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하지만: Vocabulary #84

Example Sentences#

  1. 하지만 이 긴 벽들이 너무 빨리 가까워져서 이제는 마지막 방에 있고, 저기 구석에 내가 달려가는 덫이 있어.”1
    But these long walls closed in so quickly that now I am in the last room, and over there in the corner is the trap I am running towards.”
    • 하지만 is a conjunction meaning ‘but’ or ‘however’, used to introduce a contrasting statement.
  2. 앨리스: “하지만 저는 미친 사람들 사이에 가고 싶지 않아요,” 앨리스가 말했다.2
    Alice: “But I don’t want to go among mad people,” said Alice.
    • 하지만 is a conjunction meaning ‘but’ or ‘however’, used to introduce a contrasting statement.
  3. 하지만 노인은 다시 “좋을 수도 있고, 나쁠 수도 있습니다”라고 대답했습니다.3
    But the old man again answered, “It could be good, or it could be bad.”
    • 하지만 is a conjunction meaning ‘but’ or ‘however’, used to introduce a contrasting statement.
  4. 하지만 저는 다른 사람과 함께 방 안에서 이틀 동안 지내는 것조차 견딜 수 없습니다.4
    But I can’t even endure staying with other people in a room for two days.
    • 하지만 is a conjunction meaning ‘but’ or ‘however’, used to introduce a contrasting statement.
  5. 하지만 얼마 지나지 않아 맹인은 두 개씩 집어먹기 시작했다.5
    But not long after, the blind man began eating two at a time.
    • 하지만 is a conjunction meaning ‘but’ or ‘however’, used to introduce a contrasting statement.
  6. 하지만 친구를 파는 가게는 없단다.6
    But there are no shops that sell friends.
    • 하지만 is a conjunction meaning ‘but’ or ‘however’, used to introduce a contrasting statement.
  7. 하지만, 변할 때마다 그의 삶에서 시간이 줄어든다는 조건이 있었습니다.7
    However, the condition was that each transformation would shorten his life.
    • 하지만 is a conjunction meaning ‘but’ or ‘however’, used to introduce a contrasting statement.
  8. 하지만 특정 사람을 미워할수록 인류 전체를 더욱 사랑하게 되는 것은 언제나 그래왔습니다.4
    But the more I hate any particular person, the more I come to love humanity as a whole, and it has always been so.
    • 하지만 means ‘but’ or ‘however’.
  9. 하지만 네가 아무 때나 온다면, 나는 몇 시에 마음의 준비를 해야 할지 알 수 없을 거야…”6
    But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour to prepare my heart…”
    • 하지만 is a conjunction meaning ‘but’ or ‘however’, used to introduce a contrasting statement.
  10. 하지만 곧, 만족하지 못하는 마음이 그를 괴롭히기 시작했습니다.7
    But soon, dissatisfaction began to torment him.
    • 하지만 is a conjunction meaning ‘but’ or ‘however’, used to introduce a contrasting statement.

Footnotes#

  1. Sentence from A Little Fable Story.

  2. Sentence from Alice And The Cheshire Cat Story.

  3. Sentence from Bad Luck Good Luck Story.

  4. Sentence from Father Zossima Counsel Story. 2

  5. Sentence from Lazaro And The Blind Man.

  6. Sentence from The Little Prince And The Fox. 2

  7. Sentence from The Stonecutter Journey Story. 2

하지만: Vocabulary #84
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Author
Korean Story Lab
Published at
2026-03-19
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