Bleak House — Page 1

Vocabulary

황량한

hwangnyanghan — Desolate, barren, bleak and empty landscape

집

jip — House, home, building where people live

저자

jeoja — Author, writer of a book or text

목차

mokcha — Table of contents listing chapters or sections

서문

seomun — Preface or introduction written before main text

유행

yuhaeng — Fashion, trend, something currently popular

속에서

sog-eseo — Inside, within, amid something

여정

yeojeong — Journey, trip, course of travel

자선

jaseon — Charity, philanthropic giving to help others

아침의

achim-ui — Of the morning, belonging to morning time

모험

moheom — Adventure, risky or exciting undertaking

완전히

wanjeonhi — Completely, entirely, thoroughly without exception

집처럼

jipcheoреom — Like home, resembling a house or home

유령의

yuryeong-ui — Of a ghost, ghostly, belonging to a specter

산책로

sanchaeknо — Promenade, walking path or pedestrian walkway

수많은

sumaneun — Numerous, countless, very many in number

죄를

joereul — Sin, crime, wrongdoing (object marker attached)

덮으며

deopeumyeo — Covering, concealing while doing something else

징표와

jingpyowa — Sign, token, symbol and (conjunction attached)

표시

pyosi — Mark, sign, indication or symbol showing something

법률

beomnyul — Law, legal statute or body of laws

문서

munseo — Document, written official paper or record

우리의

uri-ui — Our, belonging to us (possessive form)

사랑하는

saranghaneun — Beloved, dear, loving or cherished person

형제

hyeongje — Brothers, male siblings or fraternal companions

감시

gamsi — Surveillance, monitoring or watching over someone

중에

junge — During, among, in the middle of something

이야기

iyagi — Story, tale, narrative or conversation

처신

cheosin — Conduct, behavior, how one carries oneself

빈민가

binminga — Slum, impoverished neighborhood with poor living conditions

부인

buin — Lady, wife, or respectful title for married woman

나아가며

naagamyeo — Moving forward, progressing while continuing onward

새로운

saeroun — New, fresh, novel or previously unknown

하숙인

hasugin — Lodger, boarder who rents a room

가족

gajok — Family, group of related people living together

씨

ssi — Mr./Ms., honorific title used with names

항소

hangso — Appeal, legal petition to a higher court

사건

sageon — Case, incident, legal matter or event

부인이

buin-i — Lady, wife (subject marker attached)

모든

modeun — Every, all, each without exception

것을

geoseul — Thing, matter, object (object marker attached)

보다

boda — To see, to look at or observe something

한

han — One, a single unit or one particular item

명

myeong — Counter for people, used when counting persons

이상의

isang-ui — More than, exceeding a certain number or amount

노병

nobyeong — Old soldier, veteran who served long ago

주인

juin — Owner, master, proprietor of a place or thing

젊은

jeolmeun — Young, youthful, in early stage of life

남자

namja — Man, male person or young adult male

간호사와

ganhosawa — Nurse and (conjunction), medical caregiver

환자

hwanja — Patient, sick person receiving medical treatment

정해진

jeonghaeji — Set, fixed, predetermined or established in advance

시간

sigan — Time, hour, a period or moment in time

침입자들

chimipjadeul — Intruders, trespassers who enter without permission

회전

hoejeon — Rotation, turning, revolving around an axis

투쟁

tujaeng — Struggle, fight, fierce conflict or battle

변호사와

byeonhosawa — Lawyer and (conjunction), legal defense attorney

의뢰인

uiroein — Client, person who employs a lawyer or professional

국가와

gukgawa — Nation and (conjunction), country or state

가정

gajeong — Home, household, family unit or domestic setting

방에서

bang-eseo — In the room, inside a room or chamber

사무실에서

samusil-eseo — In the office, inside a workplace office setting

편지와

pyeonjiswa — Letter and (conjunction), written correspondence

답장

dapjang — Reply letter, written response to a message

그를

geureul — Him, that person (object marker attached)

막아라

magara — Stop him, block or prevent imperative command

유언

yueon — Will, last testament, dying words or bequest

포위망이

porimang-i — The net of encirclement (subject marker attached)

좁혀지다

jobhyeojida — To narrow, to close in, to tighten around something

성실한

seongssilhan — Sincere, faithful, diligent and trustworthy in character

우정

ujeong — Friendship, bond of affection between friends

깨달음을

kkaedareumeul — Enlightenment, realization, insight (object marker attached)

얻다

eotda — To gain, to obtain or acquire something

완고함

wangоham — Stubbornness, obstinacy, rigid refusal to change

추적

chujeok — Pursuit, tracking, chasing after someone or something

지뢰를

jiröereul — The mine, explosive device (object marker attached)

터뜨리다

teoddeureuda — To detonate, to explode or burst something open

도주

doju — Escape, flight, fleeing from pursuit or captivity

추격

chugyeok — Chase, hot pursuit of a fleeing person

겨울의

gyeoul-ui — Of winter, belonging to the winter season

낮과

natgwa — Day and (conjunction), daytime hours

밤

bam — Night, nighttime, the dark hours of day

전망

jeonmang — Prospect, outlook, view of future possibilities

발견

balgyeon — Discovery, finding something previously unknown

또

tto — Again, also, another, once more

다른

dareun — Different, another, other than the current one

강철과

gangcheolgwa — Steel and (conjunction), hard iron alloy metal

쇠

soe — Iron, metal, or iron-made object

세상을

sesang-eul — The world (object marker), life in society

시작하며

sijakhamyeo — Beginning, starting while doing something simultaneously