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gaseum · TOPIK 1

chest, breast

🫁 gaseum: gas fills the lungs inside your chest

The first syllable ga-seu sounds like gas. Breathing draws gas (air) into the chest, so gaseum = chest. It also means breast and, figuratively, the heart as the seat of feelings, as in 가슴이 아프다 (my heart aches).

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