Hodori: Baby tiger, symbol of the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Hong cha: Red tea.
Hongsam: Red (steamed) ginseng root.
Hopak-dan chu: Ornamental amber buttons, used for fastening Korean clothing.
Hun min chong um: Early designation of hangul script.
Hwadu: Profound question set as a basis for Korean Buddhist meditation.
Hwan-gap: Sixty-first birthday celebrations.
Hwatu: A traditional Korean picture card game, played like gin.
Hyodo kwan guang: Literally, parental respect tour—holidays for the elderly paid for by their children.
Ibalso: Korean barbershop.
Ibul: Coverlet placed over yo.
Insam: Ginseng.
Ip chang: Face, as in the Oriental concept of pride and self-esteem.
I shipaloma: Grave insult; literally, a whore.
Jip-sin: Traditional Korean straw slippers.
Kalbi: Barbecued spare ribs.
Kimchi: Peppered, garlicked and brine-pickled vegetables—a national staple.
Kinyombi: Monument.
Kkot saem chu wi: Literally, flower-jealousy weather—a snap of cold in early spring.
Koan: Riddle posed for Japanese Buddhist meditation.
Kobuk-son: The armoured ‘turtle ships’ of Admiral Yi Sun-shin.
Koguryo: Ancient northern Korean kingdom.
Kokoro: Japanese word for ‘heart’.
Komusin: Korean slippers.
Koran-cho: Medicinal herb.
Koryo: Post-Shilla kingdom from which Korea took her name.
Kukbo: The National Treasures, the most valuable classification.
Kut: Shamanist devil-driving ceremony.
Mabu: A horseman.
Maekju: Beer.
Makkoli: Milky rice wine, the working man’s principal drink.
Makkoli-jip: Working-class bar where makkoli is the favoured, though not the only, drink.
Man: Ten thousand, as in man won, ten thousand won.
Man won gyon: Telescope.
Maum sang hada: Anguish over the loss of face (see Ip chang).
Meeguk: America.
Mian hamnida!: I am sorry!
Mogyok: Bath.
Mogyoktang: Public bath.
Moktak: Wooden clapper used in Buddhist ritual.
Mudang: Shamanist sorceress.
Mukkop-ta: Heavy.
Nakhwa-am: Rock of Falling Flowers in Puyo.
Naksonjae: Mansion of Joy and Goodness at Changdok Palace, Seoul.
Nam: South.
Nay: Yes.
Nunchi: An extraordinary Korean ability to discern someone’s mood.
Odi isumnikka?: Where is?
Ojingoa: Dried squid, a favourite snack.
Oksusucha: Toasted-corn tea.
Ondol: Lacquered-paper floor, heated from beneath, common in Korean houses.
Onnyi: Literally, older sister; used by women, e.g., to summon bar hostess.
Paduk: Korean version of the Japanese board game go.
Paekche: Ancient southern Korean kingdom.
Paekhwa jom: Department stores.
Paeksam: White ginseng root.
Paem sul: Snake wine.
Paem tang: Snake soup.
Paji: Trousers for men, traditionally worn baggy, ankle-length.
Pegae: Small pillow, filled with corn husks.
Pindae-ttuk: Bean-flour pancake; Korean pizza.
Pi pim pap: Rice and vegetables, staple food.
Pomul: Literally, treasured things—a secondary classification (see Kukbo).
Pori-cha: Toasted-barley tea.
Poshin-tang: Dog-meat soup; literally, soup for strength.
Putokkhamnida: Please.
Pyong: Unit of area measurement.
Sa: Temple.
Saemaul Undong: New Community Movement, a rural organization created by President Park.
Sajok: National Historic Sites.
San: Mountain.
Sangnom: ‘Unperson’, outcast, untouchable.
Saunatang: Public bath with sauna and other luxuries.
Seoul: The word means ‘capital’ it cannot be written in Chinese.
Shilla: Ancient eastern Korean kingdom; later, the term represented the unified whole country.
Sijo: Form of Korean poetry.
Soh: West.
Soju: A strong sweet potato liquor, the Korean approximation of sake.
Sunim: Buddhist monk.
Sushi: Japanese-style raw fish and rice.
Taeguk: Yin and yang emblem used in the Korean flag.
Taeguk-ki: The Korean national flag, with taeguk and four trigrams.
Taehakkyo: University.
Taejungtang: No-frills public bath for the poorer people.
Taekwon-do: Korean martial art.
Tae-namu: The bamboo.
Tangun: The mythological founder of Korea.
Tojang: Name seal, equivalent to Chinese chop.
Ttok: Rice cakes.
Won: The unit of Korean currency.
Yangban: The Korean aristocracy, now officially defunct.
Yangnom: A Westerner—a term of mild abuse, similar to the Cantonese gweilo.
Yo: Thin mattress, placed on ondol floor at night.
Yogwan: An inexpensive roadside inn.
Yoinsuk: A very cheap Korean hotel for working men.
Yongduam: The Dragon Head Rock of Cheju-do.
Yong guk: England.
Yontan: Drum-shaped powdered-coal briquettes used for heating and cooking.
Yukgap: The five twelve-year cycles of life—the sixtieth year.
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Kelly, Jeremiah F. The Splendid Cause. Seoul: Columban Fathers, 1983.
