AKMU · Korean · 36 words

NEXT EPISODE

On NEXT EPISODE (2021) every one of the seven tracks pairs AKMU with a different guest — Lee Sun-hee, IU, Zion.T, Beenzino, Choi Jung-hoon, Crush, Sam Kim. That makes it the most stylistically mixed thing they've released, and the Korean shifts register from track to track: battlefield nouns, a mother-and-son dialogue, and rap verses whose slang is marked as such in the notes below. 「Stupid Love Song」 is largely English, so only its Korean lines are drawn on.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
화약	gunpowder	화약 연기 뒤덮인 하늘 봐Look at the sky buried in gunpowder smoke
뒤덮이다	to be covered over completely	화약 연기 뒤덮인 하늘a sky covered over in gunpowder smoke
폭죽	a firecracker; fireworks	얼마나 시간이 지나야 이들이 폭죽이 될까How much time until these turn into fireworks?
비명	a scream	비명이 들릴 테니까because then you'll hear the screaming
부축하다	to hold someone up by the arm and help them walk	저들이 가면 부축해 줄 테니Once they've gone I'll help you up
헐레벌떡	panting and out of breath from rushing (reduplicated 의태어 — keep all four syllables)	헐레벌떡 산 위를 오르는 당신은you, climbing the mountain gasping for breath
내버려두다	to leave someone alone; to let something be	난 널 혼자 내버려두지 않을 거라고that I wouldn't leave you on your own
낭떠러지	a sheer drop; a precipice	죄다 낭떠러지야 봐Look, it's all sheer drops
죄다	all of it; the whole lot (colloquial)	죄다 낭떠러지야It's cliffs the whole way down
눈 딱 감다	to shut your eyes tight and go through with it anyway (idiom)	눈 딱 감고 낙하Shut your eyes tight and fall
망가뜨리다	to break; to ruin something	아무것도 우리를 망가뜨리지 못해Nothing can ruin us
따위	"the likes of" — attaches to a noun to dismiss it as beneath notice	가끔은 벤치 따위에 누워Sometimes I want to lie down on some bench or other
상처받다	to get hurt — of feelings rather than the body	난 더 이상 상처받지 않을 거야I won't get hurt anymore
가엾다	to be pitiful; to move you to pity	가여운 이 세상이this pitiful world
손가락질하다	to point the finger at someone; to publicly condemn them	손가락질하는 사람들을 위해 노래해I sing for the people pointing fingers
철새	a migratory bird	철새처럼 이별하는 법을 안다면If I knew how to part like a migratory bird
째깍째깍	tick-tock (reduplicated 의성어 — never shorten it to 째깍)	숨죽이면 들리는 소리 째깍 째깍 째깍The sound you hear when you hold your breath — tick, tick, tick
예민하다	to be sensitive; on edge and picking up everything	아주 예민하게 느껴져요I feel it all so sharply
숨죽이다	to hold one's breath; to go completely still	숨죽이면 들리는 소리the sound you hear once you go still
이러쿵저러쿵	going on about this and that; idle gossip (reduplicated 의태어)	이러쿵저러쿵 그렇다더라This and that, apparently it's like this
부풀다	to swell up; of a story, to get blown out of proportion	입에서 입으로 부푼 말들words swollen bigger mouth to mouth
득을 보다	to come out ahead; to profit from something (idiom)	득을 볼 줄도 아세요Learn to gain something from it too
여차저차	one way or another; this happened then that did — casual, and here it sits in Beenzino's rap verse, which runs much slangier than the sung parts	여차 저차 나와 기웃One way or another I'm out here, peering around
맞짱	a straight one-on-one fight — slang, and rough in tone despite the tender song around it	어쩔 수 없던 첫 맞짱으로with a first fight there was no avoiding
멍들다	to bruise	입에 멍들고 반에서 구경 온 것보다 아파요It hurts more than the bruised lip or the class coming to gawk
용서	forgiveness	용서와 사랑을 배우고learning forgiveness and love
위협하다	to threaten; to menace	우릴 위협하고 슬프게 하는 것으로부터from the things that threaten us and make us sad
구걸하다	to beg for something	칭찬과 관심을 구걸할 이유를any reason to beg for praise and attention
함성	a roar from a crowd; cheering as one	이제 함성을 만들고now it makes the crowd roar
짓누르다	to press down hard on; to crush under weight	나의 상처로 짓눌러 써내린 멜로디a melody pressed out of my own wounds
전율	a thrill; a shiver that runs right through you	말도 못 하게 전율인걸It's a thrill beyond words
정신을 차리다	to come to your senses; to snap out of it (idiom)	정신을 차리면 무엇이 중요한지 보여Once you come to your senses, you see what matters
정복하다	to conquer	그곳을 정복했다는 소식을the news that someone conquered it
마침내	at last; finally, after a long wait	때때로 우린 듣게 되지 마침내Now and then we finally hear it
뻗다	to stretch out; to extend into the distance	닿지 않는 길이 뻗은 곳where a road stretches out beyond reach
떠돌다	to drift about; of rumors or legends, to circulate	갖은 전설이 떠도는 곳a place where every kind of legend drifts around