I utilized the Revised Romanization of Korean in the past two “Vocabulary: Japanese On’yomi & Sino-Korean” posts. For this post, however, I will use the McCune-Reischauer Romanization of Korean.

1. 美

meaning: beautiful

Japanese on’yomi pronunciation：ビ (bi)          Korean pronunciation: 미 (mi)

VOCABULARY:

art museum

Japanese: ビジュツカン「美術館」(bijutsukan)       Korean: 미술관 (misulkwan)

beautiful person (woman)

Japanese: ビジン「美人」(bijin)       Korean: 미인 (miin)

graceful/elegant; delicate; refined

Japanese: ユウビ「優美」(yuubi)       Korean: 우미 (umi)

2. 選

meaning: select; choose

Japanese on’yomi pronunciation：セン (sen)            Korean pronunciation: 선 (seon)

VOCABULARY: 

election

Japanese: デントウブンカ「選挙」(senkyo)       Korean: 선거 (sŏnkŏ)

athlete/team member

Japanese: センシュ「選手」(senshu)       Korean: 선수 (sŏnsu)

selection; choice; pick

Japanese: センタク「選択」(sentaku)       Korean: 선택 (sŏnt’aek)

 3. 残

 

meaning: balance; leftover; remainder

Japanese on’yomi pronunciation：ザン (zan)            Korean pronunciation: 잔 (jan)

VOCABULARY:

cruel/wicked; atrocious; brutal

Japanese: ざんにん「残忍」(zannin)       Korean: 잔인 (chanin)

brutal (oppressive/tyrannical); ruthless

Japanese: ざんぎゃく「残虐」(zangyaku)       Korean: 잔학 (chanhak)

overtime work

Japanese: 残業 ざんぎょう 「殘業」(zangyō)       Korean: 잔업 (chanŏp)

thanks/creds to: lexilogos.com/keyboard/korean_conversion.htm , nihongo.j-talk.com , jisho.org , dic.naver.com