감수

Sino-Korean word from 甘受 (“to willingly suffer”).

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감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 甘受)

1. putting up with, enduring

Sino-Korean word from 監修 (“editorial supervision”).

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감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 監修)

1. editorial supervision

Sino-Korean word from 感受.

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 感受)

1. (psychology) sensation; sensory reception
2. (Buddhism, philosophy) vedanā (sensation in Buddhist thought)

   Synonym: 수(受) (su)

Sino-Korean word from 甘 (“sweet”) + 水 (“water”).

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감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 甘水)

1. sweet water

   Synonym: 단물 (danmul)

2. (figurative) something sweet and desirable

Sino-Korean word from 監守.

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감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 監守)

1. (law) guarding over the property of a bankrupt person (in order to prevent intentional destruction, etc.)

Sino-Korean word from 減數, from 減 (“to reduce; reduction”) + 數 (“number”).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 減數)

1. (formal) numerical reduction

   감수 분열 ― gamsu bunyeol ― meiosis (literally, “reductive division”)

2. (mathematics) subtrahend

Sino-Korean word from 減收 (“reduction in the harvest”).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 減收)

1. (agriculture) reduction in the harvested amount

Sino-Korean word from 減 (“reduction; to reduce”) + 水 (“water”).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 減水)

1. (formal) recession of water; depression of water levels

   Antonym: 증수(增水) (jeungsu)

Sino-Korean word from 減 (“reduction; to reduce”) + 壽 (“lifespan”).

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  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 減壽)

1. (formal) reduction in lifespan

Sino-Korean word from 甘遂 (“root of the kansui”).

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감수 • (gamsu) (hanja 甘遂)

1. the kansui (Euphorbia kansui), or the root thereof (used in medicine)