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TOPIK 6adjective

정갈하다

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정갈해요 · 정갈했어요 · 정갈한 (+noun)

neat and clean, tidy

Example

할머니께서 정갈한 음식을 차려 주셨어요.

Grandma laid out a neat, carefully prepared meal for us.

Word parts

A native Korean word, not built from hanja; a classic word for neat, lovingly prepared food.

Good to know

Very common in food reviews: 정갈한 한정식 'a neat, carefully presented Korean set meal'.