동

Same, together

동일 = sameness, oneness
동료 = co-worker, colleague
동감(하다) = agree, sympathise (feel the same, same feeling)
동의(하다) = concur, agree
동갑 = same age
동의어 = a synonym
동시 = the same time
공동 = cooperation, collaboration, union
동기 = people who enter a school/company/army in the same year
동창 = graduates in the same year
동성 = same sex
합동 = combination, union
협동(하다) = cooperate

Movement

활동 = activity, action
운동 = exercise
자동 = automatic
동물 = animal
행동 = action, behaviour
동작 = movement
동사 = verb
진동 = vibration
감동 = moved/touched (emotionally)
변동 = change, fluctuation
이동(하다) = movement
자동차 = car

Winter

동절기, 동계 = the winter season
동계올림픽 = the winter olympics
동면 = hibernation
동복 = winter uniform
냉동 = freeze
냉동실 = freezer
동지 = the winter solstice

East

동쪽 = east (direction)
동해 = the east sea
동남아시아 = southeast asia
중동 = the middle east
동양 = the east
동양인 = asian
동대문 = the east gate of seoul

Valley, village

인사동 = Insadong
동사무소 = village office
동장 = the chief of a village office
동네 =one’s neighborhood, a village
동굴 = cave

Child

동화 = fairy tale, children’s book
동시 = nursery rhymes
동심 = the mind/heart of a child, the innocence of a child
악동 = bad child, mischievous child
아동 = child
아동복 = children´s clothing
아동 학대 = child abuse
아동 보호 = child protection

마찬가지 – same thing, similar thing

마찬가지다 – to be the same
N ~과 마찬가지(이)다 – the same as

이런 점으로 볼 때 인간은 다른 동물과 마찬가지이다 – Humans are no different than other animals in this respect.
그것이나 이것이나 마찬가지다 – It is the same as this.

그것은 새것이나 마찬가지다 – It is as good as new.
나도 마찬가지야 – i’m the same, Join the club.

초등 학생들도 대학생과 마찬가지로 컴퓨터가 없으면 안 된다 – Like college students, students in elementary school must have/can’t do without computers.

버스나 값이 마찬가지면 기차로 가자 – If the fare is the same as the bus, let’s take the train.

가나 안 가나 마찬가지지만 가겠다 – Whether I go or not is all the same to me, but I’ll go.

To look like, To seem like, it seems that, i think

비슷하다 = to be similar
비슷해요 = it is similar

A is similar to B, use particle ~랑 or ~하고 (with, together).
A랑 비슷해요 = it is similar to A
B하고 비슷해요 = it is similar to B

도쿠는 서울하고 비슷해요? = is Tokyo similar to Seoul?
참외는 멜론하고 비슷해요. = 참외 is similar to melon

같다 = to be the same
같아요 = it’s the same, they are the same

A랑 같아요 = it is the same as A
A하고 B는 같아요 = A and B are the same

이거랑 이거랑 같아요? = are this and this the same?
우리는 나이가 같아요. = our age is the same.

Noun + 같다 = to be like, to look like, to seem like (noun)

커피 같아요 = it’s like coffee, it seems to be coffee, it looks like coffee
거짓말 같아요 = it seems to be a lie, it sounds like a lie
로봇 같아요 = it’s like a robot, seems to be a robot, looks like a robot
저 사람 한국 사람 같아요 – He is like a Korean.

저 사람은 로봇 같아요 = that person is like a robot
경은 씨는 천사 같아요 = 경은 is like an angel
현우 씨는 천재 같아요 = 현우 seems to be a genius
그 이야기는 거짓말 같아요 = the story sounds like a lie
이 강아지는 고양이 같아요 = this puppy is like a cat

같이 보이다 – to look like

어때요? – What does it look like?
동물 같이 보여요 – It looks like an animal.
우리 같이 보여 – It looks like a cage.
컵 같이 보여요 – It looks like a cup.
대학생 같이 보여요 – He looks like a college student.
아빠가 요리사 같이 보여 – Dad looks like a chef.
남자 친구는 선생님 같이 보여요 – My boyfriend looks like a teacher.

냄새 같다 – to smell like

장미 냄새 같아 – It smells like a rose.
복숭아 냄새 같아요 – It smells like peaches.

맛 같다 – to taste like

시리얼 맛 같아요 – It tastes like cereal
밥 쓰레기 맛 같아! – The rice tastes like garbage!