day 69confidence & pride

confidence & pride

Talk about confidence, pride, willpower and saving face, and ask “what for? you’re going to …?” with -게?

today’s words

• 쑥스럽다 ssukseureopda · bashful, sheepish
• 양심 yangsim · conscience
• 어려워하다 eoryeowohada · feel uneasy with; find hard
• 어색하다 eosaekada · awkward, uncomfortable
• 열정 yeoljeong · passion, enthusiasm
• 열중 yeoljung · being absorbed (in)
• 욕망 yongmang · desire
• 유혹 yuhok · temptation
• 의욕 uiyok · drive, motivation
• 의지 uiji · will, willpower
• 이성 iseong · reason (vs emotion)
• 인격 ingyeok · character, personality (moral)
• 자극 jageuk · stimulus; a spur, motivation
• 자부심 jabusim · pride (in what you do)
• 자신감 jasingam · self-confidence
• 자존심 jajonsim · pride, self-respect
• 정신적 jeongsinjeok · mental, psychological
• 체면 chemyeon · face, dignity (in others’ eyes)
• 고독 godok · solitude, loneliness
• 그리움 geurium · longing, missing (someone, home)
• 미련 miryeon · lingering attachment, can’t let go

sentences

• 이렇게 늦게 어디 가게? · Where are you off to at this hour?
• 그 많은 음식을 혼자 다 먹게요? · You’re going to eat all that food by yourself?
• 의지가 약해서 케이크의 유혹을 못 이겼어요. · My willpower’s weak: I couldn’t resist the cake.
• 돈에 대한 욕망 때문에 양심을 버리는 사람도 있어요. · Some people throw away their conscience out of greed for money.
• 화가 나도 이성을 잃으면 안 돼요. · Even when you’re angry, you mustn’t lose your head.