1. '한 해' : it is not different from what you said ealier. But, it only doesn't mean 'new year', you can say "한 해 is over". '한 해' means one year. 2-1. 경건 : em.. This word is also not easy to many koreans :). it comes from classical chinese. It is wrriten in korean, although, its meaning is not korean word exactly. 경건 is a kind of attitude. when you are in a ceremony in memory of sb or praying God for forgiveness, you need to have piety. 2-2. 쭉 : this is very easy :). it can be used like that "you have been studying good, 쭉(=for long time" or "you can make something long from some materials". 쭉 = it basically means 'long' for time, distance, length. 2-3 Why is it written as 늘어나라는 instead of 늘어난다는 의미? - Not much different from 늘어난다. it is similar with meaning of passive in english. I think I can give you some examples for your easy understanding. you can say like -'I hope my height 늘어나라 like growth of my hair a day. - I want my money to grow without any efforts(it depends on luck or sb's help) => 나는 나의 돈이 늘어나길 바란다. 3. em.. your friend is... korean? I think it's not :p, if so, you don't need to post here :). it is close more 'to wish, to hope'. you can also use it as meaning of 'to pray'(but, not clear 'to whom', it can be anything, god, the sea, the sky,,) - I hope that everything is going to be okay. => 나는 모든 것이 잘되기를 기원한다. sorry for my poor english :p very hard to explain in english hehe. I hope you understand that I''ve wrriten above. 나는 당신이 좋은 한 해를 보내길 기원합니다.. (= I hope you have a good year ) 한 해 plus 기원 This is the frist time that I've participated here and wrriten for someone. :)...poor english..haha..