day 53fit and short of breath

fit and short of breath

Use the casual exclamation -는구만 (so …!) with people close to you, and talk about fitness and the body’s limits: 폐활량, 유연성, 경련, 경직, 탄력, 컨디션, 창백하다.

today’s words

• 왜소하다 waesohada · small, slightly built
• 우뇌 unoe · right (side of the) brain
• 유연성 yuyeonseong · flexibility
• 전신 jeonsin · the whole body, full-length
• 좌뇌 jwanoe · left (side of the) brain
• 찌뿌드드하다 jjippudeudeuhada · stiff, out of sorts
• 창백하다 changbaekada · pale
• 척추 cheokchu · spine
• 체내 chenae · inside the body
• 컨디션 keondisyeon · condition, form (how you feel)
• 콧날 konnal · bridge of the nose
• 탄력 tallyeok · elasticity; momentum
• 트림 teurim · burp
• 폐활량 pyehwallyang · lung capacity
• 하반신 habansin · lower body, the legs
• 항문 hangmun · anus
• 허기 heogi · hunger (허기가 지다)
• 허파 heopa · lung(s) (everyday word)
• 활력 hwallyeok · vitality, energy
• 격리 gyeongni · isolation, quarantine
• 결핍 gyeolpip · deficiency, lack
• 경련 gyeongnyeon · cramp, spasm, convulsion
• 경직 gyeongjik · stiffness, rigidity

sentences

• 그는 팔과 다리가 가냘파 보이고 체격은 왜소하지만 힘이 아주 세다. · His arms and legs look slender and he is slightly built, but he is very strong.
• 좌뇌와 우뇌는 각기 다른 일을 주로 맡는다고 알려져 있다. · The left and right brain are said to handle different tasks.
• 요가는 유연성을 기르는 데 도움이 된다. · Yoga helps you build flexibility.
• 전신 거울 앞에서 보니 자세가 많이 좋아졌구만. · Looking in the full-length mirror, your posture has really improved!
• 비가 오려는지 온몸이 찌뿌드드하구만. · My whole body feels stiff: it must be going to rain.