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지금 이 사이트를 보시는 여러분들이 수정을 하거나 내용을 추가해 이곳에 있는 설명과 예들을 더욱 완벽하게 해 주심으로써 코리안위키프로젝트를 도와주실 수 있습니다.

These are terms that don't translate exactly from Korean to English and therefore must be explained more in depth.

소심(하다) <小心> - (1) Someone who is timid, to be timid. (2) A kind of personality characterized by someone who gets upset easily and stays upset (especially against someone else). Also known to repeatedly think about things that already happened when a normal person would have forgotten about the issue already.
정 <情> - Strong feelings of respect and fraternity
한 <恨> - Hardship one cannot help; usually refers to hardship and oppression similar to that evident in Korean history.
병신 - a curse word similar to calling someone an idiot

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 These are terms that don't translate exactly from Korean to English and therefore must be explained more in depth.
 *소심(하다) <[[小]][[心]]> - (1) Someone who is timid, to be timid. (2) A kind of personality characterized by someone who gets upset easily and stays upset (especially against someone else). Also known to repeatedly think about things that already happened when a normal person would have forgotten about the issue already.
-*정 <[[情]]> - Strong feelings??
+*정 <[[情]]> - Strong feelings of respect and fraternity
-*한 <[[恨]]> - Hardship one cannot help??
+*한 <[[恨]]> - Hardship one cannot help; usually refers to hardship and oppression similar to that evident in Korean history.
-*병신 - an curning word.
+*병신 - a curse word similar to calling someone an idiot
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