본질

bonjil · [본질]

essence · nature

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. essence; natureThe original characteristic of something, which determines its identity.

Written Forms

본질Hangul
本質Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

Lastly, we need to think about the essence of love.

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Although the table setting has changed slightly as times have changed, the essence remains the same.

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That very point is the essence of academic text reading.

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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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