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incense

NounSino-Korean: 香

  1. 1

    incense

    An object burned to give off a smell, used at a funeral or in an ancestral rite.

    Korean definition: 장례식이나 제사 때 쓰는, 불에 태워서 냄새를 내는 물건.

    • As I entered the temple hall, the scent of burning incense drifted faintly toward me.

    • Before the ancestral rite, my uncle burned incense and poured liquor into the cup.

  2. 2

    scent; fragrance

    Good smell.

    Korean definition: 좋은 냄새.

    • Yumin likes the scent of her shampoo, so she has used the same product for several years.

    • The food I tried for the first time abroad had such a distinctive smell that I couldn't eat it.