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reason

1.NounSino-Korean: 理性

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    reason

    The capacity to think and judge logically with proper values and knowledge.

    Korean definition: 올바른 가치와 지식을 가지고 논리에 맞게 생각하고 판단하는 능력.

    • The agitated man was screaming and raging as if he had lost his reason.

    • Having been carried away by emotion, I regained my reason and assessed the situation calmly.

2.NounSino-Korean: 異性

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    the other sex; the opposite sex

    A person of the opposite gender, namely a woman to a man, and a man to a woman.

    Korean definition: 남성에게는 여성, 여성에게는 남성으로 다른 성별.

    • To express our love for the opposite sex, we write letters or call often.

    • Having become interested in the opposite sex upon entering middle school, Minjun has been paying much more attention to his clothes lately, perhaps to impress the girls.