士

사

선비 사

N

Knight, gentleman (member of gentry)'; in later times also ‘scholar’

師

사

스승 사

N

Teacher; an army'

事

사

일 사

N/V

Thing, affair, undertaking, duties'; (as verb) ;to serve; can be ‘the business about/ the affair’ (and untranslated)

As in 元無指揮謀議之事 ‘From the very start I had nothing to do with leading this plotting business’ Yŏngjo Sillok 16 1728/3/23 Link: https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wua_10403023_006 ; government business

ADJ

事

사

일 사

N

無….事=일이 없다 can be used as a grammatical particle, translated literally, ‘never have the experience of doing something/never done something'

as in 李思百元無下來臣營之事. ‘Yi Sabaek had never come (down) to my camp.’ YS 16 1728/3/25 Link: https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wua_10403025_008

謝

사

사례할 사

V

To apologize, decline, thank'

使

사

부릴 사

V

To cause' or 'send (someone to do something)'; 'supposed (that….)'; can be ‘servant’; can mean ‘allow to’

as in 使牽之而去 ‘he allowed them to drag her away’ (Unidentified)

ADJ

死

사

죽을 사

V

To die; to die for'

射

사

쏠 사

V

To shoot (with bow and arrow)'

思

사

생각 사

V

To think, ponder, thing longingly of, miss

邪

사

간사할 사

ADJ

Cunning, depraved,' interrogative particle (sometimes first part has 耳 radical)

辭

사

말씀 사

V/N

Decline, refuse, excuse oneself; take leave of; (as noun) words, speech'; can be 'say goodbye’

辭

사

말씀 사

N

Can be ‘contents, gist, point’ (사연, 사언, 辭語

as in 而辭語全無驚痛之意 'There was no trace of alarm in his report.’ Yŏngjo Sillok 1728/3/25 Link: https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wua_10403025_005

ADJ

私

사

사사로울 사

ADJ

Something private, partial, selfish, illicit'; (as adverb) 'covertly, privately'

似

사

닮을 사

‘It seems that’

as in 故京中似不知此狀 'For this reason, the capital will probably not know about this situation.’ Yŏngjo Sillok 16 1728/3/24 Link: https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wua_10403024_008

ADJ

査

사

조사할 사

V

‘Investigate’

as in 請令廟堂, 査實分等 嚴明正罪  ‘I request that the court order an investigation of the truth, and the crimes be punished appropriately according to their seriousness.’ Yŏngjo Sillok 16 1728/3/25 Link: https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wua_10403025_003

ADJ

賜

사

줄 사

Can be ‘grant, confer, bestow, a royal gift’ (下賜 하사)

as in 上賜劍, 諭以此乃先朝賜別軍職之劍也 ’The king conferred upon him the gift of a sword. He instructed him that this was the sword of the king’s bodyguard of a previous dynasty’.' Yŏngjo Sillok 16 1728/3/23 Link: https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wua_10403023_003

ADJ

思

사

생각 사

V

Can be ‘think, miss, long for’ (생각하다)

as in 不思惟才是用, ‘I didn’t just think about only promoting the talented,’ Yŏngjo Sillok 16 1728/3/25 Link: https://sillok.history.go.kr/id/wua_10403025_012

ADJ

賜

사

줄 사

V

Order

ADJ