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Red Diary Page.1

Red Diary Page.1 (2017) pairs the bubbly hit known in English as Some — about deciding to start flirting with someone — with To My Youth, a quiet letter to a teenage self who wanted to disappear. In between are songs about being moody, worn out and waiting by the door. The set mixes current dating slang with the plain words Koreans use for being tired, fussy, bored and afraid.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
표현	expression (of feelings)	저는 감정 표현을 잘 못해요.I'm not good at expressing my feelings.
솔직하다	to be honest, to be frank	솔직하게 말해 줘서 고마워요.Thank you for telling me honestly.
썸을 타다	to be in the flirty stage before dating (slang)	두 사람은 요즘 썸을 타는 것 같아요.Those two seem to have a little something going on these days.
밀가루	wheat flour	저는 밀가루 음식을 먹으면 배가 아파요.My stomach hurts when I eat food made with flour.
달래다	to soothe, to coax	우는 아이를 사탕으로 달랬어요.I soothed the crying child with a sweet.
차이다	to get dumped, to be turned down	용기 내서 고백했다가 차였어요.I worked up the courage to confess and got turned down.
풀이 죽다	to be dejected, to lose heart	시험을 망쳐서 풀이 죽었어요.I messed up the exam, so I'm feeling dejected.
색깔	colour	어떤 색깔을 제일 좋아해요?Which colour do you like best?
예민하다	to be sensitive, to be on edge	잠을 못 자서 오늘은 조금 예민해요.I didn't sleep well, so I'm a bit on edge today.
까다롭다	to be picky, to be hard to please	저는 음식에 까다로운 편이에요.I'm on the picky side when it comes to food.
야위다	to grow thin, to look gaunt	많이 아팠는지 얼굴이 야위었어요.They must have been very ill; their face has grown thin.
안쓰럽다	to feel sorry for, to be pitiful to see	혼자 고생하는 걸 보니까 안쓰러웠어요.Seeing them struggle alone, I felt sorry for them.
마주치다	to meet (eyes), to run into	길에서 옛 친구와 눈이 마주쳤어요.My eyes met an old friend's on the street.
멍들다	to bruise; to be deeply hurt (of the heart)	넘어져서 무릎이 멍들었어요.I fell over and bruised my knee.
기운	energy, strength	감기에 걸려서 기운이 없어요.I've caught a cold, so I have no energy.
먹구름	dark clouds	먹구름이 몰려오는 걸 보니 비가 오겠어요.Seeing the dark clouds roll in, it looks like rain.
좀처럼	(not) easily, hardly ever	요즘은 좀처럼 잠이 오지 않아요.These days I can hardly ever get to sleep.
고치다	to fix, to mend	나쁜 습관을 고치고 싶어요.I want to fix my bad habits.
아쉽다	to feel it's a pity, to wish there were more	벌써 헤어질 시간이라 아쉬워요.It's a pity that it's already time to say goodbye.
애매하다	to be vague, to be ambiguous	대답이 애매해서 무슨 뜻인지 모르겠어요.The answer was so vague that I don't know what it means.
고집쟁이	stubborn person	우리 언니는 고집쟁이라서 절대 안 져요.My older sister is so stubborn that she never backs down.
지루하다	to be boring, to be bored	혼자 집에 있으니까 지루해요.I'm bored being at home on my own.
강아지	puppy, dog	우리 강아지는 문 앞에서 저를 기다려요.My dog waits for me at the door.
엎드리다	to lie face down	침대에 엎드려서 책을 읽었어요.I lay face down on the bed and read a book.
기대다	to lean on	피곤하면 제 어깨에 기대도 돼요.If you're tired, you can lean on my shoulder.
남모르게	secretly, without anyone knowing	남모르게 그 사람을 좋아해 왔어요.I've liked that person secretly all this time.
티 나다	to show, to be obvious	좋아하는 게 너무 티 나요.It's so obvious that you like them.
모자라다	to be short of, to not be enough	시간이 모자라서 숙제를 다 못 했어요.I ran out of time and couldn't finish my homework.
한때	once, at one time	저도 한때 가수가 되고 싶었어요.I once wanted to be a singer, too.
사라지다	to disappear, to vanish	걱정이 다 사라졌으면 좋겠어요.I wish all my worries would disappear.
차라리	rather, might as well	이럴 거면 차라리 혼자 있는 게 낫겠어요.If it's going to be like this, I'd rather be alone.
두렵다	to be afraid, to be fearful	새로운 시작은 언제나 두려워요.A new beginning is always frightening.
시절	days, period of one's life	학창 시절 친구들이 보고 싶어요.I miss my friends from my school days.
시간이 약이다	time heals all wounds (literally "time is medicine")	지금은 힘들어도 시간이 약이에요.It's hard now, but time heals all wounds.

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