RESCENE · Korean · 33 words
Glow Up
Glow Up is RESCENE's second mini album, released on 5 February 2025, and its five tracks trace a move from breaking out of a timid past into bright, self-assured growth. Fragrance runs through the whole record - the title track's soap note, the Proust-effect scent memories of "In my lotion", the drowsy sweetness of "Cotton Candy" - so the vocabulary here leans heavily on words for scent, light, warmth and emotional flutter. It also collects plenty of ordinary everyday Korean: stretching in the morning, humming a tune, hesitating, hurrying, liking something, and shrugging off a mistake.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 쏟아지다 | to pour down, come flooding down | 거리 위 쏟아지는 어둠darkness pouring down over the street |
| 움츠리다 | to shrink back, hold oneself in | 오랜 시간 움츠린 나에게to me, who held myself back for such a long time |
| 작별 인사 | a farewell, a goodbye greeting | 작별 인사를 건넬 Timingthe timing to offer a goodbye |
| 손짓하다 | to beckon, to wave someone over | 내게 손짓하는 Tomorrowa tomorrow beckoning to me |
| 깨뜨리다 | to break, to smash through | 마침내 깨뜨려 Layerat last I break the layer |
| 낯설다 | unfamiliar, strange | 낯선 바람을 Crash, crashcrash into an unfamiliar wind |
| 길을 잃다 | to lose one's way, to get lost | 길을 잃어 가던 나me, who was losing my way |
| 은은하다 | soft and subtle, faint but lingering | 아주 은은하게 스며가it seeps in ever so softly |
| 들여다보다 | to look inside, to peer into | 들여다봐 거긴 뭐가 있을까look inside - what could be in there? |
| 설렘 | fluttery excitement, butterflies | 설렘만이 가득해it's filled with nothing but excitement |
| 재촉하다 | to hurry someone along, to urge on | 나를 재촉해it hurries me along |
| 발을 떼다 | to take a step, to set off | 멀리 발을 떼고서taking a step out into the distance |
| 반짝이다 | to sparkle, to shine | 네게 더 반짝일래I want to shine even brighter for you |
| 맘에 들다 | to like something, to find it to one's taste | 맘에 들어 Like itI like it, like it |
| 기지개를 켜다 | to stretch (one's body, especially after waking) | 아침이면 기지갤 켜지when morning comes I stretch |
| 홀리다 | to be entranced, to be spellbound | 홀린 듯이 따라와Follow me as if spellbound |
| 싱그럽다 | fresh and lively, crisp | 싱그런 매일매일이every fresh and lively day |
| 서두르다 | to hurry, to rush | 서두를 필요는 없지there's no need to hurry |
| 콧노래를 부르다 | to hum a tune | 콧노랠 부르면when I hum a tune |
| 뭐 어때 | so what?, what's the harm? | 실수하면 뭐 어때so what if I mess up? |
| 두려움 | fear, apprehension | 덜 자란 두려움과with a fear that hadn't fully grown |
| 맞잡다 | to clasp (hands) together | 너와 나 손을 맞잡으면when you and I clasp hands |
| 스며들다 | to soak in, to seep in | 스며든 향기 속inside the scent that had soaked in |
| 속삭이다 | to whisper | 내게 속삭여 a littlewhisper to me a little |
| 눈부시다 | dazzling, radiant | 눈부셨던 장면 위로over that dazzling scene |
| 황홀하다 | enchanting, rapturous | 내 기억 속 넌 황홀해inside my memory you are enchanting |
| 어느덧 | before you know it, at some point | 어느덧 내게 번져 yeahbefore I knew it, it spread to me, yeah |
| 나른하다 | languid, drowsy | 나른해진 Emotionan emotion gone languid |
| 포근하다 | cozy, snug and warm | 포근하게 시린 이불 속inside the cozily chilly blanket |
| 헤매다 | to wander around, to roam | 꿈속을 헤매 여전히still wandering through the dream |
| 망설이다 | to hesitate | 더 망설일 것 없이with nothing left to hesitate over |
| 두근거리다 | to pound, to throb (of the heart) | 두근거려 Make me feelmy heart pounds, make me feel |
| 짜릿하다 | thrilling, electrifying | 짜릿해 지금it's thrilling right now |
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