"다름이 아니라" meaning in Korean

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        "1": "다름",
        "2": "difference; something different; something other"
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      "expansion": "다름 (dareum, “difference; something different; something other”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "—이",
        "2": "nominative case marker"
      },
      "expansion": "—이 (-i, “nominative case marker”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "아니—",
        "2": "to not be"
      },
      "expansion": "아니— (ani-, “to not be”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "—라",
        "2": "conjunctive particle"
      },
      "expansion": "—라 (-ra, “conjunctive particle”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "다름 (dareum, “difference; something different; something other”) + —이 (-i, “nominative case marker”) + 아니— (ani-, “to not be”) + —라 (-ra, “conjunctive particle”), literally \"It is not something else but...\" with the implied meaning of \"It's not for some other reason that I'm talking to you, but because...\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dareum-i anira",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "phrase",
        "head": "다름-이 아니라"
      },
      "expansion": "다름이 아니라 • (dareum-i anira)",
      "name": "ko-pos"
    }
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  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "phrase",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Professor, it happened to me that I cannot attend the lecture tomorrow...",
          "roman": "gyosunim, dareumi anira je-ga naeil gang'ui-reul mot deutge doeeonneundeyo...",
          "text": "교수님, 다름이 아니라 제가 내일 강의를 못 듣게 되었는데요...",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It is not anything different, but four or five months ago […] they buried him outside the little eastern gate, but Yi Jong-deok, the new doorman, is saying that he is [now] going to use this grave-site that he had left abandoned for several tens of years […]",
          "ref": "19th century, 궁녀의 한글 편지 #1270 (국립고궁박물관 소장) [gungnyeoui han'geul pyeonji #1270 (gungnipgogungbangmulgwan sojang), Korean-language letter from a court servant woman, #1270 (from the National Palace Museum of Korea)]",
          "text": "다름 아니오라 ᄉᆞ오 삭 젼의[…] 동슈문 밧긔 무더ᄉᆞᆸ더니 ᄉᆡ 쳥딕이 이종덕이가 몃십년 버렸던 치표을 졔가 쓸 거시라 ᄒᆞ이[…]\nDareum aniora sao sak jyeon-ui […] dongsyumun bakkui mudeoseupdeoni sae cheongdigi Yijongdeogiga myeotsimnyeon beoryeotdeon chipyo[r]eul jyega sseul geosira hai […]",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "Used to initiate a formal and highly polite conversation"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠ɾɯmi a̠niɾa̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[다르미아니라]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "다름이 아니라"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "다름",
        "2": "difference; something different; something other"
      },
      "expansion": "다름 (dareum, “difference; something different; something other”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "—이",
        "2": "nominative case marker"
      },
      "expansion": "—이 (-i, “nominative case marker”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "아니—",
        "2": "to not be"
      },
      "expansion": "아니— (ani-, “to not be”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "—라",
        "2": "conjunctive particle"
      },
      "expansion": "—라 (-ra, “conjunctive particle”)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "다름 (dareum, “difference; something different; something other”) + —이 (-i, “nominative case marker”) + 아니— (ani-, “to not be”) + —라 (-ra, “conjunctive particle”), literally \"It is not something else but...\" with the implied meaning of \"It's not for some other reason that I'm talking to you, but because...\"",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "dareum-i anira",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "phrase",
        "head": "다름-이 아니라"
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      "expansion": "다름이 아니라 • (dareum-i anira)",
      "name": "ko-pos"
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  "lang_code": "ko",
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        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Korean terms with usage examples"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Professor, it happened to me that I cannot attend the lecture tomorrow...",
          "roman": "gyosunim, dareumi anira je-ga naeil gang'ui-reul mot deutge doeeonneundeyo...",
          "text": "교수님, 다름이 아니라 제가 내일 강의를 못 듣게 되었는데요...",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It is not anything different, but four or five months ago […] they buried him outside the little eastern gate, but Yi Jong-deok, the new doorman, is saying that he is [now] going to use this grave-site that he had left abandoned for several tens of years […]",
          "ref": "19th century, 궁녀의 한글 편지 #1270 (국립고궁박물관 소장) [gungnyeoui han'geul pyeonji #1270 (gungnipgogungbangmulgwan sojang), Korean-language letter from a court servant woman, #1270 (from the National Palace Museum of Korea)]",
          "text": "다름 아니오라 ᄉᆞ오 삭 젼의[…] 동슈문 밧긔 무더ᄉᆞᆸ더니 ᄉᆡ 쳥딕이 이종덕이가 몃십년 버렸던 치표을 졔가 쓸 거시라 ᄒᆞ이[…]\nDareum aniora sao sak jyeon-ui […] dongsyumun bakkui mudeoseupdeoni sae cheongdigi Yijongdeogiga myeotsimnyeon beoryeotdeon chipyo[r]eul jyega sseul geosira hai […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to initiate a formal and highly polite conversation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ta̠ɾɯmi a̠niɾa̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[다르미아니라]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "다름이 아니라"
}