14 two-turn dialogues about 직장 생활, illustrating 11 words from this category at 5급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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지도를 보면 여기가 이 지역의 상부에 해당되는 것 같아.
Looking at the map, this seems to be the top part of the region.
이제 조금만 가면 되겠네.
We should be there soon then.
이번에 맡은 업무가 잘 끝나서 다행입니다. 상부에 업무 종료를 보고하겠습니다.
I'm glad the task I was assigned went well. I'll report the completion to the higher-ups.
네, 감사합니다.
Yes, thank you.
민준이가 벌써 병장으로 진급을 하다니.
I can't believe Minjun already got promoted to sergeant.
이제 제대가 얼마 남지 않았네.
He doesn't have much time left before discharge.
회사 사정이 어려운데 직원을 해고를 해야 할까요?
The company is struggling—should we dismiss some employees?
함께 일하던 직원들을 내보내려니 마음이 편치 않네. 조금 더 고민해 보지.
It's hard to let go of the people we've worked with. Let's think it over a bit more.
일한 경험이 없는 사람도 지원할 수 있나요?
Can people without work experience also apply?
죄송하지만 저희 회사에서는 경력 사원을 채용하고 있습니다.
I'm sorry, but our company is hiring experienced employees.
연구실 분위기가 많이 바뀌었네요.
The lab atmosphere has changed a lot.
연구원의 아이디어를 채용해서 가구 재배치를 해 봤어요.
We adopted a researcher's idea and rearranged the furniture.
유민 씨, 요즘 새로 원고 쓰느라 바쁘죠?
Yumin, you've been busy writing a new manuscript lately, right?
다행히 원고를 어제 마감해서 이제는 좀 나아요.
Luckily, I finished the manuscript yesterday, so I'm feeling a bit better now.
이 회장님, 언제까지 회장직에 있을 생각이십니까?
Chairman Lee, how long do you plan to stay in the chairman position?
내년 가을쯤에는 은퇴하고 물러날 생각입니다.
I plan to retire and step down around next fall.
요즘 노래 잘 부르던 그 가수가 방송에 잘 안 나오던데?
That singer who used to sing well hasn't been on TV much lately.
응, 그 가수 지난달에 고별 무대를 끝으로 은퇴를 선언했어.
Yeah, he announced his retirement after his farewell performance last month.
민준 씨, 오늘 또 야근해요?
Minjun, are you working overtime again today?
네. 마감 단계라서 할 일이 많아서요.
Yes. It's the final stage, so there's a lot to do.
대학 입학 원서는 다 냈어?
Did you submit all your college applications?
응. 어제가 마감이었거든.
Yeah, the deadline was yesterday.
승규 씨 지금 자리에 있나요?
Is Seunggyu in right now?
부장님께 서류 결재를 받으러 갔어요.
He went to get the documents approved by the department head.
지금 다니는 직장에서 하는 일이 너무 재미가 없네요.
The work at my current job is so boring.
적성에 맞는 일을 찾아서 이직을 고려해 보십시오.
You should look for work that suits you and consider changing jobs.
부모님께서 교외로 이사 가셨다면서?
I heard your parents moved to the countryside.
네. 아버지 정년퇴직 이후에 조용한 동네에서 사시겠다며 이사를 가셨답니다.
Yes. After my father's retirement at the retirement age, they moved to live in a quiet neighborhood.
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These 14 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 11 5급 words in this category — 상부, 진급, 해고, 채용하다, 마감하다 and the rest. Each is two turns, so what you see is not only how the word is used but what it is usually said in answer to.
They are written examples rather than transcribed speech, so they are tidier than a real conversation and shorter. What they are not is translated English: they were written in Korean, by Korean lexicographers, to show how the word behaves — which is why the speech levels and the sentence endings in them are worth copying.
Dialogues, translations and word meanings from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.