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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 淋疾.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | imjil |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | imjil |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | imjil |
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| Yale Romanization? | īmcil |
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Noun
임질 • (imjil) (hanja 淋疾)
- gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease
1965, Kim Seung'ok, 서울 1964년 겨울 [seoul 1964nyeon gyeoul, Seoul, Winter 1964]:그는 내가 스물다섯 살짜리 시골 출신, 군대에 갔다가 임질에 한 번 걸려 본 적 있고 지금은 구청 병사계에서 일하고 있다는 것을 아마 알았을 것이다.- Geu-neun nae-ga seumuldaseot saljjari sigol chulsin, gundae-e gatdaga imjir-e han beon geollyeo bon jeok itgo jigeum-eun gucheong byeongsagye-eseo ilhago itda-neun geos-eul ama arasseul geosida.
- And, I suppose, he would have known that I was a twenty-five-year-old countryside man who had joined the army and contracted gonorrhea there, and who was now working in the district's Army Secretariat.