Korean

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Etymology

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야릇 (yareut, root not used in isolation) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yareuthada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yaleushada
McCune–Reischauer?yarŭthada
Yale Romanization?yalushata

Adjective

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야릇하다 (yareuthada) (infinitive 야릇해 or 야릇하여, sequential 야릇하니)

  1. to be queer, to be weird, to be strange
  2. (colloquial) to be titillating; to be risqué (not as strong as 야하다 (yahada))
    야릇한 사진yareuthan sajinrisqué photo

Conjugation

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