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Doraji is the Korean name for the plant Platycodon grandiflorus (known as "balloon flower" in English) as well as its root. Doraji taryeong is one of the most popular folk songs in both North and South Korea, and among Koreans in China. It is also a well known song in Japan, by the name Toraji (Japanese: トラジ). [2]
Song. Dong, Dong, Dongdaemun (Korean: 『동, 동, 동대문』) is a nursery rhyme sung among Korean children, usually while playing a game. It is also the name of the game. Its melody starts identically to the German children's song "Lasst uns froh und munter sein", but ends differentl
Banana, coconut, and Twinkie are pejorative terms for Asian Americans who are perceived to have been assimilated and acculturated into mainstream American culture. In Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom, coconut is similarly used against people of color to imply a betrayal of their Aboriginal or other non-white ethnic identity.
“â â As someone who has been called a coconut and told ‘they aren’t black enough’ since they could speak,” he posted online, “If we’re criminalising ‘hate’, I’m glad we’re ...
Konglish (Korean: 콩글리시; RR: konggeullisi; [kʰoŋ.ɡɯl.li.ɕi]), more formally Korean-style English (Korean: 한국어식 영어; Hanja: 韓國語式英語; RR: hangugeo-sik yeongeo; [han.ɡu.ɡʌ.ɕik̚ jʌŋ.ʌ]) comprises English and other foreign language loanwords that have been appropriated into Korean, [1] and includes many that are used in ways that are not readily ...
[2] The word "arirang" itself is nonsensical and does not have a precise meaning in Korean. [25] While the other lyrics vary from version to version, the themes of sorrow, separation, reunion, and love appear in most versions. [4] [26] The table below includes the lyrics of "Standard Arirang" from Seoul. The first two lines are the refrain.
According to The Bangkok Post, Gwiyomi or Kiyomi is Korean slang used to refer to a cute person. [5] The lyrics of the song can be interpreted as "1 + 1 = Cutie, 2 + 2 = Cutie", etc. [5] Gwiyomi (귀요미) is based on the adjective-noun gwiyeop (귀엽), which is a root of gwieopda (귀엽다), means "cute".
Mirotic is the fourth Korean studio album (seventh overall) by South Korean pop group TVXQ, released on September 26, 2008, by SM Entertainment. This is the group's last Korean album to feature members Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu. The album was a major commercial breakthrough and is TVXQ's most critically successful album to date.