Vocabulary from Psycho (Red Velvet)
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-ㄹ/을까: (used when asking a question to oneself) “shall I…”, “should I…”
이런: (determiner) like this, such [as this], this sort of…
-이라 (contraction of -이다 and -라고): the thing that.., the fact that…
-대 (contraction of -다고 해요): (way of indirectly quoting someone) “[they] say that…”
-인걸 (contraction of -인 것을): (implies protest or regret)
-게: so that, in order to, to allow for, to let
-ㄹ/ㄴ 듯: like, as if, as though
-다가도: (combination of -다가 [expressing that one action occurs after another stops] + -도 [“even though”]) indicates a sudden change of action
-말야 (contraction of 말이야): (1) added for emphasis, i.e. “what I mean is,” “I’m telling you,” “what I’m trying to say is,” etc.; (2) added when one is uncertain, i.e. “if I may say so,” “so to speak,” “as it were,” “that is,” etc.
-지는 않다: (emphasizes a negative fact which may be contrary to one’s expectations)
-게 하다: to make (as in, to influence someone to feel or do something)
-처럼: (indicates a comparison) like, as if
-답다: (turns a word into an adjective; implies that something is “the way that it should be”)
-어/아 보다: (a helping verb that expresses attempting or trying [to experience] something)
-자: (added when suggesting that an action be done together) “Let’s…”
-고 있다: (present progressive tense)
좋다: to be good, nice, fine
심하다: to be severe, harsh, heavy
확실하다: to be sure, certain, positive, confident
별나다: to be strange, peculiar, odd, weird, eccentric
좋아하다: to like, love, be fond of, care for
이상하다: to be strange, unusual, peculiar
부서지다: to destroy, break, shatter
껴안다: to hug, cuddle, embrace, clasp
보다: to see, watch, look, catch sight of
싸우다: to fight, battle, struggle [against]; to argue, quarrel
웃기다: to make someone laugh
어지럽다: to be dizzy, giddy, light-headed; to be chaotic
슬퍼지다: to fall into sadness
만나다: (1) to meet, see, encounter, come across; (2) to date, see someone (romantically)
오다: to come, to arrive; to turn/show up
이러다: to do this, to act in this way
두렵다: to be fearful, afraid, scared, frightened, terrified
다루다: to treat, handle, deal with
달래다: to soothe, calm down, pacify, comfort, coax
매섭다: to be severe, sharp, harsh, fierce, bitter
발로 차다: to kick with one’s foot
놓다: to release, let go of; to lay down, put in place
슬프다: to be sad, mournful, sorrowful
빛나다: to shine, sparkle, twinkle, gleam
느끼다: to feel, experience, sense
맘 (contraction of 마음): heart, feelings; mind; preference
첨 (contraction of 처음): first, forefront
조절: control, adjust, regulate
마찬가지: being exactly the same, identical; alike, likewise, in the same manner
사이: relationship; (literally) gap, space between
이해: understanding, comprehension, grasp
경고: warning, caution (against something)
따위: such things, things like that (typically has a negative connotation)
어쩌면 (conditional form of 어쩌다: accidentally, by chance): how, what; perhaps, maybe, possibly
또: and, also; again, once more
좀: a little, a bit; quite, somewhat
잘: well, skillfully; properly, thoroughly
진짜: really, genuinely, truly
참: really, truly; so, very, extremely
서로: each other, one another; mutually
그리곤 (contraction of 그리고는): and, also, in addition; and then, next; (often used at the beginning of a sentence)
막: (1) just; (2) blindly, carelessly, wildly
원래: originally; naturally, by nature
가끔: sometimes, from time to time, occasionally
어떻게 (adverbial form of 어떻다 [to be in what state]): how
마치: (indicates that a positive comparison is being made) exactly the same, as if, just like
그렇게: in that way, to that extent
온몸으로: with every fiber of one’s body
안돼 (base form: 안 되다): should not, not supposed to be; not need to, not required to
쥐락펴락하다: literally means “to clasp and unclasp one’s hands around something”; an expression meaning: to lead [someone] by the nose; to completely control [someone]; to have [someone] wrapped around one’s finger, in the palm of one’s hand, in one’s pocket, etc.; to keep [someone] on a string
붙어 다니다: to hang out, stick together; from 붙다 (to stick, adhere, cling) + 다니다 (to go somewhere for a purpose, frequent, attend)
이해가 안 가다: literally, “the comprehension isn’t coming in”; means that one can’t see or understand the point of something
맞아 (base form: 맞다): “That’s right.”
좋아 죽다: to like/love something to death (i.e. so much that you feel like you’d die from it); from 좋다 (to like) + 죽다 (to die)
기운 없다: to be in low spirits, feeling down; from 기운 (energy, vigor, vitality) + 없다 (to be lacking)
어쩔 줄 모르다: to not know what to do; from 어쩌다 (accidentally, by chance, somehow) + -ㄹ/를 줄 모르다 (indicates that one doesn’t know how to do an action)
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