Korean slang, explained in English · 112
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- 나노봇nanobotNanobotA very small robot combining nanotechnology and robotics.
- 나노팹nanopaepNanotechnology fabrication or facilityProducing actual products or devices using nanotechnology, or a facility doing so.
- 나노사회nanosahoeA society with weakened community ties and increasingly fragmented individual tastes and relationships.A society with weakened community ties and increasingly fragmented individual tastes and relationships.
- 나노테크nanotekeuNanotechnologyShort for nanotechnology.
- 난테크nantekeuGrowing and selling orchids for profitGrowing and selling orchids for economic gain.
- 나오미족naomijokMarried women in their 30s and 40s who maintain youthful tastes and lifestyles on a stable financial foundation.Married women in their 30s and 40s who maintain youthful tastes and lifestyles on a stable financial foundation.
- 납치광고napchigwanggoOnline advertising that forces users onto unwanted advertising screens or makes leaving difficult.Online advertising that forces users onto unwanted advertising screens or makes leaving difficult.
- 나핑족napingjokPeople who enjoy camping at night.People who enjoy camping at night.
- 나포napoPlanning without taking actionAn English abbreviation critically describing making plans without acting on them.
- 나포츠족napocheujokPeople who enjoy exercise or sports at night.People who enjoy exercise or sports at night.
- 납스틱napseutikLead-containing lipstickA figurative name for lipstick containing lead.
- 나락narakA figurative expression comparing a sharp worsening of reputation or circumstances to falling to the bottom.A figurative expression comparing a sharp worsening of reputation or circumstances to falling to the bottom.
- 나로서기naroseogiLiving as oneself by finding one's inner values rather than depending on other things.Living as oneself by finding one's inner values rather than depending on other things.
- 나루토 챌린지naruto chaellinjiA short-video activity involving fluid dancing and foot movements to 일소강호.A short-video activity involving fluid dancing and foot movements to 일소강호.
- NASAnasaU.S. aeronautics and space agencyA Roman-letter abbreviation for 미 항공우주국 (U.S. aeronautics and space agency) used in the article of the time.
- 나스닥naseudakNasdaq trading system and marketA name referring, in the checked material of the time, to the U.S. securities dealers’ association’s computerized trading system and related stock market.
- 나심비nasimbiA consumption tendency to accept high prices for one’s own psychological satisfaction.A consumption tendency to accept high prices for one’s own psychological satisfaction.
- 나솔nasolA shortened name for the dating variety program ‘나는 SOLO’.A shortened name for the dating variety program ‘나는 SOLO’.
- NATOnatoNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationA Roman-letter abbreviation for 북대서양조약기구 (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
- 나토족natojokPeople who talk without actingA figurative label for people who only talk and do not put words into action.
- 낯설렘natseolremExcitement and fluttering anticipation from unfamiliar places or new experiences.Excitement and fluttering anticipation from unfamiliar places or new experiences.
- 나우족naujokFinancially comfortable women in their 40s and 50s who actively spend on self-care and their own tastes.Financially comfortable women in their 40s and 50s who actively spend on self-care and their own tastes.
- 나야 들기름naya deulgireumA catchphrase from a cooking-show line that gives perilla oil a human voice to emphasize its presence.A catchphrase from a cooking-show line that gives perilla oil a human voice to emphasize its presence.
- N차 신상Ncha sinsangA consumer phenomenon of treating secondhand goods traded multiple times like new products.A consumer phenomenon of treating secondhand goods traded multiple times like new products.
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