BLACKPINK · Korean · 32 words
마지막처럼 & SQUARE UP
BLACKPINK's 2017 digital single 마지막처럼 and their 2018 EP SQUARE UP sit on either side of the group's breakout year: the single is a giddy rush of falling for someone as if tonight were the last night, while the EP swaggers through 뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU), Forever Young, Really and See U Later. The vocabulary covers the language of infatuation and nerves (숨결, 어지럽다, 뒤돌아보다), of unbothered confidence (태도, 거침없이, 만만하다), of demanding proof from a lover (집착하다, 한눈팔다), and of walking away for good (콩깍지, 오글거리다, 정신을 차리다).
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 마지막 | the last one; the final time | 우리 마지막 인사는 생각보다 짧게 끝났어.Our final goodbye ended more quickly than I expected. |
| 자꾸 | again and again; keep on doing something without meaning to | 네 목소리가 자꾸 귓가에 맴돌아서 잠을 못 잤어.Your voice kept echoing in my ears, so I couldn't sleep. |
| 자존심 | pride, ego — the feeling that stops you giving in first | 먼저 연락하고 싶은데 자존심 때문에 못 하겠어.I want to reach out first, but my pride won't let me. |
| 뒤돌아보다 | to look back, to turn and look behind you — also to dwell on the past | 이제 와서 뒤돌아봐야 달라지는 건 하나도 없어.Looking back at this point doesn't change a single thing. |
| 어지럽다 | to feel dizzy or light-headed | 네 앞에 서면 심장이 뛰고 머리가 어지러워.When I stand in front of you, my heart races and my head spins. |
| 어이없다 | to be absurd or ridiculous; to leave you speechless | 이렇게까지 흔들리는 내가 어이없어서 웃음이 나.It's so absurd how shaken up I am that it makes me laugh. |
| 잡히다 | to be caught, to be grasped; to be within reach | 손에 잡힐 것 같다가도 끝내 잡히지 않는 사람이 있어.There are people who seem within reach and yet never quite get caught. |
| 숨결 | breath, breathing — used for something felt up close and intimate | 가까이 앉으니 네 숨결까지 느껴져서 얼굴이 빨개졌어.Sitting that close, I could even feel your breath, and my face went red. |
| 서툴다 | to be clumsy or inexperienced at something | 나는 아직 고백에 서툴러서 말이 계속 엉켜.I'm still clumsy at confessing, so my words keep getting tangled. |
| 터지다 | to burst; to explode | 심장이 터질 만큼 두근거리는 밤도 있더라.There really are nights when my heart pounds like it might burst. |
| 꺾다 | to snap or break something; to crush someone's will | 아무도 우리 둘의 마음을 꺾을 수 없어.No one can break what the two of us feel. |
| 태도 | attitude; the manner someone carries themselves with | 얼굴은 웃고 있는데 태도는 전혀 상냥하지 않았어.She was smiling, but her attitude wasn't friendly at all. |
| 거침없이 | without hesitation; unflinchingly, holding nothing back | 그 친구는 하고 싶은 말을 거침없이 다 해.That friend says whatever she wants without holding back. |
| 대놓고 | openly, right in front of someone; without bothering to hide it | 그 애는 마음에 드는 건 대놓고 가져가 버려.When she likes something, she just takes it right in front of you. |
| 흔하다 | to be common, ordinary, the same as everyone else's | 그런 흔한 칭찬으로는 내 마음이 안 움직여.A compliment that ordinary isn't going to move me. |
| 뻔하다 | to be obvious or predictable; you can see it coming | 네가 무슨 말을 할지 뻔해서 재미없어.It's so obvious what you're about to say that it's boring. |
| 만만하다 | to look easy to handle; to be a pushover | 내가 그렇게 만만해 보였다면 완전히 잘못 봤어.If I looked that easy to push around, you read me completely wrong. |
| 짜릿하다 | to be thrilling; to give you an electric rush | 밤새 달리는 기분이 너무 짜릿해서 잠이 안 와.The feeling of racing around all night is so thrilling that I can't sleep. |
| 타오르다 | to blaze up, to burn — used of passion as well as fire | 그해 여름 우리 마음은 촛불처럼 조용히 타올랐어.That summer our hearts burned quietly, like candlelight. |
| 후회 | regret | 오늘 밤은 후회 하나 남기지 말고 신나게 놀자.Let's enjoy tonight without leaving a single regret. |
| 영원하다 | to be eternal, to last forever | 영원한 건 없다지만 오늘만큼은 믿고 싶어.They say nothing lasts forever, but tonight I want to believe it does. |
| 젊음 | youth, being young | 젊음은 짧으니까 하고 싶은 건 지금 하자.Youth is short, so let's do what we want to do now. |
| 함부로 | carelessly, recklessly; without showing proper respect | 처음 만난 사이인데 함부로 반말하지 마.We've only just met, so don't speak so casually to me. |
| 집착하다 | to obsess over someone; to cling | 좋아하는 마음이랑 집착하는 건 완전히 달라.Liking someone and obsessing over them are completely different things. |
| 한눈팔다 | to let your eyes wander; to be distracted by someone else | 너는 나 말고 다른 사람한테 한눈팔지 않겠다고 약속했어.You promised you wouldn't let your eyes wander to anyone but me. |
| 거짓말 | a lie | 달콤한 거짓말이라도 좋으니까 오늘은 그냥 해줘.Even a sweet lie would do, so just say it tonight. |
| 씹다 | slang: to ignore someone's message and leave them on read | 왜 자꾸 내 문자만 골라서 씹는 거야?Why do you keep ignoring only my texts? |
| 구차하다 | to be pathetic and undignified; to be beneath one's dignity | 이제 와서 변명을 늘어놓는 게 참 구차해 보여.Piling up excuses at this point just looks pathetic. |
| 오글거리다 | to be cringeworthy; to make you curl up with secondhand embarrassment | 네가 보낸 장문의 편지가 읽을수록 오글거렸어.That long letter you sent got more cringeworthy the further I read. |
| 정신을 차리다 | to come to your senses; to snap out of it | 이제야 정신을 차려서 내 인생부터 챙기기로 했어.I've finally come to my senses and decided to look after my own life. |
| 콩깍지 | literally a bean pod — in the idiom 콩깍지가 씌다, the blindness of being in love | 친구들 말대로 그때 내 눈에 콩깍지가 단단히 씌었었나 봐.Just like my friends said, I must have been completely blinded by love back then. |
| 까먹다 | casual word for to forget | 내 이름까지 까먹은 사람한테 미련 둘 필요 없지.There's no point holding on to someone who's forgotten even my name. |
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