그래서
geuraeseo · TOPIK 1
so, therefore, thus
그래서 = 그래 (like that) + 서 (and so): it being like that, so...
Etymology: a contraction of 그리하여서 / 그러하여서, built from 그러하다 (to be like that) plus the connective ending -어서 (because, and so). Literally: because it is like that. The same 그래 appears in 그래요 (that is so) and 그래도 (even so).