
is delicious
Also means: delicious · was delicious, you know · is it delicious?
87 words · Story levels: A0–B2
Including: 맛있다 · 음식 · 맛 · 쌀 · 김치

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is delicious
Also means: delicious · was delicious, you know · is it delicious?

food
어머니는 부엌에서 음식을 만들었다.
Mother, in the kitchen, was making food.
The Jesa Table Set Without the Youngest Daughter · A2
taste

rice

kimchi

honey

recipe

seasoned vegetable side dish
Also means: edible greens
조용히 나물을 접시에 담았다.
She quietly put the seasoned vegetables on the plate.
The Jesa Table Set Without the Youngest Daughter · A2
noodles
Also means: respect
화면 속 대통령이 기다란 흑갈색 면을 젓가락으로 집어 올리는 장면을 보면서, 그녀는 칠십 년 전의 맛을 혀끝에서 느꼈다.
As she watched the President on the screen picking up the long, dark-brown noodles with chopsticks, she felt the taste from seventy years ago on the tip of her tongue.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
porridge
"내가 직접 잡은 전복으로 죽을 만들어 줄게."
"With the abalone I catch myself, I will make you porridge."
The Haenyeo's Last Abalone · A2
steam
뚜껑을 열자마자 허연 김이 한꺼번에 쏟아져 나왔다.
As soon as he opened the lid, white steam poured out all at once.
The Pojangmacha That Moved Before the Snow Could Find It · B2
nutty
Also means: nutty and · must file a complaint
고소한 참깨도 있어요.
There are also savory sesame seeds.
The Songpyeon That Wasn't Sweet Enough for Chuseok · A1
soup
하얀 밥, 맑은 국, 빨간 사과, 노란 배.
White rice, clear soup, red apples, yellow pears.
The Jesa Table Set Without the Youngest Daughter · A2
ingredient
Also means: material + informal “is”
그래서 맛이 순하고 재료 맛이 잘 느껴져요.”
So the flavor is mild, and you can really taste the ingredients.
안동 헛제삿밥에 제사가 없던 날 · A2
bread

meat
국물은 소뼈와 꿩 고기를 오랫동안 끓여 만든 것으로, 투명하면서도 깊은 맛이 났다.
The broth was made by simmering beef bones and pheasant meat for a long time, and it had a transparent yet deep flavor.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
food products

sweet and
아주 달콤하고 향기가 좋은 차예요.
Very sweet and is a tea with a good scent.
The Honey Citron Tea Left for the Wrong Guest · A2
fried chicken
지수는 마감 작업 중에 배달 앱을 열었다. 치킨을 주문하고 확인 화면을 봤다. 배달 기사 이름을 읽었다. 그리고 멈췄다.
Jisoo opened the delivery app while working on a deadline. She ordered chicken and looked at the confirmation screen. She read the delivery driver's name. And then she stopped.
전 남자친구의 배달 오토바이 · A2
cooking oil
Also means: lamp oil
빈대떡은 녹두에 숙주와 김치를 넣고 기름에 굽는 음식입니다.
Bindaetteok is a dish made by adding mung bean sprouts and kimchi to mung beans and cooking it in oil.
광장시장 빈대떡집의 마지막 맷돌 · A1
rice cake
집으로 돌아오는 길에, 민준은 산 입구의 돌 위에 떡을 올려놓았습니다.
On the way back home, Minjun, on top of a stone at the mountain entrance, placed some rice cakes.
The Fox Fire That Lit the Wrong Mountain Path · A2
sweet

fresh

snack
손녀 지연이 옆에서 과자를 먹으며 중계방송을 보고 있었지만, 순임 할머니의 눈은 화면에서 한순간도 떠나지 못했다.
Her granddaughter Ji-yeon was eating snacks beside her, while watching the live broadcast, but Grandma Soon-im's eyes could not leave the screen for even a moment.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
fish

