BLACKPINK · Korean · 29 words
THE ALBUM
Vocabulary drawn from the Korean-language tracks of BLACKPINK's 2020 studio album THE ALBUM. The songs move from defiant comeback swagger in "How You Like That" and "Pretty Savage" to the bruised, self-aware romance of "Lovesick Girls" and the quiet self-doubt of "You Never Know". Expect verbs of collapsing, enduring and healing, adjectives for pride and shame, and everyday words for wounds, jealousy and stubbornly holding on.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 무너지다 | to collapse, to fall apart | 그날 밤 내 자존심은 완전히 무너졌다.That night my pride collapsed completely. |
| 뻗다 | to stretch out, to reach out a hand | 아이가 별을 잡으려고 하늘 높이 팔을 뻗었다.The child stretched an arm high up to the sky to catch a star. |
| 비웃다 | to laugh at someone, to sneer at | 사람들이 아무리 비웃어도 나는 계속 걸어갈 거야.No matter how much people sneer, I'm going to keep walking. |
| 캄캄하다 | to be pitch dark | 정전이 나서 방 안이 갑자기 캄캄해졌어.The power went out and the room suddenly went pitch dark. |
| 몫 | one's share, what one is owed | 이번 일은 온전히 제 몫이니까 끝까지 책임질게요.This job is entirely my responsibility, so I'll see it through to the end. |
| 다르다 | to be different | 우리는 취향이 완전히 다르지만 사이는 정말 좋아.Our tastes are completely different, but we get along really well. |
| 창피하다 | to be embarrassed, to feel ashamed | 실수를 좀 했다고 창피해하지 말고 다시 해 봐.Don't feel ashamed over a small mistake — just try again. |
| 눈치 | social awareness; a quick read of the situation | 그 친구는 눈치가 좋아서 분위기를 금방 읽어.She has good instincts and picks up on the mood right away. |
| 해내다 | to pull it off, to get it done | 아무도 못 할 거라던 일을 우리가 결국 해냈어.We finally pulled off the thing everyone said couldn't be done. |
| 예쁘장하다 | to be pretty in a cute, unthreatening way | 예쁘장한 얼굴 뒤에 무서운 승부욕이 숨어 있어.Behind that pretty little face hides a scary competitive streak. |
| 질투 | jealousy, envy | 지나친 질투는 결국 자기 자신만 힘들게 할 뿐이야.Excessive jealousy ends up hurting no one but yourself. |
| 굳이 | needlessly, going out of one's way to | 굳이 변명할 필요 없어, 결과가 알아서 말해 주니까.There's no need to bother making excuses — the results speak for themselves. |
| 가두다 | to shut in, to lock up | 그 기억이 나를 좁은 방에 가둬 놓은 것 같아.It feels like that memory has locked me inside a tiny room. |
| 망가지다 | to break down, to be wrecked | 그 연애가 끝나고 나서 나는 한동안 망가졌었어.After that relationship ended I was a wreck for a while. |
| 버티다 | to hold out, to endure | 요즘은 하루하루를 겨우 버티고 있는 기분이야.These days it feels like I'm barely holding out one day at a time. |
| 헤매다 | to wander around lost | 우리는 답도 없이 같은 자리를 계속 헤맸어.We kept wandering around the same spot with no answer in sight. |
| 멋대로 | however one pleases, without asking anyone | 친구가 멋대로 약속을 바꿔 버려서 정말 당황했어.My friend changed our plans however he pleased, and it really threw me. |
| 아물다 | to heal over (of a wound) | 상처가 완전히 아물기까지는 시간이 꽤 걸릴 거야.It'll take quite a while for the wound to fully heal. |
| 불쌍하다 | to be pitiful, to be an object of pity | 사람들이 불쌍하게 쳐다보는 시선이 제일 견디기 힘들어.The way people look at me with pity is the hardest thing to bear. |
| 애쓰다 | to try hard, to strain oneself | 괜찮은 척하려고 그렇게까지 애쓰지 않아도 돼.You don't have to try that hard to act like you're fine. |
| 활짝 | wide open; brightly (of a smile or a bloom) | 봄이 오자 마당의 꽃들이 활짝 피었다.When spring came, the flowers in the yard bloomed wide open. |
| 내뱉다 | to blurt out, to spit out (words) | 화가 난다고 아무 말이나 내뱉으면 나중에 후회해.If you blurt out whatever comes to mind when you're angry, you'll regret it later. |
| 머지않아 | before long, in the near future | 머지않아 이 노력이 좋은 결과로 돌아올 거야.Before long this effort will come back to you as a good result. |
| 엉키다 | to get tangled up | 이어폰 줄이 가방 안에서 잔뜩 엉켜 버렸어.My earphone cord got completely tangled up inside my bag. |
| 낡다 | to be old and worn out | 낡은 수첩을 펼치니 어릴 때 글씨가 남아 있었다.When I opened the worn old notebook, my childhood handwriting was still there. |
| 괴롭히다 | to torment, to bother persistently | 지난 실수가 아직도 밤마다 마음을 괴롭혀.Past mistakes still torment my mind every night. |
| 그림자 | shadow | 해가 기울자 담벼락 위로 긴 그림자가 드리워졌다.As the sun sank, a long shadow stretched across the wall. |
| 가라앉다 | to sink; to sink into low spirits | 여기서 더 가라앉으면 다시 올라오기 힘들어져.If I sink any lower than this, it'll be hard to come back up. |
| 마주하다 | to face something head-on | 이제는 도망치지 않고 내 문제를 마주하려고 해.From now on I'm going to face my problems instead of running away. |
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