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| 길 |
| 1. n. (also figuratively) a road, a path, a street, a track; passage, thoroughfare |
| 아직-도 갈 길-이 멀고 험-하다. - There's still a long and treacherous road ahead. |
| 그-는 독신-의 길-을 택-하였다. - He chose the path of celibacy. |
| 2. n. a way, (on) the way; a route/course (e.g. an airway or sea route) |
| 그-는 길-을 잃고 숲속-을 헤맸다. - He lost his way and wandered about the woods. |
| ux, 돌아오는 길-에 잠깐 들렀어., I stopped by on the way back. |
| 3. n. (figuratively) the road (to)..., the path (to)... |
| 민주화-의 길-은 험-하-디 험-했다. - The road to democracy was not easy. |
| 그-는 변호사-의 길-을 걷고 있다. - He is on the path to become a lawyer. |
| 4. n. (figuratively) a way, a means, a method |
| 그것-이 성공-의 유일-한 길이다. - That's the only way to success. |
| 너-의 마음-을 알 길-이 없구나. - I have no way of reading your mind. |
| 5. n. (of animals) training; domestication |
| 그 개-는 길-이 잘 들어서 말-을 잘 듣는다. - The dog is obedient because training has well entered it. |
| 6. n. (of tools, etc.) breaking in; wear |
| 갓 산 새 신발-이라 아직 길-이 안 들었다. - Having just bought these shoes, breaking in hasn't entered them yet. |
| 7. n. (less common) familiarity; skill |
| 8. n. (swp, 길 (단위)) |
| 9. n. a gil, a traditional Korean unit of measurement |
| 10. n. the gil, a traditional Korean unit of length equal to 8 or 10 Korean foot (자#ruler), equivalent to approximately 2.4(nbsp)m and 3nbspm respectiv |
| 11. n. *: (quote, 층암-과 절벽-이 상ᄃᆡ-ᄒᆞ야 병풍-을 셰운 듯-ᄒᆞᆫᄃᆡ 놉기ᄂᆞᆫ 몃백 길-인-지 아지 못-ᄒᆞ며 ...), t=The confronting rocky cliffs and precipices stand tall like a folding scree |
| 12. n. the gil, a traditional Korean unit of length equal to the height of a person; a fathom |
| 13. n. (clothing) the gil, the large body section of the upper garment in traditional clothing such as the 저고리 or 두루마기 |
| 14. Proper noun. ====Root==== |
| 15. Proper noun. (ko-root of 길(吉)하다, to be auspicious) |
| 16. adj. of 길다 |
| 17. v. future of 길다 t=(of hair) to grow long |
| 18. v. future of 기다 |
