임질

Sino-Korean word from 淋疾.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈi(ː)md͡ʑiɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [임(ː)질]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

임질 • (imjil) (hanja 淋疾)

1. gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease
   • 1965, Kim Seung'ok, 서울 1964년 겨울 [seoul 1964nyeon gyeoul, Seoul, Winter 1964]:

     그는 내가 스물다섯 살짜리 시골 출신, 군대에 갔다가 임질에 한 번 걸려 본 적 있고 지금은 구청 병사계에서 일하고 있다는 것을 아마 알았을 것이다.

     Geu-neun nae-ga seumuldaseot saljjari sigol chulsin, gundae-e gatdaga imjir-e han beon geollyeo bon jeok itgo jigeum-eun gucheong byeongsagye-eseo ilhago itda-neun geos-eul ama arasseul geosida.

     And, I suppose, he would have known that I was a twenty-five-year-old countryside man who had joined the army and contracted gonorrhea there, and who was now working in the district's Army Secretariat.