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조각집

조각집 (Pieces, 2021) is a five-track EP that gathers scattered songs into one short release, and every track is sung entirely in Korean. The words lean gentle and a little old-fashioned: 러브레터 is written in the courtly -오 style of address. Good vocabulary for weather, waiting, letters, and missing someone far away.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
휘청거리다	to sway unsteadily, to be knocked off balance	짐이 무거워서 몸이 휘청거렸어요.The luggage was so heavy I swayed off balance.
급격하다	to be sudden, to be sharp as a change	기온이 급격하게 떨어졌어요.The temperature dropped sharply.
평범하다	to be ordinary, to be unremarkable	저는 아주 평범한 하루를 보냈어요.I had a perfectly ordinary day.
기회	a chance, an opportunity	좋은 기회를 놓치고 싶지 않아요.I don't want to miss a good opportunity.
정거장	a stop, a station	두 정거장만 더 가면 돼요.We only need to go two more stops.
무심하다	to be indifferent, to be offhand about something	무심하게 던진 말이 상처가 됐어요.A word thrown out offhandedly ended up hurting.
빗줄기	streaks of falling rain	빗줄기가 점점 굵어졌어요.The rain came down harder and harder.
황혼	dusk, twilight	황혼이 질 무렵 산책을 했어요.I went for a walk around dusk.
번지다	to spread, to bleed as ink or colour	잉크가 종이에 번져 버렸어요.The ink bled across the paper.
실컷	to one's heart's content, as much as one wants	주말에 실컷 자고 싶어요.I want to sleep as much as I want at the weekend.
우체통	a postbox	편지를 우체통에 넣고 왔어요.I put the letter in the postbox on my way.
밑줄	an underline	중요한 문장에 밑줄을 그었어요.I underlined the important sentences.
혼잣말	talking to oneself, a muttered remark	저도 모르게 혼잣말을 했어요.I found myself talking to myself.
줄곧	all along, the whole time	아침부터 줄곧 비가 왔어요.It rained nonstop from the morning on.
새삼	anew, all over again after a while	사진을 보니 새삼 그때가 생각나요.Looking at the photos brings that time back all over again.
아득하다	to be far off, to be distant and hazy	정상까지는 아직 아득해요.The summit is still a long way off.
애달프다	to be heartrending, to be poignantly sad	사연이 너무 애달파서 울었어요.The story was so heartrending that I cried.
새카맣다	to be pitch black	오늘 밤하늘은 유난히 새카매요.The night sky is unusually pitch black tonight.
유일하다	to be the only one of its kind	그게 유일한 방법이었어요.That was the only way.
속눈썹	eyelashes	속눈썹이 길어서 부러워요.I envy how long your eyelashes are.
이따금	now and then, occasionally	이따금 옛날 노래를 들어요.Now and then I listen to old songs.
형편없다	to be terrible, to be hopeless at something	제 요리 솜씨는 형편없어요.My cooking skills are terrible.
휘파람	a whistle made with the lips	기분이 좋아서 휘파람을 불었어요.I whistled because I was in a good mood.