BIGBANG · Korean · 25 words

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The third 2006 single album, and the one where the group's swagger arrives fully formed. Victory and the title track Bigbang are pure announcement — youth, judgement, a new era — while Forever With U and Good Bye Baby handle the other side of a break-up, and 웃어본다 is about smiling so the person you love doesn't see you cry. Useful vocabulary for performance, endurance and unreturned feeling.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
젊음	youth, being young	젊음은 생각보다 빨리 지나가요.Youth passes faster than you expect.
심판	judgement; a referee	심판이 경기를 중단시켰어요.The referee stopped the match.
값지다	to be valuable, precious, worth a great deal	값진 경험을 하게 해 주셔서 감사합니다.Thank you for giving me such a valuable experience.
진동	vibration; a phone set to vibrate	회의 중이라 휴대폰을 진동으로 바꿨어요.I was in a meeting, so I put my phone on vibrate.
관객	an audience, spectators	관객이 모두 자리에서 일어났어요.The whole audience rose from their seats.
따분하다	to be dull, tedious, boring	따분한 하루가 계속되고 있어요.One dull day after another.
찌들다	to be steeped in or worn down by something	생활에 찌들어 취미도 잊었어요.Worn down by daily life, I even forgot my hobbies.
장벽	a barrier, wall	언어 장벽 때문에 처음엔 힘들었어요.The language barrier made it hard at first.
무너뜨리다	to knock down, bring down, demolish	그 선수가 기록을 무너뜨렸어요.That athlete brought the record down.
유혹하다	to tempt, entice, lure	달콤한 냄새가 자꾸 저를 유혹해요.That sweet smell keeps tempting me.
엊그제	just the other day, a couple of days ago	엊그제 만난 것 같은데 벌써 한 달이네요.It feels like we met the other day, but it's been a month.
밤새	all night long, through the night	밤새 비가 내렸어요.It rained all night.
몽당연필	a pencil stub, a pencil worn down to a nub	필통에 몽당연필만 남았어요.Only pencil stubs are left in my pencil case.
억지	forcing something, being unreasonable about it	그건 좀 억지 아닌가요?Isn't that a bit of a stretch?
헤어나다	to get out of, break free from something	슬럼프에서 좀처럼 헤어나지 못했어요.I couldn't seem to break out of the slump.
잔인하다	to be cruel, brutal	그런 말은 너무 잔인해요.Saying that is just cruel.
비참하다	to be miserable, wretched	혼자 남으니 기분이 비참했어요.Left on my own, I felt wretched.
자정	midnight	자정이 넘어서야 집에 도착했어요.I didn't get home until after midnight.
배려	consideration, thoughtfulness towards others	그건 저를 위한 배려였어요.That was done out of consideration for me.
매달리다	to cling to, hang on to; to beg	떠나지 말라고 매달렸어요.I begged him not to go.
견디다	to endure, bear, put up with	더위를 견디기가 힘들어요.The heat is hard to bear.
저리다	to go numb; for the chest to ache	오래 앉아 있었더니 다리가 저려요.My leg's gone numb from sitting so long.
밉다	to be hateful; to dislike someone	가끔은 그 사람이 밉기도 해요.Sometimes I really do dislike him.
차오르다	to well up, rise and fill something	눈물이 차올라서 말을 못 했어요.Tears welled up and I couldn't speak.
아끼다	to treasure someone; to use sparingly	동생을 정말 아끼는 게 보여요.You can see how much she treasures her brother.