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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Eorokhae (語錄解 / 어록해), 1652, as Early Modern Korean ᄀᆞᆺ곰 (Yale: koskwom), equivalent to ᄀᆞᆺ (Yale: kos, “just now”) + 곰 (Yale: -kwom, “distributive suffix”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | gakkeum |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ga'kkeum |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kakkŭm |
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| Yale Romanization? | ka.kkum |
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Adverb
가끔 • (gakkeum)
- occasionally, from time to time, not frequently or regularly
- Synonyms: 때때로 (ttaettaero), 어쩌다 (eojjeoda), 이따끔 (ittakkeum), 간혹 (ganhok), 간간이 (gan'gani)
- Antonyms: 늘 (neul), 언제나 (eonjena), 항상(恒常) (hangsang), 자주 (jaju)
- 아주 가끔 ― aju gakkeum ― very occasionally
2021, 결 [gyeol] (lyrics and music), “가끔 연락하던 애 [gakkeum yeollakhadeon ae]”, in Things I Loved Most 2:걘 가끔 언제 만나자면 나오곤 하던 애였는데
참 엊그저께 만난 것 같애- gyaen gakkeum eonje mannaja-myeon naogon hadeon ae-yeonneunde
cham eotgeujeokke mannan geot gatae - She was the girl who'd show up now and then when we agreed to meet
But really, it's like I met her just yesterday