No. 142 in Korean
하루
"하루" means "one day" in English.
In a sentence
하루 종일 비가 내렸다.
It rained all day long.
Here, '하루' is used to refer to a whole day as a single unit of time.
하루라도 운동을 빠지지 않으려고 노력하고 있어요.
I try not to skip exercising even for one day.
In this sentence, '하루' refers to a single day considered individually.
그 프로젝트를 하루만에 끝냈어요.
I completed that project in just one day.
Here, '하루' is utilized to express the duration of one full day within which an action occurred.
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