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TOPIK 6adjective

버젓하다

beojeotada [버저타다]

버젓해요 · 버젓했어요 · 버젓한 (+noun)

decent, respectable, proper; open, unashamed

Example

형은 대학을 졸업하고 버젓한 회사에 들어갔어요.

My brother graduated from college and got a job at a respectable company.

Word parts

Close in sound and meaning to 번듯하다 'decent, presentable'.

Good to know

The adverb 버젓이 is usually negative: 버젓이 거짓말하다 'to lie brazenly'.