BIGBANG · Korean · 23 words

TONIGHT

The 2011 fourth mini album, BIGBANG's comeback after a long gap. The title track is about being bored of love rather than heartbroken by it, What Is Right works through a couple's repeating argument, and Cafe sits alone in an empty coffee shop remembering someone. Vocabulary for going numb on a relationship, backing down in a fight, and the small domestic details that carry a memory.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
비틀다	to twist, wring, contort	젖은 수건을 꽉 비틀어 짰어요.I wrung the wet towel out tightly.
말리다	to stop someone, talk them out of something	친구가 싸우려는 걸 겨우 말렸어요.I barely managed to stop my friend from fighting.
혼잡하다	to be congested, crowded, chaotic	출근 시간에는 역이 아주 혼잡해요.The station is very congested at rush hour.
시계추	a pendulum	낡은 벽시계의 시계추가 흔들려요.The pendulum of the old wall clock swings back and forth.
감흥	a stir of feeling, being moved by something	요즘은 뭘 봐도 감흥이 없어요.Nothing I watch moves me these days.
무감각하다	to be numb, unfeeling, desensitised	반복되니 이제 무감각해졌어요.It's happened so often I've gone numb to it.
곁눈질	a sidelong glance, looking out of the corner of one's eye	곁눈질로 옆자리를 살폈어요.I glanced sideways at the next seat.
목매다	to be desperate for, pin everything on	그 자리에 목매지 않기로 했어요.I decided not to pin everything on that position.
가엾다	to be pitiable, poor, to be felt sorry for	비 맞은 강아지가 가여웠어요.The rained-on puppy was a pitiful sight.
장애물	an obstacle, a hurdle	가장 큰 장애물은 시간이었어요.The biggest obstacle was time.
어림없다	to be out of the question, nowhere near enough	그 돈으로는 어림없어요.That amount of money is nowhere near enough.
확신	conviction, certainty	성공할 거라는 확신이 있어요.I'm convinced it will succeed.
명령	an order, a command	명령을 그대로 따랐어요.I followed the order exactly.
아리땁다	to be lovely, fair, graceful	한복을 입은 모습이 참 아리따웠어요.She looked truly lovely in hanbok.
심술	spite, being in a contrary mood	동생이 심술이 나서 말도 안 해요.My brother is sulking and won't even speak.
붉히다	to redden, flush (one's face)	부끄러워서 얼굴을 붉혔어요.She flushed with embarrassment.
꼬리를 내리다	to back down, climb down from a position	증거를 보자 바로 꼬리를 내렸어요.He backed down as soon as he saw the evidence.
구차하다	to be undignified, feeble, pathetic-sounding	구차한 변명은 하고 싶지 않아요.I don't want to make feeble excuses.
원인	a cause, the reason something happened	사고의 원인을 조사하고 있어요.They're investigating the cause of the accident.
정적	silence, stillness	방 안에 무거운 정적이 흘렀어요.A heavy silence hung in the room.
회상하다	to reminisce, look back on	학창 시절을 회상하며 웃었어요.We laughed reminiscing about our school days.
새기다	to carve, engrave, inscribe	나무에 이름을 새겨 놓았어요.Someone had carved a name into the tree.
황량하다	to be desolate, bleak, barren	겨울 들판이 황량해 보였어요.The winter fields looked desolate.