being odd or bizarre.

는

neun — Topic marker particle following a vowel-ending noun.

옛

yet — Old; ancient or from a time long past.

세계의

segye-ui — Of the world; relating to the global or universal realm.

노파

nopa — Old woman; an elderly female person.

우화들이

uhwadeuri — Fables (subject form); moral stories often featuring animals.

가장

gajang — Most; superlative adverb indicating the highest degree.

깊은

gipeun — Deep; having great depth or profundity.

의미를

uimi-reul — Meaning (object form); the significance or sense of something.

적절하게

jeokjeolhage — Appropriately; in a fitting or suitable manner.

표현하고

pyohyeonhago — Express and; convey or represent something (connective form).

전설들을

jeonseoldeureul — Legends (object form); traditional stories of heroic figures.

유아

yua — Infant; a very young child or toddler.

동화라고

donghwarago — Calling it a fairy tale; referring to as children's story.

부른다면

burundamyeon — If one calls it; supposing something is named a certain way.

흥미를

heungmi-reul — Interest (object form); curiosity or fascination in something.

십분의

sipbun-ui — Of ten parts; fractional expression meaning ten tenths.

구나

guna — Nine; the number nine (used in fraction nine-tenths).

깎아내리는

kkakka-naerineun — Diminishing; cutting down or belittling something's value.

셈이

semi — It amounts to; it is equivalent to a certain result.

될

doel — Will become; future modifier form of the verb 되다.

것이다

geosida — It is the case; assertive ending expressing a conclusion.

이것들은

igeotdeureun — These things (topic form); referring to multiple items here.

민족의

minjok-ui — Of the people or nation; relating to an ethnic group.

유년

yunyeon — Childhood; the early years of a person or people's life.

시절이

sijeori — Era or period (subject form); a particular time in the past.

빚어낸

bijeonauten — Created or molded; shaped something into existence.

낭만이며

nangman-imyeo — Is romance and; a sense of idealism or poetic feeling.

감정과

gamjeong-gwa — Emotion and; feeling combined with something else.

감각과

gamgak-gwa — Sensation and; sensory perception combined with another.

영웅적

yeongungjeok — Heroic; relating to or characteristic of a hero.

모범의

mobeom-ui — Of a model or example; serving as an ideal pattern.

마르지

mareuji — Not drying up; not running dry (negative connective form).

않는

anneun — Not doing; negative modifier indicating absence of action.

샘으로

saem-euro — As a spring or fountain; an ever-flowing water source.

태초의

taecho-ui — Of the beginning; relating to the very start of time.

민족들이

minjokdeuri — Peoples (subject form); various ethnic or national groups.

마음껏

maeum-kkeot — To one's heart's content; as much as one desires.

들이마셨던

deuri-masyeotdeon — Had drunk deeply; imbibed or absorbed fully in the past.

원천이다

woncheonida — Is the source; constitutes the original wellspring of something.