터울
Meanings
Noun
1. age difference between siblings
2. any age difference between two people (sometimes proscribed)
Pronunciation
teoul
Examples3
언니와 저는 세 살 터울입니다.
There is a three-year age gap between me and my older sister.
15살 터울 부부가 자식 가장 많이 낳는다
A couple with a fifteen-year age difference have the largest number of children.
어머니는 터울이 져서 그런지 누나들이 샘도 없고, 동생을 잘 돌봐 준다고 항상 칭찬했는데, 자꾸 칭찬을 받으니까 정말 샘을 낼 수도 없었다.
Mother always complimented them, saying that the older sisters weren't jealous and took good care of their little brother, maybe because of the age difference. They were complimented so much that they couldn't actually try and be jealous of him.