Yesterday, May 9 (Sunday), was Mother's Day. Korea also has a Mother's Day, but it is a little different from Japan's. Do you know what the difference is? Do you know what the differences are? In Korea, May 8th is called 어버이날 (read: oboinaru), a day to thank your parents. Parents? Yes, in Japan, Mother's Day and Father's Day are separated, but in Korea, we express our gratitude on the same day. Mother and...

As mentioned in the hint, the English translation can be completed by adding "hometown" (hometown) followed by "donation" (donation), which is the concept and intention of the hometown tax payment. The correct answer is hometown tax payment donation. This is a Japanese...

How was your big holiday weekend? I am sure that many of you wanted to go back to your hometowns, but did not do so for your own safety. Compared to last year, there were obviously more traffic jams on the highways in the latter half of the holidays. Speaking of hometown, you may read "furusato" (hometown), whether it is correct or not. So this time, let's try to say "Furusato" in English! Here is a quiz...

Hello, everyone! Did you all understand the answer to yesterday's quiz? The correct answer is: 3) crunchy, crispy! The word 바삭바삭 is used to refer to the sound of crispy fried chicken or fried food. The sound is similar, but it means "pasa-pasa-pasa" in Japanese...

In our recent newsletter, we introduced the word "빨리빨리" as an example of how many words in Japanese and Korean have different meanings but the same or similar sounds. We will be taking a quiz on Korean words like that again this time. Let's start with a quiz! The word 바삭바삭 in Korean is pronounced as...