임질

임질

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 淋疾.

Pronunciation

• IPA^{(Seoul dialect, key)}: [imd͡ʑiɭ]
• Phonetic hangeul: [임질]

Revised Romanization? imjil Revised Romanization (translit.)? imjil McCune–Reischauer? imjil Yale Romanization? imcil

Noun

임질 • (imjil) (hanja 淋疾)

1. gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease
   • 1965, Kim Seung'ok, 서울 1964년 겨울 [Seoul, Winter 1964]:

     그는 내가 스물다섯 살짜리 시골 출신, 군대에 갔다가 임질에 한 번 걸려 본 적 있고 지금은 구청 병사계에서 일하고 있다는 것을 아마 알았을 것이다.

     Geuneun naega seumuldaseot saljjari sigol chulsin, gundaee gatdaga imjire han beon geollyeo bon jeok itgo jigeumeun gucheong byeongsagyeeseo ilhago itdaneun geoseul ama arasseul geosida.

     And, I suppose, he would have known that I was a twenty-five-year-old countryside man who had joined the army and contracted gonorrhea there, and who was now working in the district's Army Secretariat.