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INVU, Part 1

INVU (2022) is TAEYEON's third full album, and its title track is about loving someone who gives far less back, to the point of envying how untouched they are. This first half runs from that one-sided love through a quiet night of missing someone, a relationship growing cold, and a grown-up who still half-believes in fairy tales. The words cover effort and exhaustion, small everyday objects and habits, and the vocabulary of things cooling, wilting and leaving a mark.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
익숙하다	to be used to, to be familiar	혼자 밥 먹는 건 이제 익숙해요.I'm used to eating alone now.
아끼다	to hold back, to use sparingly; to cherish	좋아한다는 말을 아끼지 마세요.Don't hold back on saying you like someone.
주저앉다	to sink down, to collapse to the floor	소식을 듣고 그 자리에 주저앉았어요.When I heard the news, I sank down right there.
애쓰다	to make an effort, to try hard	괜찮은 척하려고 애쓰고 있어요.I'm trying hard to act like I'm okay.
서툴다	to be clumsy, to be unskilled	저는 감정 표현이 아직 서툴러요.I'm still clumsy at expressing my feelings.
아물다	to heal over, to close up	상처가 아물 때까지 시간이 걸려요.It takes time for a wound to heal.
잔소리	nagging	엄마 잔소리가 가끔은 그리워요.Sometimes I miss my mom's nagging.
서두르다	to hurry, to rush	시간 많으니까 서두르지 마세요.We have plenty of time, so don't rush.
사소하다	to be trivial, to be minor	사소한 일로 친구랑 싸웠어요.I fought with my friend over something trivial.
주머니	pocket	추워서 손을 주머니에 넣었어요.It was cold, so I put my hands in my pockets.
어색하다	to be awkward	오랜만에 만나서 조금 어색했어요.It was a little awkward since we hadn't met in a long time.
거짓말	lie	괜찮다는 말은 거짓말이었어요.Saying I was fine was a lie.
쌓이다	to pile up	요즘 할 일이 너무 많이 쌓였어요.So much work has piled up these days.
달아나다	to run away, to escape	문제가 생기면 달아나고 싶어져요.When a problem comes up, I feel like running away.
멀어지다	to grow distant, to drift apart	이사한 뒤로 친구들과 멀어졌어요.I've drifted apart from my friends since I moved.
데우다	to warm up, to heat	식은 국을 다시 데워 먹었어요.I reheated the soup that had gone cold and ate it.
믿다	to believe, to trust	저는 아직도 그 약속을 믿어요.I still believe in that promise.
지겹다	to be tedious, to be sick of	매일 같은 일만 해서 지겨워요.I do the same thing every day, so I'm sick of it.
망가지다	to break, to get ruined	아끼던 시계가 망가져서 속상해요.I'm upset because the watch I treasured broke.
어른	adult, grown-up	어른이 되면 다 쉬울 줄 알았어요.I thought everything would be easy once I became an adult.
호기심	curiosity	아이들은 호기심이 정말 많아요.Children are really full of curiosity.
솔직하다	to be honest, to be frank	솔직하게 말하면 조금 서운했어요.To be honest, I was a little hurt.
계획	plan	주말에 특별한 계획 있어요?Do you have any special plans for the weekend?
무모하다	to be reckless	준비 없이 떠나는 건 무모해요.Leaving without any preparation is reckless.
갈증	thirst	운동하고 나니까 갈증이 나요.I'm thirsty after working out.
위험하다	to be dangerous	밤에 혼자 걷는 건 위험해요.Walking alone at night is dangerous.
가두다	to lock up, to confine	자신을 방 안에만 가두지 마세요.Don't shut yourself up in your room.
한숨	sigh	그는 대답 대신 한숨을 쉬었어요.He sighed instead of answering.
갇히다	to be trapped, to be stuck	엘리베이터에 십 분 동안 갇혀 있었어요.I was stuck in the elevator for ten minutes.
시들다	to wilt, to wither	물을 안 줘서 꽃이 다 시들었어요.I didn't water the flowers, so they all wilted.
흔적	trace, mark	방에는 그 사람의 흔적이 남아 있어요.Traces of that person are still left in the room.
지루하다	to be boring, to be dull	영화가 너무 길어서 지루했어요.The movie was so long that it was boring.
감정	emotion, feeling	감정을 숨기는 게 습관이 됐어요.Hiding my emotions has become a habit.

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