I’m not sure how this etiquette issue started, whether it is seen as unhygienic to blow your nose or if people never thought to carry a handkerchief with them for such emergencies and just got used to sniffing. It’s confusing as pocket tissues are sold in many places. Whatever the cas...
San-Namul San-namul is the Korean word for vegetables gathered from mountains. Anything from the leaves, stems, and Fig. 6 Korean medicinal food examples a Kongnamulkuk: The soybean's roots of the sprouts contain lots of asparaginic acid, and it reduces the acetaldehyde that is formed ...
On a similar note, the word for “nostril” is “kogumeong.” You got it —“nose hole!”
Eyes should be big and open, the bridge of the nose should be high and its tip slender, the face should be small with a narrow jaw, the body should be very slight yet show an “S” shaped curves (appendix 3, source: The Grand Narrative). To some extent, this new ideal looks more...
"Tal" is the Korean word for "mask." For ancient Koreans, the tal was a sacred symbol of the gods (or a particular god). As such, it was especially valued and worshipped, and was always kept a certain distance away from living quarters. At the same time, the tal was believed to...
” It reminded me that ultimately, this violent filled day is about love. It is that the Word became flesh and lived in the world to make us whole again and even in death, refused to condemn but to ask for forgiveness for us; “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they...
The diplomat suffered a broken nose from an "unprovoked" attack while the unidentified attacker fled on foot without saying a word, local media reported. "This unprovoked attack is horrific and absolutely unacceptable. In light of this horrific violence, we must not only condemn hate and discrim...
The cream was applied on the T-zone area (1) of the face, which is located 1 cm above the upper part of the middle of the T on the forehead between the eyebrows and on the right and the left sides for 3–5 seconds. The U-zone (2) was drawn horizontally from the nose and vert...
A common word that turns up in many Korean TV shows is 누구 = “who”, which often sounds like “dugu”, or at least that the speaker has a blocked nose. I just downloaded the Korean trainer and saw Richard England’s comment while looking through the read-me. He is right. Some...
If you mispronounce the second vowel ("어") as "오", it's closest equivalent in English, the meaning of the word changes from "coffee" to "nose bleed". Help to correct Somewhat similarly, the word for rain "비" and blood "피", are differentiated only by the aspiration (an ...