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TOPIK 4noun

지하실

jihasil

지하실이 · 지하실을

basement, cellar

Example

오래된 물건은 지하실에 보관해요.

We keep old things in the basement.

Word parts

지 earth하 below실 room

Literally 'room below the ground'.

Good to know

반지하 'half-basement' apartments are cheap housing, made famous abroad by the film Parasite.