Historical Korean Drama Vocab Deck 1

Question 1

전하

Answer 1

jeon-ha - Your Majesty

Question 2

마마

Answer 2

ma-ma - Royal Highness

Question 3

왕비

Answer 3

wang-bi - Queen (current king’s wife)

Question 4

대비

Answer 4

dae-bi - Queen Dowager (wife of a deceased king)

Question 5

왕세자

Answer 5

wang-se-ja - Crown Prince

Question 6

원자

Answer 6

wonja - king’s oldest son before he officially takes the title of wangseja

Question 7

세자 저하

Answer 7

seja jeoha - (Crown Prince) His Royal Highness

Question 8

대군

Answer 8

dae-gun - Grand Prince

Question 9

누이

Answer 9

nu-i - older sister

Question 10

오라버니

Answer 10

o-ra-beo-ni - older brother

Question 11

만세

Answer 11

man-se - Horrah! (ten thousand years - literal meaning) shout to wish the king a long life.

Question 12

성은이 망극하옵니다

Answer 12

seong-eun-i mang-geuk-ha-omnida - Your grace is immeasurable

Question 13

망극하옵니다 전하

Answer 13

mang-geuk-ha-omnida Jeon-ha (more common shortened form of “Your grace is immeasurable” with “Your Majesty” added on.

Question 14

난장형

Answer 14

nan-jang-hyeong - flogging

Question 15

화랑

Answer 15

hwa-rang - Flowering Knights (a group of well-groomed trained men from the Silla period)

Question 16

군

Answer 16

gun - son born to a king and concubine or sons of Grand Princes.

Question 17

대감

Answer 17

daegam - His Excellency - 군 are usually addressed this way.

Question 18

왕자

Answer 18

wangja - 군 and 대군 are called this until they are old enough for a title.

Question 19

왕명 / 고명

Answer 19

wang-myeong / go-myeong - King’s edict - the last proclamation given by the king naming his successor.

Question 20

기생

Answer 20

gi-saeng - Courtesan