The Korean foods that best represent the tradition of fermentation developed in Korea include doenjang (soybean paste), ganjang (soy sauce), Gochu-jang (chili paste) and jeotgal (salted seafood), whose fermentation can take anywhere from several months to several years.
Definition of Exaggerate. 1  to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South imagery.  do something to an excessive degree; He overdid it last night when he did 100 pushups.
it's more figurative language than hyperbole. Hyperbole is an exaggeration like walking into a candy shop and saying, I'm going to eat all of the chocolate!, or getting off a ride and saying, We went a million feet in the air!. Though the exclamation marks are unnecessary, the point is that there is exaggeration.