The Girl at the River
2024-07-20
This post features a Korean adaptation of a classic Zen story about two monks and a woman at a river, exploring themes of attachment, letting go, and inner peace.
4126 words
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21 minutes
Vocabulary Summary
83.6% • 15.1% • 1.4%
73 words
Elementary: 61
words (83.6%)
Intermediate: 11
words (15.1%)
Other: 1
word (1.4%)
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The Call of Cthulhu Opening
2024-07-10
This post explores a Korean adaptation of the opening paragraph from H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthulhu,” which delves into the unsettling idea that our sanity is preserved by ignorance.
2434 words
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12 minutes
Vocabulary Summary
64.6% • 33.8% • 1.5%
65 words
Elementary: 42
words (64.6%)
Intermediate: 22
words (33.8%)
Other: 1
word (1.5%)
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A Little Fable
2024-07-07
This post features a Korean adaptation of “A Little Fable,” a short story written by Franz Kafka, about a mouse lamenting the world’s increasing confinement and encountering an inevitable fate.
1591 words
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8 minutes
Vocabulary Summary
87.0% • 10.9% • 2.2%
46 words
Elementary: 40
words (87.0%)
Intermediate: 5
words (10.9%)
Other: 1
word (2.2%)
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The Stonecutter's Journey
2024-07-04
This post features a Korean retelling of the Japanese folktale “The Stonecutter,” where Taro, a humble stonecutter, is granted great powers and learns a timeless lesson about desire, strength, and true contentment.
8155 words
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41 minutes
Vocabulary Summary
66.7% • 33.3% • 0.0%
150 words
Elementary: 100
words (66.7%)
Intermediate: 50
words (33.3%)
Other: 0
words (0.0%)
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Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?
2024-06-16
This post features a Korean adaptation of the famous parable “The Old Man Lost His Horse” from the Huainanzi, an ancient Chinese text that explores Taoist philosophy.
3705 words
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19 minutes
Vocabulary Summary
75.5% • 24.5% • 0.0%
49 words
Elementary: 37
words (75.5%)
Intermediate: 12
words (24.5%)
Other: 0
words (0.0%)
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