CORTIS · Korean · 16 words
COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES
COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES (2025) is CORTIS's debut EP, written and produced largely by the five members themselves. Its Korean lines are about making tracks in the studio through the night, thrifting clothes around Dongmyo and Hongdae, and escaping the practice building for a late-night drive. The vocabulary is casual and concrete: the workroom, the exchange rate, stubbornness, being shut in and running away.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 필요 없다 | to be unnecessary; to have no need for | 허락은 필요 없어, 그냥 시작하자.We don't need permission. Let's just start. |
| 초록색 | green (the color) | 초록색 불이 켜지면 바로 출발하자.Let's set off as soon as the green light comes on. |
| 작업실 | studio, workroom | 우리는 주말에도 작업실에서 곡을 만들어요.We make songs in the studio even on weekends. |
| 대낮 | broad daylight, the middle of the day | 조명을 다 켜니까 방이 대낮처럼 밝아요.With all the lights on, the room is as bright as broad daylight. |
| 특이하다 | to be unusual, to stand out as different | 그 친구는 학생 때도 취향이 좀 특이했어요.Even as a student, that friend had rather unusual taste. |
| 고집 | stubbornness, insistence on one's own way | 누가 뭐라 해도 제 고집은 안 꺾어요.No matter what anyone says, I don't give up my stubborn streak. |
| 찜하다 | to save to a wishlist, to call dibs on (colloquial) | 마음에 드는 재킷을 일단 찜해 뒀어요.I've saved a jacket I like to my wishlist for now. |
| 환율 | exchange rate | 요즘 환율이 높아서 해외 쇼핑이 부담돼요.The exchange rate is high these days, so shopping from overseas is a stretch. |
| 첫눈에 | at first sight | 이 신발은 첫눈에 마음에 들었어요.I liked these shoes at first sight. |
| 체력 | stamina, physical strength | 하루 종일 시장을 구경하려면 체력이 좋아야 해요.You need good stamina to browse the market all day. |
| 갇히다 | to be trapped, to be shut in | 어제는 하루 종일 연습실에 갇혀 있었어요.Yesterday I was shut in the practice room all day. |
| 창백하다 | to be pale | 잠을 못 자서 얼굴이 창백해요.I couldn't sleep, so my face is pale. |
| 도망가다 | to run away, to escape | 가끔은 다 두고 멀리 도망가고 싶어요.Sometimes I want to leave everything behind and run far away. |
| 벗어나다 | to get out of, to break free from | 주말에는 도시를 벗어나서 바다에 가요.On weekends I get out of the city and go to the sea. |
| 얼른 | quickly, right away | 늦었으니까 얼른 차에 타!We're late, so hurry up and get in the car! |
| 가로지르다 | to cut across, to cross | 우리는 한밤중에 시내를 가로질러 달렸어요.We drove across downtown in the middle of the night. |
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