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1.Verb
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ripen
For a fruit or seed to become ripe.
Korean definition: 열매나 씨가 여물다.
As autumn came, the rice ripened golden yellow.
Fruit must be fully ripe to taste good and be rich in nutrients.
- 2
be cooked
For raw meat, vegetables, grains, etc., to be changed in taste and characteristics after being heated.
Korean definition: 고기, 채소, 곡식 등의 날것이 열을 받아 맛과 성질이 달라지다.
Chestnuts roasted over a campfire cook up deliciously.
When boiling blue crabs, they're cooked once the shells turn red.
- 3
ripen; be fermented; be well fermented
For gimchi/kimchi, alcoholic bevarage, jang, Korean sauce, etc., to be deliciously fermented.
Korean definition: 김치, 술, 장 등이 맛이 들다.
When liquor is fermenting, it gives off a nice aroma.
The sour taste of well-fermented kimchi went well with rice cake soup.
- 4
turn; be tanned
For the skin to turn red after being exposed to a fire or sunshine for a long time or coming in contact with something hot.
Korean definition: 불이나 햇볕을 오래 쬐거나 뜨거운 것에 닿아 피부가 빨갛게 되다.
Hot water splashed on me and my skin turned red.
I must have warmed myself at the stove too long, as my exposed skin turned red.
2.Adjective
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skilled; experienced; practiced
Not bad at doing something because one has often experienced it.
Korean definition: 자주 경험하여 조금도 서투르지 않다.
The new employee has now gotten quite used to the work.
It took a long time for my father, who had lived in the countryside, to get used to city life.
- 2
familiar; accustomed
Not unfamiliar with something because one has often experienced it.
Korean definition: 자주 경험하여 낯설지 않다.
The piece the musician played was a song I'd often heard since childhood, so it sounded familiar.
The familiar painting in the exhibition hall was one I liked and had tucked into my notebook.
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adapted
One's eyes having been adapted to darkness or light.
Korean definition: 눈이 어둡거나 밝은 곳에 적응한 상태에 있다.
When I woke up and opened the curtains, my eyes weren't adjusted to the light yet and they stung.
After some time in the dark, your eyes adjust and you can see things you couldn't see before.