막상
Meanings
Adverb
1. really, actually, when you get around to doing it (often in opposition to a prior preconceived notion)
Pronunciation
maksang
Examples5
緊張味를 示하얏는데 막상 開幕이 되자 尾崎氏의 質問도 平平凡凡한 것이오
A tense atmosphere could be seen, but in reality when the questioning session opened, Mr. Ozaki's question was most exceedingly normal.
아무리 마음을 먹어도 막상 시작하려 하니 막막하다.
No matter how much you've made up your mind, you feel lost when you get around to trying to start doing it.
막상 닥쳐봐야 안다.
You need to actually face it to understand.
지금 매장으로 옮길 때는 출퇴근이 얼마나 걸리든 돈을 더 받는 게 무조건 낫다고 생각했다. 막상 다녀보니 꼭 그렇지만은 않았다.
When she had moved to her current store, she had thought that it was unconditionally better to have a higher pay, no matter how long the commute might take. Now that she was going there, that proved to not necessarily be the case.
ᄲᆡᆼ덕어미도 ᄉᆡᆼ각ᄒᆞᆫ직, 막상 ᄂᆡ가 ᄯᅡ러 가드ᄅᆡ도 잔ᄎᆡ의 참예ᄒᆞ 기 젼이 업고 도라온들 셩셰도 젼만 못ᄒᆞ고[…]
Bbaengdeokeomi thought too: "Even if I were to get around to following them there, there would be no way for me to be part of the celebrations; and even if I were to come back, my fortune would not be what it was before […] "