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LOVE YOURSELF 結 ‘Answer’: New Tracks

‘Answer’ (2018) closed the Love Yourself trilogy by gathering the earlier albums together and adding the songs that finally state the conclusion out loud. The new material — Jungkook's Euphoria, the three Trivia solos from J-Hope, RM and Suga, Jin's Epiphany, the Save Me answer song I'm Fine, the summer smash IDOL, and the closing Answer: Love Myself — moves from loving someone else to learning to love yourself. This set teaches the Korean of that shift: everyday verbs like 놓다, 묻다, 지치다, 인정하다 and 용서하다, plus the emotional anchors 괜찮다, 자유롭다 and RM's famous 사람 / 사랑 wordplay.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
햇빛	sunlight	내 삶에 다시 뜬 햇빛The sunlight that has risen again over my life
꿈	dream	꿈에서 깨어나지 마Don't wake up from this dream
바다	sea; ocean	저기 멀리서 바다가 들려I can hear the sea somewhere far off
놓다	to let go of; to release	잡은 손 절대 놓지 말아줘Please never let go of the hand you're holding
흔들다	to shake; to rock something	그 누가 이 세곌 흔들어도No matter who shakes this world
묻다	to ask (a question)	내게 그 순간을 묻는다면If you asked me about that moment
느낌	feeling; the sense you get from something	함께 하는 느낌이 좋아, 너와I love the feeling of being together, with you
춤추다	to dance	왜 춤을 추고Why we dance
몸	body	그저 몸이 가는대로Just wherever my body takes me
마음	heart; how you really feel	지금 내 마음을 숨긴다면If I hid what my heart feels right now
사람	person; a human being	난 그냥 사람, 사람, 사람I'm just a person, a person, a person
사랑	love	넌 나의 사랑, 사랑, 사랑You are my love, my love, my love
그냥	just; simply (without any particular reason)	그냥 느껴져I just feel it
왜	why	왜 사람과 사랑이 비슷한 소리가 나는지Why “person” and “love” sound so much alike
닿다	to reach; to touch	내가 네게 닿았지I reached you
지치다	to get worn out; to grow tired of something	서로 지쳐버렸네We've worn each other out
지겹다	to be sick of; to be fed up with	지겨워 지겨워 졌네It got tiresome, so tiresome
사소하다	to be trivial; petty	사소한 말다툼A petty little argument
무겁다	to be heavy	내가 너보다 무거워졌었던Back when I'd grown heavier than you
내리다	to get off; to step down from something	여기서 내려야 돼I have to get off here
맞추다	to adjust oneself to someone; to fit yourself to another person	모두 너에게 맞추고I shaped everything around you
감당하다	to handle; to bear something	감당할 수 없게 돼It becomes more than I can bear
깨닫다	to realize; to come to understand	이제야 깨달아Only now do I realize
소중하다	to be precious; dear to you	소중한 내 영혼을My precious soul
아름답다	to be beautiful	좀 부족해도 너무 아름다운 걸Even a little lacking, it's still so beautiful
괜찮다	to be okay; to be all right (also used to reassure someone)	괜찮아 우리가 아니어도It's all right, even if it isn't us
하늘	sky	시리도록 푸른 하늘 아래Under a sky so blue it aches
살아있다	to be alive	나 살아있다는 걸That I'm alive
외롭다	to be lonely	외롭지 않은 걸I'm not lonely
걱정	worry; concern	걱정은 접어둔 채With my worries folded away
자유롭다	to be free	난 자유롭네I'm free
신경 쓰다	to mind; to care about something	나는 전혀 신경 쓰지 않네I don't care one bit
욕하다	to badmouth; to trash-talk someone	나를 욕하는 너의 그 이유가Whatever reason you have for trashing me
고민	worrying it over; agonizing about a decision	고민보다는 걍 달리네Rather than agonize over it, I just run
행복하다	to be happy	난 이 순간 행복해I'm happy in this moment
거울	mirror	마주 본다 거울 속 너I look straight at you in the mirror
인정하다	to admit; to acknowledge	솔직히 인정할 건 인정하자Let's be honest and admit what we should
용서하다	to forgive	이제는 나 자신을 용서하자Now let's forgive ourselves
믿다	to believe; to trust someone	미로 속에선 날 믿어When you're lost in the maze, trust me
봄	spring (the season)	겨울이 지나면 다시 봄은 오는 거야Once winter passes, spring comes again