노래
norae · TOPIK 1
song
🎤🎵 norae = no-RAY: karaoke rooms are noraebang, literally song + room
You may already know this word from noraebang (노래방), the Korean karaoke room: norae (song) + bang (room). Norae itself comes from the old verb 놀다 (nolda, to play), so a song is literally a bit of play.