Today, we will be presenting Part 1 of the Korean version of the Mishearing Series. We have native speakers from many different countries in our company. I would like to share with you a story that I heard from one of them. One Korean employee told me that when he was getting ready for work at home in the morning, he clearly heard a Korean voice saying "빨리빨리" (literal translation: "Hurry up, hurry up") on the TV. How could the Korean language be coming from a Japanese TV...

Did you find the correct answer to the last Korean quiz? The correct answer was... 2)를 (literal translation: to get on / read: lulu). The Japanese word "ni" means "to get on" and the Korean word "wo" means "to get on," which can be translated as either 를 (without patchum) or 을 (with patchum). When you want to describe the moment of getting on the bus or during the bus ride, rather than the means of transportation, you can use "에" (literal translation: "to")....

The season of fresh greenery has begun. When I walk to work, I feel energized when I see the plants that catch my eye. What mode of transportation do you use to get to work? Train, bus, car, on foot, or even telework these days. Today we have a Korean quiz about these means of transportation. Let's start with the question! The answer is "Take a bus"...

Did you find the correct answer to yesterday's quiz? It may have been difficult! Let's get to the correct answer now! The correct answer is... 토란, which is taro... Please remember "taro" as "tororan (토란 toran)"! In Japan, taro is often eaten as a boiled dish, but in Korea, it is called 토란국 (trankkuk) - taro soup, which is made with daikon (Japanese radish) and eaten mainly during the Meisyu (New Year) Festival...

It's been a while since we last had a Japan-Korea pun quiz series! Today's quiz may be a little bit more difficult than before! Please try your hand at it! There is a poor vegetable in the vegetable stew that is not eaten. What kind of vegetable is it? The clue is... it is actually a delicious vegetable when it is boiled. Did you get the answer? Please look forward to tomorrow's delivery for the correct answer!