The Adventures of Roderick Random — Page 1

Vocabulary

랜덤의

raendeomui — Random, occurring without a definite pattern

모험

moheom — Adventure, a daring or exciting experience

저

jeo — I, me; humble first-person pronoun in Korean

목차

mokcha — Table of contents, list of chapters or sections

저자

jeoja — Author, person who writes a book or text

서문

seomun — Preface, introductory section of a book

우화

uhwa — Fable, short story with a moral lesson

제

je — Ordinal prefix meaning 'number' or 'chapter'

장

jang — Chapter, a major division of a book

모든

modeun — All, every, entire; used before nouns

종류의

jongnyu-ui — Of a kind or type; categorizing things

풍자

pungja — Satire, use of humor to criticize society

중에서

jungeseo — Among, out of; indicating selection from a group

흥미로운

heungmiroun — Interesting, engaging, capturing one's curiosity

이야기의

iyagi-ui — Of a story; possessive form of 'story'

흐름

heureum — Flow, the continuous movement or progression

속에

soge — Inside, within; indicating location inside something

이따금씩

ittageumssik — Occasionally, now and then, from time to time

자연스럽게

jayeonseureobge — Naturally, in an effortless and unforced manner

녹아들어

nogadeulleo — Melting into, blending in seamlessly with something

사건을

sakeon-eul — Event or incident; object marker attached to 'event'

생생한

saengsaenghan — Vivid, lively, full of life and detail

삶으로

salm-euro — Into life; directional marker attached to 'life'

끌어들이고

kkeureodeuligo — Drawing in, pulling something into a situation

익숙한

ikssukan — Familiar, accustomed, well-known through experience

장면들을

jangmyeondeul-eul — Scenes; object marker attached to plural 'scenes'

색다르고

saekdareugo — Novel and different; unusually distinctive in style

시각으로

sigak-euro — From a perspective or viewpoint; with a new angle

묘사함으로써

myosahameurosse — By depicting or describing in vivid detail

신선함의

sinseonham-ui — Of freshness; possessive form of 'freshness'

매력을

maeryeok-eul — Charm or appeal; object marker attached to 'charm'

부여하면서도

buyeohamyeonseodo — While granting or bestowing something upon someone

세부

sebu — Detail, minute particular aspect of something

사항에서

sahang-eseo — In the details; locative marker on 'matters/details'

자연에

jayeon-e — To nature; locative marker attached to 'nature'

호소하는

hosoha-neun — Appealing to, making an earnest call to something

풍자만큼

pungjamankeum — As much as satire; comparison particle on 'satire'

즐겁고

jeulgeopgo — Enjoyable and pleasant; connecting form of 'fun'

보편적으로

bopyeonjeok-euro — Universally, in a way applicable to everyone

유익한

yuikan — Beneficial, instructive, providing useful knowledge

것은

geot-eun — Thing; topic marker attached to nominalizer 'thing'

없다

eopda — Does not exist; there is nothing of that kind