은근

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 慇懃.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eun'geun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eungeun
McCune–Reischauer?ŭn'gŭn
Yale Romanization?unkun

Noun

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은근 (eun'geun) (hanja 慇懃)

  1. politeness, courtesy
  2. close friendship
  3. implicitness

Derived terms

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Adverb

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은근 (eun'geun) (hanja 慇懃)

  1. (colloquial) quietly; implicitly
  2. (colloquial) quite (intensifier)