김
Meanings
Noun
1. laver (nori, a type of edible seaweed in the genus Porphyra)
2. steam; vapor
3. since, given that, seeing as; only used in -은 김에 (-eun gime) and -는 김에 (-neun gime)
4. weed in fields or rice paddies, which must be uprooted
Pronunciation
gim
Examples5
김심은 읎어서 어드럭허지?
Since we have no lunch, what are we going to do?
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.)
허연 김
white steam
김을 저게 부섴에다 옇어, 김이 탈라 캤아.
She placed the seaweed on the furnace and the laver burned.
80세 이상 남녀 20명씩을 「장수 마루타」로 뽑아 약재 등을 먹게 한 뒤 효능이 입증되면 김에게 투약하고 있다.
Twenty men and women each of over eighty years of age who are selected as "longevity guinea pigs" are made to eat medicines, etc., and if [the medicine's] efficacy is demonstrated, it is given to Kim [Il-sung, then leader of North Korea].