How do you manage to remember Korean words? I can’t seem to remember them and I hate mere memoirzation :( do you have a good workbook recommendation?

I don’t remember them haha. I hate memorisation too, learning vocab is so boring and is one of my biggest weaknesses! My advice is to try and use them in producing language as much as possible so that you can remember them in context. Usually I make a note of new words i’ve learnt on my desktop or in a notebook and then i refer to that to try to use them as much as possible in conversation. 

Or when you learn new words you could practice putting them into sentences on lang-8 so you learn by using them. Also quizlet is a flashcard app/website but it also produces some tests with the cards and practice spelling and match the word games etc. which might be more interesting for you. 

나비의 어원

koreanwordaday:

The Korean word for ‘butterfly’ is 나비.

The word 나비 comes from the phrase “나불나불 거리며 날다.” (“Flying and fluttering”).  From this came the word 낣이(날비), and finally 나비.

In literature going as far back as 1481 it has been written as ‘나뵈’, ‘남이’, ‘나븨’, and ‘나비’.

In some regions of Korean is still pronounced as 나부, or 나베, etc.

Source:
http://dong.daegu.kr/nabi/page.htm?mnu_siteid=nabi&mnu_uid=444&

로유단화 (路柳壇花)

Road – Willow – Altar – Flower

길에는 버드나무 화단에는 꽃이 활짝 피었다.
Willow on the road and flowers in the garden will be in full bloom.

직업변동: 새 출발: 이사
Changing jobs: A fresh start: Moving house

When you go out and start something new, the life ahead of you will be in full bloom. 

직접 = personally, in person

내가 그를 직접 만나 보겠다 = I am going to meet him in person.
이 목걸이는 그녀가 직접 만든 것이다 = She made this necklace by herself.
직접 봐라 = Take a look for yourself.
직접 해 보시겠습니까? = Would you like to try it yourself? 

본인 = oneself, own (more official/formal)

통장을 만들려면 본인이 직접 은행에 가야 한다 = You need to apply in person if you want to open a bank account.

본인 내담 요망 = Apply in person.
본인 소개를 해 주세요 = Could you introduce yourself? 

회 = episode, instalment (of various things) 

제’57회 베를린 국제영화제 = the 57th Berlin International Film Festival
회의는 연 2회 열린다 = The meeting is to be held twice a year.
그 드라마는 회를 거듭할수록 흥미진진해졌다 = With each episode, the TV soap opera was getting more interesting.

화 = episode, instalment (only tv, webtoons, radio shows etc) 

1화, 2화, 3화

School starts
입학하다 = join/enrol in a/start at school
개학하다 = school starts, start of the semester (below uni)
개강하다 = school starts, start of classes (in uni)