군
Meanings
Noun
1. army
2. a noble title in historical East Asia; in Joseon Korea (1392—1897), particularly given to princes born of concubines and to esteemed ministers (historical)
3. county, a secondary administrative division of both North and South Korea.
Pronunciation
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Examples5
군에 입대하고자 휴학했습니다.
I took a leave of absence so as to join the army.
짬이 차니까 군 생활이 나아지기는 한다.
It's true that army life is getting better because I've been rising in the ranks.
김 군이 가출한지 열흘이 지났으나 여전히 행방은 오리무중이다.
Ten days have passed since Kim [a minor] ran away from home, but his whereabouts remain very uncertain.
면 지대에 활동하던 사람 중 다소 똑똑한 사람은 군당 조직으로 선발되어 들어갔고 면 지대에는 '어벙한 사람'들이 남았다 (청통면 김○○ 구술).
Among the people who were active [as Communist guerrillas] in the township area, the people who were rather intelligent were selected for county-level units, and [only] the "dumbish people" were left on the township level. (Recollection of Kim XX from Cheongtong township.)
여성 징병제가 우리 사회의 뜨거운 감자로 부각되기 시작한 것은 1999년 헌법재판소가 군 가산점제에 대한 위헌 결정을 내리면서부터다.
The topic of female conscription has become a [political] hot potato in Korea ever since the Constitutional Court declared in 1999 that giving certain benefits and privileges exclusively to those who have completed their military service—who are mostly men—is unconstitutional.