day 57feeling low

feeling low

Talk about feeling low, disappointed or guilty, and gently correct or comfort someone with -는걸(요).

today’s words

• 서글프다 seogeulpeuda · sad, sorrowful (quietly)
• 허전하다 heojeonhada · empty, hollow (missing someone)
• 메다 meda · choke up (목이 메다)
• 엉엉 eongeong · (cry) loudly, sobbing
• 낙심 naksim · discouragement, losing heart
• 좌절 jwajeol · frustration, a setback
• 체념 chenyeom · giving up (hope), resignation
• 상실 sangsil · loss
• 실망스럽다 silmangseureopda · disappointing
• 비관 bigwan · pessimism
• 비관적 bigwanjeok · pessimistic
• 열등감 yeoldeunggam · inferiority complex, feeling inferior
• 콤플렉스 kompeullekseu · complex, hang-up
• 죄책감 joechaekgam · (a sense of) guilt
• 헛되다 heotdoeda · vain, futile, for nothing
• 원망 wonmang · blame, resentment
• 언짢다 eonjjanta · displeased, upset
• 회의 hoeui · doubt, scepticism (회의를 느끼다)
• 단조롭다 danjoropda · monotonous, dull
• 시시하다 sisihada · dull, boring, trivial

sentences

• ‘청년 10명 중 4명, 취업 과정에서 좌절 겪다’ · ‘Four in ten young people face setbacks while job-hunting’ (a headline)
• 친한 친구들이 모두 고향으로 떠나서 마음이 허전해요. · All my close friends have gone back home, and I feel empty.
• 가을이 되면 왠지 서글픈 기분이 들어요. · When autumn comes, I somehow feel a little sad.
• 그는 시험에 또 떨어졌지만 체념하지 않고 다시 도전했다. · He failed the exam again, but he didn’t give up and tried once more.
• 가족을 잃은 상실의 아픔은 쉽게 사라지지 않는다. · The pain of losing family does not go away easily.