Korean trivia

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• Which Korean word names the first sale a shop makes in a day?Native Korean words
• Which Korean word names the long spike of ice that forms where water runs off the eaves and freezes?Native Korean words
• Which Korean word names the first end you take hold of to untangle a matter?Native Korean words
• Which Korean word names the muddy flat by the sea that is laid bare as the tide goes out?Native Korean words
• Which Korean word names the stump left in the ground after a tree is cut down?Native Korean words
• Which Korean word names the game in which children lay out little dishes and act out keeping house?Native Korean words
• Which Korean word names the Milky Way as it stretches across a clear night sky?Native Korean words
• Which Korean word names a short spare moment in which something can be done?Native Korean words
• Which Korean word names the flat hand waved back and forth to refuse something?Native Korean words
• 뭉게구름 names the thick summer cloud that piles up like heaped cotton.Native Korean words
• 두메 means a busy place crowded with people and shops.Native Korean words
• Which Korean word names snow falling in big, plump flakes?Native Korean words
• 동무 is a native Korean word for a close companion.Native Korean words
• 새우잠 means a deep, untroubled sleep.Native Korean words
• 꽃샘추위 names the brief cold snap that comes back in early spring, around the time the blossoms open.Native Korean words
• 억수 means a very fine rain that keeps falling for a long time.Native Korean words
• 오지랖 originally names the front panel of an outer garment.Native Korean words
• 눈썰미 means the knack of copying something after seeing it once or twice.Native Korean words
• 오솔길 means a wide road that people and carts travel together.Native Korean words
• 나들이 means a short trip out of the house.Native Korean words
• Which sentence is written correctly for wearing a look or a mood on one's face?Orthography
• Which sentence is written correctly for the meaning 'to be sick with worry'?Orthography
• Which is the correct spelling of the adjective meaning 'humiliated, having lost face'?Orthography
• Which spacing of 만큼 is correct when it follows a modifying clause?Orthography
• Which spacing of 씨, the polite title placed after a person's name, is correct?Orthography
• Which sentence is written correctly for the meaning 'to send a letter or a parcel'?Orthography
• Which is the correct spelling of the adjective meaning 'shy and awkward'?Orthography
• Which spelling of 'accessory' follows the Korean rules for transcribing loanwords?Orthography
• Which sentence correctly describes drawing cigarette smoke in and blowing it out?Orthography
• Which is the correct spelling of the thing you rest your head on to sleep?Orthography
• 귀뜸 is the correct spelling of the word for a quiet tip-off.Orthography
• 개구장이 is the correct spelling of the word for a mischievous child.Orthography
• In 숙제를 하지 않았다 (I did not do my homework), the 않 is a contraction of 아니하.Orthography
• 소세지 is the correct Korean spelling of the word for a sausage.Orthography
• 서슴지 않고 대답했다 (answered without hesitating) is spelled correctly.Orthography
• 통털어 스무 명이다 (twenty people all told) is spelled correctly.Orthography
• 뒷풀이 is the correct spelling of the after-party that follows an event.Orthography
• 자장면 and 짜장면 are both accepted as standard Korean spellings.Orthography
• The loanword Koreans shout as encouragement is written 파이팅, not 화이팅.Orthography
• 깍두기 is the correct spelling of the radish kimchi cut into cubes.Orthography
• Which four-character idiom means being so arrogant that other people are beneath one's notice?Idioms and proverbs
• Which four-character idiom says a wide reputation is not spread for nothing?Idioms and proverbs
• Which four-character idiom means sharing the hardship and the joy alike?Idioms and proverbs
• Which four-character idiom means people of like circumstances or temperament gathering together?Idioms and proverbs
• Which four-character idiom means an old friend one has played with since childhood?Idioms and proverbs
• Which four-character idiom names a disaster that lands with no warning at all?Idioms and proverbs
• Which four-character idiom means two minds understanding each other with no word passing between them?Idioms and proverbs
• Which four-character idiom means humbling oneself and calling three times to win over a gifted person?Idioms and proverbs
• Which four-character idiom means waiting so anxiously that one cranes one's neck to look?Idioms and proverbs
• 빈 수레가 요란하다 says the people with real substance are the ones who talk most.Idioms and proverbs
• 고래 싸움에 새우 등 터진다 says the weak take the damage in a fight between the strong.Idioms and proverbs
• Which four-character idiom says a firm resolution does not last three days?Idioms and proverbs
• 벼는 익을수록 고개를 숙인다 says the finer a person is, the more humble they are.Idioms and proverbs
• 다다익선 means the more there is of something, the better.Idioms and proverbs
• 조삼모사 describes being taken in by a difference right in front of you when the outcome is the same.Idioms and proverbs
• 원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다 tells people with no gift for a thing to stay out of it from the start.Idioms and proverbs
• 백문이 불여일견 means hearing a thing a hundred times beats seeing it once.Idioms and proverbs
• 발 없는 말이 천 리 간다 warns that words travel far in no time, so watch what you say.Idioms and proverbs
• 어부지리 means a third party walking off with the gain while two others fight.Idioms and proverbs
• 아전인수 means putting the other side's circumstances first.Idioms and proverbs