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TOPIK 3verb

책임지다

chaegimjida [채김지다]

책임져요 · 책임졌어요 · 책임질 거예요 · 책임지세요

to take responsibility for, to be responsible for

Example

제가 한 실수는 제가 책임질게요.

I'll take responsibility for my own mistake.

Word parts

책 duty, blame임 task

책임 'responsibility' + native 지다 'to bear on one's back'.

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Pronounced [채김지다]: the ㄱ batchim moves to the next syllable.