그냥

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Korean

Etymology

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Semantically compare Japanese ただ (tada, simply; free)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geunyang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geunyang
McCune–Reischauer?kŭnyang
Yale Romanization?kunyang

Adverb

그냥 (geunyang)

  1. simply; just like that; just as it is.
  2. for no particular reason
  3. for free