egg
상자 안에는 우유, 달걀, 죽, 그리고 작은 약 봉지가 있었다.
Inside the box were milk, eggs, porridge, and a small bag of medicine.
새벽 배송 상자에 찍힌 모르는 집 주소 · A2
soy sauce
나물과 밥을 간장에 비벼 먹고, 고추장은 넣지 않는다고 말했다.
She said that people mix the greens and rice with soy sauce and eat them, and do not add red pepper paste.
안동 헛제삿밥에 제사가 없던 날 · A2
barley
들판에는 보리가 아주 많이 자라고 있어요.
In the field, barley very much is growing.
The Cuckoo That Called Over the Barley Too Early · A2
if it tastes bad
Also means: be tasteless (with -지 before negation)
추석인데 송편이 맛없으면 안 돼요.
It is Chuseok, so it won't do if the Songpyeon are not tasty.
The Songpyeon That Wasn't Sweet Enough for Chuseok · A1
broth
Also means: kimchi brine
국물은 소뼈와 꿩 고기를 오랫동안 끓여 만든 것으로, 투명하면서도 깊은 맛이 났다.
The broth was made by simmering beef bones and pheasant meat for a long time, and it had a transparent yet deep flavor.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
secret recipe
할머니의 간장에는 비법이 있었다.
There was a secret to grandmother's soy sauce.
The Soy Sauce Crocks Hidden on the Wrong Monastery Roof · B1
side dishes
그날 반찬 가게 주인 미영의 앞치마에도 같은 파란 실이 붙어 있었다.
That day, on Miyoung’s apron too, the same blue thread was stuck.
망원시장 보관함에 매주 놓이는 귤 세 개 · A2
seasoning
그 간장으로 만든 불고기 양념은 지수 가족이 대대로 먹어온 맛이었다.
The bulgogi marinade made with that soy sauce was a taste Ji-su's family had eaten for generations.
The Soy Sauce Crocks Hidden on the Wrong Monastery Roof · B1
grilled ribs

cold noodle dish
판문점 정상회담, 그리고 평양 옥류관에서 온 냉면 기계가 남쪽으로 넘어왔다는 소식 때문이었다.
The Panmunjom Summit, and the news that a naengmyeon (cold noodle) machine from Pyongyang's Okryu-gwan had come over to the South.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
pork belly
얘들아~ 이번 토요일 저녁 삼겹살 할 거야 💕 아빠가 고기 사온다고 했어요
Hey kids~ this Saturday evening we're having samgyeopsal 💕 Dad said he's buying and bringing the meat
녹음 파일 하나가 가족 단톡에 올라왔다 · B2
anchovy

bulgogi, a Korean marinated meat dish
그 간장으로 만든 불고기 양념은 지수 가족이 대대로 먹어온 맛이었다.
The bulgogi marinade made with that soy sauce was a taste Ji-su's family had eaten for generations.
The Soy Sauce Crocks Hidden on the Wrong Monastery Roof · B1
korean blood sausage
순대가 진짜 기가 막히던데."
The sundae (blood sausage) was truly amazing."
The Pojangmacha That Moved Before the Snow Could Find It · B2
rice soup

full-bodied
들깨 향이 은은하게 깔려 있고, 국물이 텁텁하지 않으면서도 묵직한.
The scent of perilla seeds was faintly underlying, and the broth was heavy without being thick or cloying.
The Pojangmacha That Moved Before the Snow Could Find It · B2
fish cake
중년 남자가 혼자 소주를 마시고 있었고, 그 옆으로 대학생쯤 되어 보이는 여자가 어묵 국물을 홀짝이고 있었다.
A middle-aged man was drinking soju alone, and next to him, a woman who looked about the age of a college student was sipping fish cake broth.
The Pojangmacha That Moved Before the Snow Could Find It · B2
red pepper paste
나물과 밥을 간장에 비벼 먹고, 고추장은 넣지 않는다고 말했다.
She said that people mix the greens and rice with soy sauce and eat them, and do not add red pepper paste.
안동 헛제삿밥에 제사가 없던 날 · A2
mild in taste
그래서 맛이 순하고 재료 맛이 잘 느껴져요.”
So the flavor is mild, and you can really taste the ingredients.
안동 헛제삿밥에 제사가 없던 날 · A2
broth
육수가 너무 기름졌거나, 면이 너무 부드럽거나, 아니면 어쩐지 너무 달았다.
The broth was too oily, or the noodles were too soft, or somehow it was too sweet.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
stew

