BTS · Korean · 40 words

LOVE YOURSELF 承 ‘Her’

Released in September 2017, LOVE YOURSELF 承 ‘Her’ is BTS's fifth mini album and the record that opened the Love Yourself series, catching love at its brightest and most infatuated stage. Around the singles DNA and 고민보다 Go sit the harder-edged MIC Drop and the hidden track 바다 (Sea), where the group looks back at the uncertain years before the success. The vocabulary here mixes everyday verbs of meeting and feeling, the money-and-worry slang of Go Go, and the fate-versus-coincidence words the album's love story is built on.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
우연	coincidence; chance	이 모든 건 우연이 아냐None of this is a coincidence
세상	the world	온 세상이 어제완 달라The whole world is different from yesterday
부르다	to call (someone)	니가 날 불렀을 때When you called me
기다리다	to wait	기다렸던 것처럼As if we'd been waiting for it
움직이다	to move	우주가 우릴 위해 움직였어The universe moved for us
알아보다	to recognize; to spot who someone is	첫눈에 널 알아보게 됐어I recognized you at first sight
깨닫다	to realize; to come to understand	서로의 운명임을 깨달았어We realized we were each other's destiny
만남	a meeting; an encounter (with someone)	우리 만남은 수학의 공식Our meeting is a mathematical formula
운명	fate; destiny	내게 주어진 운명의 증거The proof of the fate I was given
심장	heart (the organ; used for strong emotion)	내 심장은 널 향해 뛰니까Because my heart beats toward you
걷다	to walk	난 하늘 위를 걷네I'm walking on the sky
곁	one's side (the space right next to someone)	니가 내 곁에 있다는 게Just the fact that you're by my side
껴안다	to hug; to hold in one's arms	날 꽉 껴안아Hold me tight
잊다	to forget	잊지 않아줬으면 해I hope you won't forget
나타나다	to appear; to show up	웃으면 나타나They appear when you smile
웃다	to smile; to laugh	웃을 때면 어질어질해Whenever you smile it makes me dizzy
거짓말하다	to lie; to tell a lie	거짓말하지마Don't lie to me
빠지다	to fall into; to sink into (also: to fall for someone)	빠져 죽고 싶어I want to sink in and drown
그만하다	to stop; to quit doing something	그만해Stop it
위험하다	to be dangerous	위험해It's dangerous
따뜻하다	to be warm	따뜻해It's warm
용서하다	to forgive	용서해줄래Will you forgive me?
수저	spoon and chopsticks; in slang, the wealth you're born into (금수저 “gold spoon”, 흙수저 “dirt spoon”)	누가 내 수저 더럽대Who says my spoon is dirty?
잡다	to grab; to hold	마이크 잡음Once I grab the mic
망하다	to fail; to flop; to go under	망할 거 같았겠지만You probably thought we'd flop
배가 아프다	to be jealous of someone's success (literally “one's stomach hurts”)	배가 아프다면If it makes you jealous
고민	worrying over a decision; agonizing about what to do	오늘만은 고민보단 Go해버려Just for today, stop agonizing and go
달리다	to run	달려 달려 내가 벌어Run, run, I earn it myself
벌다	to earn (money)	열일 해서 번 나의 payThe pay I earned working hard
돈	money	돈은 없지만 떠나고 싶어I've got no money, but I want to get away
걱정	worry; anxiety about something	걱정만 하기엔 우린 꽤 젊어We're way too young to just sit around worrying
사람	person; people	나도 그냥 그런 사람들 중 하나였어I was just one of those people too
믿다	to believe; to trust	진짜 사랑인지 믿지도 않으면서Without even believing it was real love
습관	a habit	습관처럼 사랑하고 싶다I want to love the way you keep a habit
헷갈리다	to be confused; to get mixed up	나도 헷갈려Even I'm confused
바다	the sea; the ocean	바다에 왔네We've made it to the sea
목이 마르다	to be thirsty	목이 말라My throat is dry
파도	a wave (of the sea)	파도를 느끼고I feel the waves
불안하다	to be anxious; to feel uneasy	불안하더라도Even if I feel uneasy
살아남다	to survive; to make it through	살아남기를 빌어I pray that we survive