今昔

こんじゃく konjaku

Past and present

Past and present: Korean 금석 (geumseok) is written with the same characters as Japanese 今昔 (konjaku), but the Korean word is rare, dated or used differently.

Korean twin · weak cognate

금석

geum-seok

  1. 今こんkon금geum
  2. 昔じゃくjaku석seok

Japanese readingKorean reading of the same character

Same hanja, but the Korean word is rare, dated or used differently. Use it as a memory hook, not a translation.

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