sesame seeds
고소한 참깨도 있어요.
There are also savory sesame seeds.
The Songpyeon That Wasn't Sweet Enough for Chuseok · A1
red pepper powder
“제사 음식에는 마늘과 고춧가루를 많이 넣지 않아요.
In ancestral-ceremony food, we do not add much garlic or red pepper powder.
안동 헛제삿밥에 제사가 없던 날 · A2
buckwheat
메밀로 만든 면은 거칠고 회색빛을 띠었지만, 씹으면 끊어지는 듯하면서도 묘한 탄력이 있었다.
The noodles made of buckwheat were coarse and grayish, but when chewed, they seemed to break easily yet had a strange elasticity.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
red bean porridge
발자국은 팥죽 냄새가 나는 집 앞에서 멈췄다.
The footprints stopped in front of a house that smelled of red-bean porridge.
팥죽 냄새를 피해 다니는 동지 귀신 · A2
mung bean pancake

tangy
동치미 국물을 살짝 섞으면 새콤한 향이 코끝을 찔렀다.
Mixing in a little radish water kimchi broth made a sour aroma prick the tip of the nose.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
taste dull and heavy
들깨 향이 은은하게 깔려 있고, 국물이 텁텁하지 않으면서도 묵직한.
The scent of perilla seeds was faintly underlying, and the broth was heavy without being thick or cloying.
The Pojangmacha That Moved Before the Snow Could Find It · B2
perilla
들깨 향이 은은하게 깔려 있고, 국물이 텁텁하지 않으면서도 묵직한.
The scent of perilla seeds was faintly underlying, and the broth was heavy without being thick or cloying.
The Pojangmacha That Moved Before the Snow Could Find It · B2
radish-water kimchi
동치미 국물을 살짝 섞으면 새콤한 향이 코끝을 찔렀다.
Mixing in a little radish water kimchi broth made a sour aroma prick the tip of the nose.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
was greasy or
육수가 너무 기름졌거나, 면이 너무 부드럽거나, 아니면 어쩐지 너무 달았다.
The broth was too oily, or the noodles were too soft, or somehow it was too sweet.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
barley rice
매주 일요일, 김복순 할머니는 보리밥을 지었습니다.
Every Sunday, Grandmother Kim Bok-sun made barley rice.
The Barley Rice Cooked for the Table That Was Never Set · A2
fermentation starter
수아는 쌀과 누룩을 항아리에 천천히 넣어요.
Sua rice and fermentation starter into the jar slowly puts in.
The Makgeolli Jar Sealed Too Soon Before Winter · A1
eat
Also means: eat and then · in order to eat · while eating

prepare
Also means: make · cause to become · must make
직원이 다시 새 유자차를 만들어요.
The staff again makes a new Yuja tea.
The Honey Citron Tea Left for the Wrong Guest · A2
put food into a container
Also means: capturing · must put into it · contain
할머니는 밥을 통에 천천히 담았습니다.
The grandmother slowly put the rice in a container.
The Barley Rice Cooked for the Table That Was Never Set · A2
that would go bad

if one grinds
Also means: sharpened, though…
이 맷돌로 녹두를 갈면 빈대떡이 더 맛있어.”
If we grind mung beans with this millstone, the bindaetteok tastes better.”
광장시장 빈대떡집의 마지막 맷돌 · A1
cool down

