day 66humiliation and heartache

humiliation and heartache

Understand the old-fashioned exclamation -는구려 (세월이 참 빠르구려) in novels and dramas, and talk about humiliation, resentment and heartache: 모욕, 배신, 분하다, 비참하다, 상심, 북받치다, 가슴이 미어지다.

today’s words

• 모욕 moyok · insult, humiliation
• 몰입 morip · immersion, absorption
• 못마땅하다 monmattanghada · displeased, disapproving
• 묘미 myomi · the real charm, the fun (of something)
• 묘하다 myohada · strange, odd; subtle
• 무기력 mugiryeok · apathy, lethargy
• 무료하다 muryohada · dull, boring (with nothing to do)
• 미어지다 mieojida · be heartbroken; burst at the seams
• 민망하다 minmanghada · embarrassing, awkward
• 반감 bangam · antipathy, resentment
• 배신 baesin · betrayal
• 북돋다 bukdotda · encourage, boost
• 북돋우다 bukdoduda · encourage, boost (full form)
• 북받치다 bukbatchida · well up, surge (a feeling)
• 분하다 bunhada · bitter, galling (at an injustice)
• 불안정 buranjeong · instability
• 비웃음 biuseum · sneer, ridicule
• 비위 biwi · (비위가 약하다) squeamish; (비위를 맞추다) humour
• 비참하다 bichamhada · miserable, wretched
• 사로잡히다 sarojapida · be gripped (by a feeling); be captured
• 상심 sangsim · grief, heartache
• 새삼스럽다 saesamseureopda · new all over again; out of the blue

sentences

• 그는 많은 사람 앞에서 모욕을 당했다. · He was insulted in front of a lot of people.
• 배우들은 감정 몰입을 위해 촬영 전에 혼자 시간을 보낸다. · Actors spend time alone before filming to get into character.
• (친구에게) 무료한 오후에 책 한 권이라니, 너 제대로 즐길 줄 아는구만. · (to a friend) A book on a dull afternoon: you really know how to enjoy yourself!
• 오랜 실업 끝에 그는 깊은 무기력에 빠졌다. · After a long time out of work, he sank into deep apathy.
• (옛 소설에서 남편이 아내에게) 사람들 앞에서 넘어져서 참 민망하구려. · (in an old novel, a husband to his wife) Falling over in front of everyone: how embarrassing.