BIGBANG · Korean · 28 words

MADE & Later Singles

The three songs new to the 2016 MADE album, plus the two singles that followed. 에라 모르겠다 is a night out that turns into something more, LAST DANCE and 꽃 길 were released around the members' military enlistments and are openly about parting, and 봄여름가을겨울 (Still Life) from 2022 looks back over the whole career. The most reflective vocabulary in the BIGBANG catalogue.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
들이키다	to gulp down, knock back	물 한 잔을 단숨에 들이켰어요.I knocked back a glass of water in one go.
사춘기	puberty, adolescence	사춘기 때는 부모님과 자주 부딪혔어요.I clashed with my parents a lot during adolescence.
포로	a prisoner, a captive	그는 사랑의 포로가 됐어요.He became a prisoner of love.
지긋지긋하다	to be sick and tired of, thoroughly fed up with	장마가 지긋지긋해요.I'm thoroughly sick of the rainy season.
흰머리	grey hair, white hair	요즘 흰머리가 늘었어요.I've been getting more grey hairs lately.
오락가락하다	to waver, go back and forth, be changeable	날씨가 하루 종일 오락가락해요.The weather has been changeable all day.
흔하다	to be common, commonplace, easy to come by	그런 일은 흔하지 않아요.That sort of thing isn't common.
서툴다	to be unpractised, clumsy at something	아직 한국어가 서툴러요.My Korean is still shaky.
손짓하다	to beckon, wave someone over	멀리서 그가 손짓했어요.He beckoned to me from a distance.
황홀경	a state of rapture, ecstasy	그 음악을 듣고 황홀경에 빠졌어요.The music sent me into a state of rapture.
희미하다	to be faint, dim, indistinct	멀리 희미한 불빛이 보였어요.A faint light was visible in the distance.
어젯밤	last night	어젯밤에 잠을 설쳤어요.I slept badly last night.
단순하다	to be simple, straightforward, uncomplicated	생각보다 단순한 문제였어요.It was a simpler problem than I thought.
성질	temperament, temper; the nature of a thing	성질이 급해서 자주 실수해요.I'm impatient by nature, so I often make mistakes.
탄생	birth, the coming into being of something	새로운 기록의 탄생이었어요.It was the birth of a new record.
빚다	to shape or mould by hand; to brew	할머니가 송편을 곱게 빚으셨어요.My grandmother shaped the rice cakes beautifully.
감상하다	to appreciate, take in (art, music, scenery)	미술관에서 그림을 감상했어요.I took in the paintings at the gallery.
명작	a masterpiece	이 소설은 시대를 넘은 명작이에요.This novel is a masterpiece that transcends its era.
별나다	to be odd, peculiar, out of the ordinary	그 집 고양이는 성격이 좀 별나요.That household's cat has a rather odd character.
못나다	to be inadequate, to fall short; plain-looking	못난 모습까지 받아 줘서 고마워요.Thank you for accepting me even at my worst.
전율	a thrill, a shiver down the spine	마지막 장면에서 전율이 느껴졌어요.The final scene sent a shiver through me.
은인	a benefactor, someone you owe a great deal to	그분은 제 인생의 은인이에요.He's the person I owe most in my life.
생생하다	to be vivid, fresh, as if it just happened	그날의 기억이 아직 생생해요.My memory of that day is still vivid.
이듬해	the following year, the next year	이듬해 봄에 다시 만났어요.We met again the following spring.
비애	sorrow, grief, pathos	그 그림에는 깊은 비애가 담겨 있어요.There's a deep sorrow in that painting.
철부지	someone who doesn't know any better, an innocent	그때는 아무것도 모르는 철부지였어요.Back then I was a child who understood nothing.
속절없이	helplessly, inexorably, with nothing to be done	시간만 속절없이 흘러갔어요.Time just slipped away, and nothing could be done.
이슬	dew	아침 풀잎에 이슬이 맺혔어요.Dew had formed on the morning grass.