Korean edit

Etymology edit

See 나중 (najung)

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈja̠(ː)d͡ʑuŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yajung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yajung
McCune–Reischauer?yajung
Yale Romanization?yācwung

Adverb edit

야중 (yajung)

  1. Seoul, Chungcheong, and Jeolla dialect form of 나중 (najung, later)
    • 1980 January 31, 이순근 [isun'geun], “떡 하나 주면 안 잡아 먹지 [tteok hana jumyeon an jaba meokji]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 전라북도 완주군 운주면 [jeollabukdo wanjugun unjumyeon]:
      그래 야중, 철판, ‘만고충신 김덕령’ 새긴 철판 그냥 씨처 꺼먹꺼먹 되살아나...
      Geurae yajung-e, cheolpan, ‘man'gochungsin gimdeongnyeong’i-ra-gu saegin cheolpan-eul geunyang ssicheo-du kkeomeokkkeomeok doesarana-gu...
      So later even if they washed off the iron plate with "Eternal loyal subject Kim Deok-Ryeong" on it, it kept on coming back...