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Searchable Terms
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Administrative districts 86
Agriculture, rice cultivation 71–2
Alcoholic beverages
drinking protocol involving 79, 146–7
soju 46
Alphabet 127–32
Americans
abusive attitudes of 180
expatriated 220–7
missionaries 89–92
Angibu (secret police) 88
Kim Dae Jung kidnapped by 111–14
Armed Forces Day, celebration site for 238
Asia Watch, Kwangju uprising reported by 105–8
Attaining Success Village 271–2
Automobiles
driving habits 97–8
hazards of rental 98
Bamboo 157
Barbershops 241–5
Bathhouses 92, 189–92
Beauty, Buddhist concept of transience of 157–8
Bird, Isabella 234–5
Birthdays
age determination and 77
celebrations of 143–7
Blue House (presidential mansion) 247
Brothels 91–3, 122
Brutality, Korean reputation for 181
Buddhism
morning ritual in 141–2
nunneries 204–7
scarf folding ritual in 151
tradition of celibacy in 137
transience of nature in 157–8
Zen meditation rituals 153–4
Bulogki (dish) 90
Bureaucracy 67–8
Cairo Conference (1945) 268–9
Camp MacNab 53
Celibacy, among Buddhist monks 137
Censorship 103
Cespedes, Gregorio de 20
Chaebols (industrial empires) 248
Changdok Palace 246–7
Changhang (town) 186
Changhon (prince) 231–2
Cheju City
communist insurgency in 56–7
description of 57–8
Cheju Island
description of 32–5
fishing industry on 44–5
geography of 39
Sparrowhawk shipwrecked on 21–6
women’s domination of 43–4
China
ancient Korea settled by 197
early Korean contact with 19
ginseng in history of 208
Chindo Great Bridge 69
Chindo Island
description of 63
Japanese invasion of 64–7
Chindo-kae (dog) 67–8, 69
Chinese, as ethnic minority 245
Chogori (garment) 200
Chogye (Buddhist sect) 137
Cholla province, house style of 100
Chollanam-do (province) 71–2
Chonbokchuk (dish) 45
Chong Tu-won 20
Chonggak-sa (temple) 204–5
Chongjo (king), Suwon walls built by 231–2
Chonju (town) 159
Chonnam University, uprising at 102–8
Chun Doo-Hwan 104, 111
Kim Dae Jung arrested by 112
political reforms promised by 280
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, missionaries from 89–92
Civil defense drills 237–8
Clark, Mark 268
Climate 9–10
of Cheju Island 33
Clothing styles 200–1
Coast, defensive fence on 12–13
College of Assembled Worthies 130
Columban Fathers 48–53
Communism: see also North Korea on Cheju Island 56–7
Confectionary industry 168–9
Corea—The Land of Morning Calm (Landor) 139
Corporate welfare 6–7
Corporations, individual proprietorship of 249
Customs and immigration clearance 9–11
Daewoo Corporation 248–9
Decrees, concerning written language 128–30
Demilitarized Zone 240–1, 268–77
Demarcation Line in 274–7
establishment of 268–9
length of 270
show villages in 271–2
wildlife within 270
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea: see North Korea
Diet, junk food in 163–4
DMZ: see Demilitarized Zone
Dogs
eating of 84–6
as protected resources 67–8
Dress styles 200–1
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
protocol involving 79, 146–7
soju 46
Education
importance of 250
teachers salaries 250
Egberts (Captain of Sparrowhawk) 22
8th Tactical Fighter Wing (military unit) 174
Espionage, North Korea suspected of 161–2
Esso Northumbria (ship) 3–4, 5
Ethnic minorities, Chinese as 245
Etiquette, in bathhouses 191–2
Europe
early Korean contacts with 20–1
missionaries from 47–8
Expatriates in Korea 220–7
Face 46, 118–19
Families: see also Marriage
birthday celebrations 143–7
genealogies 38
names 38, 76
parent-child relations 50–1
work ethic in 101
Farrar-Hockley, Anthony 81
Fishing industry 61–3
on Cheju Island 44–5
Flower cards (game) 188–9
Flowers 222, 223
Foreign invasion, as historical pattern 196–7
Foreign travel 34
Forests, wartime ravaging of 222
Freedom Bridge 266–7
Gardner, Matthias 269
Gem-cutting industry 168–9
Genealogy 38
Ginseng 159
curing process 208–9
economic and cultural importance of 207–13
grading of 211
medicinal effects of 212–13
types 209
Gloucester regiment, during Korean War 80–1
Government
decrees by 67–8
human rights abuses by 103–8
impact on rural areas by 215–17
political uprisings against 103–8
Gunther, John 118–19
Haenyo (skin divers) 43
Haetae (mythical lions)
233
Haircuts, protocol involving 241–5
Halla Mountain xi, 39–42
Hamel, Hendrick 1, 17, 31, 61, 95, 126, 156, 186, 219, 245, 253, 278
on crossing the Han River 241
Sparrowhawk wreck described by 21–6
Han Dynasty 198
Han River 238–40
Hangbok (garment) 200
Hangul (alphabet) 29
invention and design of 128–32
Happiness, Confucian conception of attainment of 119
Harvest mice, as good-luck symbol 100
Hearn, Lafcadio 219–20
Hermit Kingdom 19
Hill 235, battle of 80–1
Historic Sites 68
History
early settlement 198–9
foreign invasion as pattern of 196–7
founding legends 197
monuments 201–2
Paekche suicide 202
Hongsam: see Ginseng
Honour, code of 46, 119
Houses
ondol floors in 139
thatched roofs stigmatized 100
Human rights abuses during Chonnam University uprising 102–8
Hwadu (Zen question) 153–4
Hwan-gap (birthday celebration) 145
Hwanung (deity) 197
Hwatu (game) 188–9
Hyojong (king) 26, 246
Hyonbong (Zen master) 153–4
Hyundai (corporation)
Chindo Great Bridge built by 69
Ulsan shipyard of 5–9
Ibalso (barbershop) 241–5
Illo (town), market day in 84
Imjin 264–5
Imjingak Museum 265–6
Inns 187–9
Insam: see Ginseng