BTS · Korean · 36 words

ARIRANG, Part 2

Part 2 covers the closing stretch of ARIRANG, BTS's March 2026 return album after military service. These five songs drop the swagger of the first half: “they don't know 'bout us” shrugs off the myth around the group, “One More Night” and “Please” are love songs about wanting someone to stay, and the vinyl-only hidden track “Come Over” is about calling an old relationship back. The vocabulary leans on emotion verbs, time words, and the everyday phrases Korean speakers actually use to say sorry, to ask how someone's been, and to promise not to leave.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
자꾸	repeatedly; keep on doing something	자꾸 물어They keep asking
대답하다	to answer; to reply	나는 대답해And I answer them
모르다	to not know	나도 몰라I don't know either
뜨다	to blow up; to make it big (casual, about fame)	쟤넨 이거 땜에 떴어That's the reason those guys blew up
쉽다	to be easy; simple	알기 쉽게 설명해Let me explain it in simple terms
특별하다	to be special	걔넨 특별해Those guys are special
그냥	just; simply (no big reason behind it)	그냥 사람 일곱인데We're just seven people
언젠가	someday; at some point	언젠가 너로 인해Someday, because of you
울다	to cry	한참을 울게 되겠지I'll end up crying for a long while
두렵다	to be afraid; to dread something	두려운 건What I'm afraid of is
슬프다	to be sad	슬픈 건What makes me sad is
깨다	to wake up (from sleep or a dream)	꿈이면 깨기 싫어If this is a dream, I don't want to wake up
곁	someone's side; the space right next to a person	곁에만 있어줘Just stay by my side
새벽	dawn; the small hours before morning	새벽을 지나Through the dawn
세상	the world	세상이 우릴 갈라놓을 때When the world pulls us apart
갈라놓다	to separate two people; to drive apart	우릴 갈라놓을 때When it pulls us apart
다가서다	to step closer to someone	한 걸음 더 다가설게I'll come one step closer
함께하다	to be together with someone; to stay by them through something	함께해줘 나의 worst dayBe with me on my worst day
안다	to hug; to hold someone in one's arms	널 더 세게 안을게I'll hold you tighter
느끼다	to feel (an emotion or sensation)	기쁨을 느꼈다면If I've ever felt joy
기대다	to lean on; to rely on someone	그대 안에 기댈래I want to lean on you
바람	wind	해 질 때의 바람The wind at sunset
잃다	to lose something	잃은 너의 것The things you've lost
어둠	darkness	어둠의 문턱The threshold of the darkness
지키다	to protect; to keep someone safe	널 지키며Keeping you safe
기억하다	to remember	기억해Remember this
잠시	for a moment; briefly	그저 잠시뿐인 걸It's only for a moment
아침	morning	아침이 오는 걸The morning that's coming
집	home; house	집에 가고파I want to go home
부르다	to call out to someone	이렇게 또 너를 불러I call out to you again like this
싫다	to dislike; to hate (a state, not an action)	이런 내가 너무 싫어I really hate myself like this
벌써	already (sooner than expected)	벌써 시간이 많이 지났네So much time has already gone by
멀어지다	to grow distant; to drift apart from someone	우리 멀어진 그날 뒤에After the day we drifted apart
늦다	to be late	미안 좀 늦었지Sorry, I'm a little late
잘 지내다	to be doing well; to get on all right (standard greeting phrase)	별일 없이 잘 지냈지You've been doing all right, haven't you?
헤어지다	to part; to break up with someone	두 번 다신 헤어지지 마Let's never part again