IZ*ONE Honda Hitomi's World Get You

Honda Hitomi: Finally, a quick Korean lesson from Hii-chan. Today is Coming of Age Day, so I'd like to show you how to say "adult" in Korean. "Adult" is "성인 (seongin)" in Korean. It's seongin. The pronunciation is different, so it's a little...

Honda Hitomi: Happy New Year. I'm Honda Hitomi from IZ*ONE. IZ*ONE Honda Hitomi's World Get You has started today. Well, everyone, 2001, oh, 2001... 2021 has started. What kind of year-end and New Year holidays will you be having?

Listener email: Hello, I'm Korean. I'm writing to talk about food for the New Year holidays. In Korea, we don't have anything special to eat at the end of the year.But at the beginning of the year, we eat something called tteok (떡). It's a soup with flat, round rice cakes in it, and it's really tasty.

Listener email: Hii-chan, what kind of year do you want 2021 to be? Honda Hitomi: That's right. In 2021, I'm already 21 years old in Korea, because everyone's age changes on January 1st, but in Japan, I'll be 20 on my birthday this year, so

Honda Hitomi: Finally, a quick Korean lesson from Hii-chan. Today is the first broadcast of the new year, so how do you say "Happy New Year" in Korean? In Korean, it's "새해복 많이 받으세요 (Sehebong Mani Paduseyo)". This literally translates to "May you have a happy new year."

Listener mail: Hii-chan, do you have any goals or challenges you want to take on? I hope 2021 will be a year of further growth for Hii-chan and the other IZ*ONE members. Honda Hitomi: Well, my aspirations for 2021. Hmm, I'm not turning 20 in Japan this year.

Honda Hitomi: Oh, that's right, it was Christmas recently, and there's a cake in Korea called "Red Velvet," which is so delicious that I think I'm starting to like it as much as cheesecake.I'm so glad I got the chance to come to Korea.

Honda Hitomi: Finally, a quick Korean lesson from Hii-chan. Since this is the end of the year, the word for "end of the year" is "연말(Yongmal)" in Korean. End of the year. Well, if you write it down, you'll understand that the Chinese characters and the Korean characters are the same.

Honda Hitomi: Everyone! December is already over in the blink of an eye. Christmas is this week, so how are you all planning to spend Christmas? As for me, well, I think that I want to eat something delicious on Christmas. What would be good?

Listener mail: When it gets cold, my favorite yudofu tastes better. Do they eat yudofu in Korea? Also, do they use ponzu sauce or something? Honda Hitomi: So. Ah, I want to eat tofu. I don't think they have yudofu in Korea. I think they have something like Soondubu or Chi.

Listener Mail: I often start watching Korean dramas or organizing my photo folders, but I always end up falling asleep. Hii-chan, how do you wake up when you feel sleepy but don't want to go to sleep? Honda Hitomi: Yes. That's right, we're always doing activities on music shows.

Listener Mail: In a private mail, I was asked, "Which of the three types of albums do you like?" I really like Scene #2 because it's cool. Honda Hitomi: Thank you. That's right, our album this time

Honda Hitomi: Finally, a quick Korean lesson from Hii-chan. Today, I've been teaching you all a lot about "Puin Puin" and "Koguma" a little while ago, but today, since Christmas is coming up, I'd like to share with you how to say "present" in Korean.