salty
Also means: arrange and

ripen or become cooked
여기 남쪽 지붕이라 햇볕을 많이 받아서 더 잘 익은 것 같습니다."
Because this is the south roof and it gets a lot of sunlight, it seems to have aged better."
The Soy Sauce Crocks Hidden on the Wrong Monastery Roof · B1
to mold/shape
Also means: mold/shape and (linking clauses)
지수는 정성스럽게 송편을 빚어요.
Jisu carefully/with devotion shapes the Songpyeon.
The Songpyeon That Wasn't Sweet Enough for Chuseok · A1
fry
Also means: whether it curves
빈대떡은 녹두에 숙주와 김치를 넣고 기름에 굽는 음식입니다.
Bindaetteok is a dish made by adding mung bean sprouts and kimchi to mung beans and cooking it in oil.
광장시장 빈대떡집의 마지막 맷돌 · A1
if/when someone mixes
동치미 국물을 살짝 섞으면 새콤한 향이 코끝을 찔렀다.
Mixing in a little radish water kimchi broth made a sour aroma prick the tip of the nose.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
steamed
할머니는 서준을 보자마자 부뚜막에서 찐 감자를 꺼내 내밀었다.
As soon as the grandmother saw Seo-jun, she took out steamed potatoes from the hearth and held them out.
The Name Chiseled Off the Village Monument · B2
mixing
Also means: while rubbing
나물과 밥을 간장에 비벼 먹고, 고추장은 넣지 않는다고 말했다.
She said that people mix the greens and rice with soy sauce and eat them, and do not add red pepper paste.
안동 헛제삿밥에 제사가 없던 날 · A2
boiled
Also means: I’ll cook it and leave it ready · boil/cook, then
차고, 맑고, 담백하고, 하지만 그 밑에 오랫동안 끓인 무언가가 고여 있는 맛.
Cold, clear, light/plain, but a taste where something simmered for a long time pooled beneath it.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
to ferment food
3년 전, 할머니가 돌아가시기 직전에 마지막으로 담근 간장 항아리 세 개를 지수에게 맡기셨다.
Three years ago, just before her grandmother passed away, three jars of soy sauce she had made for the last time she entrusted to Ji-su.
The Soy Sauce Crocks Hidden on the Wrong Monastery Roof · B1
season and mix vegetables
할머니는 콩나물, 고사리, 시금치를 무치고 있었다.
Grandma was seasoning and mixing bean sprouts, bracken fern, and spinach.
안동 헛제삿밥에 제사가 없던 날 · A2
rich and full in taste or aroma
Also means: deep · deeply · becoming more severe
국물은 소뼈와 꿩 고기를 오랫동안 끓여 만든 것으로, 투명하면서도 깊은 맛이 났다.
The broth was made by simmering beef bones and pheasant meat for a long time, and it had a transparent yet deep flavor.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
cooked rice
Also means: food
쌀과 보리를 씻고, 물을 넣고, 밥을 지었습니다.
washed the rice and barley, added water, and made rice.
The Barley Rice Cooked for the Table That Was Never Set · A2
tasted
Also means: make a sound · become angry · happened
국물은 소뼈와 꿩 고기를 오랫동안 끓여 만든 것으로, 투명하면서도 깊은 맛이 났다.
The broth was made by simmering beef bones and pheasant meat for a long time, and it had a transparent yet deep flavor.
The Cold Noodles That Only the North Remembers · B2
produce a flavor
Also means: pay · make a sound · to give voice
일반 간장과 달리, 청양고추를 한 개 넣어서 깊은 맛을 냈다.
Unlike regular soy sauce, she put in one Cheongyang chili pepper to create a deep flavor.
The Soy Sauce Crocks Hidden on the Wrong Monastery Roof · B1
cook
Also means: smile · smile and · while smiling
매주 일요일, 김복순 할머니는 보리밥을 지었습니다.
Every Sunday, Grandmother Kim Bok-sun made barley rice.
The Barley Rice Cooked for the Table That Was Never Set · A2
add/put in and then
Also means: put/insert in (informal polite form) · put in · put in and then
쌀과 보리를 씻고, 물을 넣고, 밥을 지었습니다.
washed the rice and barley, added water, and made rice.
The Barley Rice Cooked for the Table That Was Never Set · A2
be sweet
Also means: attaches (formal) · ask for it · leave a comment and
"음, 조금 안 달아요."
"Hmm, it's a little not sweet."
The Songpyeon That Wasn't Sweet Enough for Chuseok · A1
prepare food
Also means: prepare

korean savory pancake
Also means: before · ago
할머니는 남은 전을 작은 통에 담아 주었다.
Grandma put the leftover jeon in a small container and gave it to the writer.
안동 헛제삿밥에 제사가 없던 날 · A2
pour
Also means: swollen · if it swells · swelled up

clear
Also means: clear and · was clear, but

microwave something
Also means: turn · turn toward · adjust the aim

soft
Also means: to soften · soft and even · smoothly