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This study aims to explicitly detail the lexical information of {naimsai} 냄새 for Korean language learners. The lexical item {naimsai} not only is pervasively used in the daily life of a typical Korean person but also used in a diversity of contexts. The definitions provided by the <Standard Korean Language Dictionary>, the <Yahoo! Korean-English Dictionary>, or other dictionaries, are not comprehensive enough for a Korean language learner to fully grasp the use and meaning of {naimsai}. This study, therefore, sets out to provide the full scope of the word’s use and meaning through concrete and explicit explanations and examples so Korean language learners can easily understand {naimsai}. This is done by providing the lexical information for Korean language learners, while the uncovered syntactic details and semantic information necessary for structuring lexical information can be of aid to dictionary authors and developers of artificial intelligence. This study also proposes a method for structuring lexical information, along with a lexicon analysis template, for Korean language researchers and analysts. The results of this study are based on the analyses of the various types of syntactic and semantic structures that {naimsai} is applied in real-life situations. The analysis template-{{X}+{naimsai}+{Y}} proposed by Shin Hyon-Sook (2010) is also applied here to discuss the syntactic and semantic traits based on actual cases. Such explicit analytical illustrations help to organize the diverse forms of information carried by {naimsai} for Korean language learners and Korean-language information developers.

어휘 항목 (lexical item), 어휘 정보 (lexical information), 한국어 학습자 (Korean language learners), 한국어 사용자 (Korean language users), 통사 정보 (syntactic information), 의미 정보 (semantic information), 의미 확장 (semantic extension), 의미 가치 (semantic value), 한국어 정보 개발자 (Korean-language information developers)