slagheap; slag heap; pile of coal waste
to be drawn to; to feel the call of ...; to have one's heart-strings pulled
capable person; shrewd person
to draw (water); to fill (with water); to take into consideration
to be overwhelmed; to be overawed
to blow (of autumn wind); to fall out of love
yangban; traditional ruling class of Korea during the Joseon dynasty
weaving industry; textile industry
grave maintenance; grave keeper
chogori; jeogori; short jacket traditionally worn by Koreans
to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; (lit.) to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
local anesthesia; local anaesthesia; local anaesthetic; local anesthetic
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
vertical stripes; striped fabric
sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life
half-agricultural and half-fishing (village or economy)
to forcefully open up a hole (in a wall, etc.); to speak frankly, holding nothing back; to throw out (everything inside)
secondary taro corm; daughter taro corm; taro cormel; taro bud
as eternal as heaven and earth
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
cosmopolitan (international) way of thinking; feeling for the wider world
to blow harder and harder
doburoku (unrefined sake)
migrant worker; economic nomad
patriarch; patriarchal; patriarchic
marriage where the couple live apart and occasionally visit each other