No. 5,614 in Korean
믿기
"믿기" means "believing" or "trusting" in English.
In a sentence
그의 이야기는 믿기 어려웠다.
His story was hard to believe.
Here, '믿기' refers to the action of believing, used in a descriptive manner concerning difficulty.
이것은 사실로 믿기 힘든 일이다.
This is something hard to believe as true.
In this sentence, '믿기' is employed to describe a skeptical nature of a situation.
믿기 어렵겠지만 나는 그 모든 일을 혼자 해냈다.
It may be hard to believe, but I managed to do all that alone.
'믿기' here emphasizes the improbability of believing a certain claim or event.
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