Usages of hyuji
책상 위에 휴지가 없어서 작은 쓰레기를 바로 못 치웠어.chaeksang wie hyujiga eobseoseo jageun sseuregireul baro mos chiwosseo.
There was no tissue on the desk, so I couldn’t clean up the small trash right away.
쓰레기는 휴지랑 같이 쓰레기통에 바로 버려야 냄새가 안 나.sseuregineun hyujirang gati sseuregitonge baro beoryeoya naemsaega an na.
You should throw trash away right into the trash can with the tissue so it doesn’t smell.
콧물이 나서 휴지가 필요해요.kosmuri naseo hyujiga piryohaeyo.
I have a runny nose, so I need tissues.
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