Korean

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Etymology

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Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 자미 (滋味, jami, “taste, flavour”). Assimilation and fronting of the first vowel /a/ to /ɛ/ was influenced by /i/ in the second syllable.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jaemi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jaemi
McCune–Reischauer?chaemi
Yale Romanization?caymi

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 의 / 재에 / 재미

Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

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재미 (jaemi)

  1. fun; enjoyment

Derived terms

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