once (in the indeterminate past)

olden days; former

fresh / vivid / (Empire of Japan) Korea

fresh / vivid / rare

(historical, archaic, discriminatory, sensitive) insubordinate Korean person; a Korean subject opposed to Japanese imperial rule

to say, to tell somebody / to call, to name, to give a name / to cry, to call, to make a noise (such as an animal)

past tense and perfective aspect of 言う (iu, yū) [godan]

nonetheless, although, be that as it may

in other words; what I (you, etc.) mean is

to startle; to surprise; to astonish