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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | maksang |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | magsang |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | maksang |
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| Yale Romanization? | mak.sang |
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Etymology 1
Related to 막 (mak, “abruptly”).
Adverb
막상 • (maksang)
- really, actually, when you get around to doing it (often in opposition to a prior preconceived notion)
- Synonym: 정작 (jeongjak)
막상 닥쳐봐야 안다.- Maksang dakcheobwaya anda.
- You need to actually face it to understand.
아무리 마음을 먹어도 막상 시작하려 하니 막막하다.- amuri ma'eum-eul meogeo-do maksang sijakharyeo hani mangmakhada.
- No matter how much you've made up your mind, you feel lost when you get around to trying to start doing it.
19th century, The Tale of Shim Chong:ᄲᆡᆼ덕어미도 ᄉᆡᆼ각ᄒᆞᆫ직, 막상 ᄂᆡ가 ᄯᅡ러 가드ᄅᆡ도 잔ᄎᆡ의 참예ᄒᆞ 기 젼이 업고 도라온들 셩셰도 젼만 못ᄒᆞ고 - Bbaengdeogeomido saenggakhanjik, maksang naega ttareo gadeuraedo janchaeui chamyeha gi jyeoni eopgo doraondeul syeongsyedo jyeonman mothago
- Bbaengdeokeomi thought too: "Even if I were to get around to following them there, there would be no way for me to be part of the celebrations; and even if I were to come back, my fortune would not be what it was before "
1929 January 24, “期待를 背反 平凡한 問答 ”, in The Dong-a Ilbo:緊張味를 示하얏는데 막상 開幕이 되자 尾崎氏의 質問도 平平凡凡한 것이오- Ginjangmireul sihayanneunde maksang gaemaki doeja Migissiui jilmundo pyeongpyeongbeombeomhan geosio
- A tense atmosphere could be seen, but in reality when the questioning session opened, Mr. Ozaki's question was most exceedingly normal.
2017 March, “손톱 ”, in Munhak-gwa Sahoe:지금 매장으로 옮길 때는 출퇴근이 얼마나 걸리든 돈을 더 받는 게 무조건 낫다고 생각했다. 막상 다녀보니 꼭 그렇지만은 않았다.- Jigeum maejang-euro omgil ttae-neun chultoegeun-i eolmana geollideun don-eul deo banneun ge mujogeon natdago saenggakhaetda. Maksang danyeoboni kkok geureochiman-eun anatda.
- When she had moved to her current store, she had thought that it was unconditionally better to have a higher pay, no matter how long the commute might take. Now that she was going there, that proved to not necessarily be the case.
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 膜 (“membrane”) + 狀 (“shape”).
Noun
막상 • (maksang) (hanja 膜狀)
- (biology) a membranous form