TWICE · Korean · 30 words

Summer Nights & The year of "YES"

The new tracks from TWICE's two 2018 repackages. "Dance The Night Away" is a beach at midnight, "CHILLAX" refuses to do anything today, "Shot thru the heart" is a cold shoulder, and "올해 제일 잘한 일" and "Be as ONE" close the year in gratitude. Vocabulary for summer, rest, and looking back.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
축제	a festival	오늘 밤 바닷가에서 축제가 열려요.There's a festival on the beach tonight.
파도	a wave (of the sea)	파도 소리를 틀어 놓고 춤을 춰요.We put on the sound of waves and dance.
짭짤하다	to be salty	바닷가 공기가 짭짤해요.The air by the sea is salty.
달빛	moonlight	달빛 아래에서 같이 놀아요.Let's play together under the moonlight.
피곤하다	to be tired, to be worn out	오늘은 정말 피곤해요.I'm really tired today.
집순이	a homebody, a girl who likes staying in	다들 제가 집순이인 줄 알아요.Everyone thinks I'm a homebody.
수다	chatting, gossiping	친구들이랑 수다 떨다가 밤을 새웠어요.I stayed up all night chatting with my friends.
충전	charging, recharging	지치기 전에 충전이 필요해요.I need to recharge before I burn out.
미루다	to put off, to postpone	복잡한 생각은 내일로 미룰래요.I'll put the complicated thoughts off until tomorrow.
게으르다	to be lazy	오늘 하루만 게을러져 볼래요.Just for today I'm going to be lazy.
인생	life, one's life	아빠가 인생은 즐기는 거라고 했어요.My dad said life is meant to be enjoyed.
얼음	ice	네 마음이 얼음처럼 차가워요.Your heart is as cold as ice.
뜨겁다	to be hot	너 때문에 마음이 뜨거워져요.You're making my heart run hot.
확실하다	to be certain, to be definite	제 마음은 확실한데 네 마음은 모르겠어요.I'm sure of my feelings, but not of yours.
모른 체하다	to pretend not to know, to act oblivious	왜 너만 저를 모른 체해요?Why are you the only one acting like you don't know me?
맞추다	to match, to meet (eyes)	눈을 맞추면 모두 돌아봐요.When our eyes meet, everyone turns to look.
사르르	softly melting away, gently dissolving	제가 사르르 녹여 줄게요.I'll melt it away for you.
쌓이다	to pile up, to accumulate	우리 추억이 눈처럼 쌓여요.Our memories pile up like snow.
남겨두다	to leave behind, to save for later	너를 위해 남겨둔 말이 많아요.There's a lot I've saved up to say to you.
놀리다	to tease, to make fun of	친구들이 하루 종일 저를 놀려요.My friends tease me all day long.
변하다	to change, to turn into something else	우리 이대로 변하지 않았으면 좋겠어요.I hope we stay just like this and never change.
의미	meaning, significance	올해 있었던 일들의 의미를 떠올려 봐요.I think back on what this year's events meant.
영원히	forever, eternally	이대로 둘이 영원히 있고 싶어요.I want the two of us to stay like this forever.
왠지	somehow, for some reason	왠지 사랑에 빠진 것 같아요.Somehow I think I've fallen in love.
달래다	to soothe, to comfort	어린아이 마음을 달래듯 안아 줬어요.You held me the way you'd soothe a child.
따스하다	to be warm, to be gently warming	따스하게 저를 안아 줬어요.You held me warmly.
피다	to bloom, to blossom	봄이 되면 꽃이 예쁘게 피어요.When spring comes the flowers bloom beautifully.
밝히다	to light up, to illuminate	우리를 밝혀 줄 별 하나가 있어요.There's one star that will light our way.
아낌없이	unsparingly, without holding back	아낌없이 다 주고 싶어요.I want to give you everything, holding nothing back.
간직하다	to keep, to treasure something inside	우리 시간을 마음에 간직할게요.I'll treasure our time together in my heart.