간

gan · [간]

between · among · either way · salty seasoning

bound nounnounIntermediate

Meanings

간 · bound noun · Intermediate

  1. betweenA bound noun used to refer to a gap between two places.
  2. between; amongA bound noun used to refer to a relationship among two or more people or groups.
  3. either wayA bound noun used to indicate that one does not care either way.

간 · noun · Intermediate

  1. salty seasoning; seasoningA variety of seasonings such as salt, soy sauce, doenjang, soybean paste, for adding a salty taste to the food.
  2. saltinessThe degree of how salty the food is.

간ː · noun · Intermediate

  1. liverAn organ in a human or animal's body, that detoxifies ingested substance.
Other Words Spelled the Same (1)

간 · noun

  1. publication; issuingAn act of printing and publishing books, etc.

Written Forms

간Hangul
間Hanja
肝Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

The seasoning is spot on and it is really delicious.

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It is the way to accurately understand the relationships between sentences.

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At every step of the cooking process, Jisoo carefully checks the seasoning.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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