그냥: Korea's Most Untranslatable Word Has 7+ Meanings

Google says "just." That covers 10%.

그냥 appears in every Korean conversation. Its real meanings:

• No reason — 왜 왔어? 그냥.
• Never mind — 뭐라고? 아니, 그냥.
• Don't ask — 왜 울어? 그냥...
• It is what it is — 왜 그래? 그냥 그래.
• Whatever — 뭐 먹을까? 그냥 아무거나.
• Leave it — 고칠까? 그냥 놔둬.
• Casually — 그냥 한번 해봤어.

When someone says 그냥 after being asked why they are crying, it means the feeling is too complex for words. This depth is invisible in text.

Hear 그냥 from 10 different speakers on Tubelang.

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