BTS · Korean · 34 words
O!RUL8,2?
O!RUL8,2?, released in September 2013, was BTS's first mini album and the middle chapter of their school trilogy. Where the debut asked who they were, this record argues with the adults: the title track N.O rejects a life of studying for someone else's dream, while other tracks answer critics, imagine wealth and fame, or turn a breakup into coffee flavors. The vocabulary here covers school and pressure words, everyday verbs of living and remembering, and the dialect and hometown terms that make 팔도강산 work.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 행복 | happiness | 그런 게 행복일 수 있을까?Could that really be happiness? |
| 어른 | adult; grown-up | 어른이란 걸 쉽게 수긍Easily accepting what being an adult means |
| 공부하다 | to study | 공부하는 한숨 공장A sigh factory that just studies |
| 삶 | life; the way one lives | 쳇바퀴 같은 삶들을 살며Living lives that go in circles like a hamster wheel |
| 갇히다 | to be trapped; to be locked in | 더는 남의 꿈에 갇혀 살지 마Don't live trapped in someone else's dream anymore |
| 나중 | later; some other time | 더는 나중이란 말로 안돼"Later" isn't good enough anymore |
| 지금 | now; right now | 힘든 건 지금뿐이라고They say the hard part is only right now |
| 부럽다 | to be envious; to feel jealous of | 부럽지 hey chaserJealous, aren't you, hey chaser |
| 욕하다 | to talk trash about; to curse at someone | 좀 더 욕해줘Go ahead, talk more trash about me |
| 노력하다 | to make an effort; to try hard | 키보드 워리어, 노력해 좀Keyboard warriors, put in a little effort |
| 실력 | skill; ability (what you can actually do) | 논란되는 실력Skills that stir up controversy |
| 무시하다 | to ignore; to look down on someone | 예전부터 날 무시했던 친구들The friends who used to look down on me |
| 관심 | interest; attention | 모두의 관심대상 1호Everyone's number one object of attention |
| 세상 | the world | 세상을 지배한다면If I ruled the world |
| 가끔 | sometimes; once in a while | 가끔 꿈을 꿔Sometimes I dream about it |
| 이쁘다 | to be pretty (casual form of 예쁘다) | 이쁜 여자들에게 파묻혀Buried in a crowd of pretty girls |
| 가족 | family | 가족과 함께 살 집을 사고파I want to buy a house to live in with my family |
| 음악 | music | 음악이고파What I want is music |
| 그대 | you (poetic, used in songs and love letters) | 그대는 caramel macchiatoYou're a caramel macchiato |
| 만남 | a meeting; the moment two people meet | 우리의 첫 만남은 캬라멜 마끼아또Our first meeting was a caramel macchiato |
| 달콤하다 | to be sweet (in taste or in feeling) | 여전히 내 입가엔 그대 향기 달콤해Your scent is still sweet on my lips |
| 마시다 | to drink | 잘 안 마셔 마끼아또I hardly drink macchiatos anymore |
| 이별 | a breakup; parting | 이별은 쓰디쓴 아메리카노A breakup is a bitter americano |
| 씁쓸하다 | to be bitter (taste, or a bittersweet feeling) | 차갑고 뒷맛은 씁쓸한 게It's cold, and the aftertaste is bitter |
| 기억하다 | to remember | 그 느낌 기억하고 있나요Do you still remember that feeling? |
| 누구 | who | 우리가 누구? 진격의 방탄소년단Who are we? The advancing Bangtan Boys |
| 용감하다 | to be brave; bold | 진격 용감하지?Charging in — pretty brave, right? |
| 자신 | confidence in oneself | 자신 없다면If you haven't got the confidence |
| 쓸어버리다 | to sweep away; to wipe out completely | 다 쓸어버려Sweep it all away |
| 대중 | the public; the general audience | 대중의 함성The roar of the crowd |
| 고향 | hometown | 고향이 대구 아입니꺼My hometown is Daegu, you know |
| 사투리 | regional dialect (any Korean accent outside standard Seoul speech) | 오늘은 사투리 랩으로Today I'll rap in dialect |
| 여러분 | everyone; you all (polite address to a group) | 거시기 여러분 모두Uh, everyone, all of you |
| 신경 쓰다 | to mind; to worry about something | 신경 쓰지 말고Don't pay it any mind |
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