Heart of Darkness — Page 7

Vocabulary

그를

geu-reul — Him; object form of the third-person pronoun.

여기에

yeo-gi-e — Here; at this place or location.

상상해

sang-sang-hae — Imagine; informal command to picture something mentally.

보라

bo-ra — Look; imperative form urging someone to see.

세상의

se-sang-ui — Of the world; possessive form of 'world'.

맨

maen — Very; bare; used to intensify an extreme point.

끝

kkeut — End; the final point or edge of something.

납빛

nap-bit — Lead-colored; a dull grayish hue like lead.

바다

ba-da — Sea; a large body of saltwater.

연기

yeon-gi — Smoke; visible vapor rising from burning material.

빛

bit — Light; visible illumination or radiance.

하늘

ha-neul — Sky; the expanse of atmosphere above the earth.

뻣뻣한

ppeot-ppeot-han — Stiff; rigid and inflexible in structure or movement.

배

bae — Ship; a large vessel for water transportation.

그리고

geu-ri-go — And; conjunction connecting two clauses or ideas.

물자를

mul-ja-reul — Supplies; materials or goods needed for operations.

싣고

sit-go — Loading; carrying cargo aboard a vessel.

또는

tto-neun — Or; conjunction presenting an alternative option.

명령을

myeong-ryeong-eul — Orders; commands given by an authority figure.

받고

bat-go — Receiving; accepting something given or directed.

아니면

a-ni-myeon — Or else; conjunction indicating another possibility.

뭐든

mwo-deun — Whatever; anything at all without restriction.

간에

ga-ne — Regardless; no matter what the case may be.

이

i — This; demonstrative pronoun indicating something nearby.

강을

gang-eul — River; object form referring to a flowing waterway.

거슬러

geo-seul-leo — Going upstream; moving against a current or flow.

올라가는

ol-la-ga-neun — Ascending; going up or moving upward continuously.

것을

geo-seul — The act of; nominalizer marking a verbal noun object.

모래톱

mo-rae-top — Sandbar; a ridge of sand formed by water currents.

늪지

neup-ji — Swamp; a wetland area with muddy, marshy ground.

숲

sup — Forest; a large area densely covered with trees.

야만인들

ya-man-in-deul — Savages; people considered uncivilized or primitive.

문명인이

mun-myeong-in-i — Civilized person; a cultured, sophisticated individual.

먹기에

meok-gi-e — Suitable for eating; in regard to consuming food.

적합한

jeok-hap-han — Appropriate; suitable or fitting for a purpose.

음식은

eum-si-geun — Food; topic form referring to edible substances.

거의

geo-ui — Almost; hardly; nearly but not quite entirely.

없고

eop-go — There is none; lacking something and continuing.

마실

ma-sil — To drink; referring to something drinkable.

강물뿐

gang-mul-ppun — Only river water; nothing else available to drink.

여기엔

yeo-gi-en — Here; contracted topic form meaning 'as for here'.

포도주도

po-do-ju-do — Wine also; grape-based alcoholic drink, topic-marked.

상륙할

sang-ryuk-hal — To land; to come ashore from a vessel.

수도

su-do — Cannot even; possibility marker with negative emphasis.

없다

eop-da — Does not exist; there is none of something.

황야

hwang-ya — Wilderness; a vast, desolate, uninhabited natural area.

속에

so-ge — Inside; within a space or environment.

드문드문

deu-mun-deu-mun — Scattered; sparsely distributed here and there.

사라진

sa-ra-jin — Disappeared; having vanished or faded from sight.

군사

gun-sa — Military; relating to soldiers or armed forces.

야영지

ya-yeong-ji — Campsite; a temporary outdoor military encampment.

마치

ma-chi — Just like; as if; used to introduce a comparison.

건초

geon-cho — Hay; dried grass used as animal fodder.

더미

deo-mi — Pile; a heap or stack of accumulated objects.

바늘처럼

ba-neul-cheo-reom — Like a needle; small and hard to find.

추위

chu-wi — Cold; the sensation or condition of low temperature.

안개

an-gae — Fog; thick mist reducing visibility in the air.

폭풍

pok-pung — Storm; a violent weather event with strong winds.

질병

jil-byeong — Disease; a serious illness affecting the body.

유배

yu-bae — Exile; forced banishment from one's home country.

죽음

ju-geum — Death; the end of life or biological existence.

공기

gong-gi — Air; the invisible gaseous mixture surrounding Earth.

물속에

mul-so-ge — In the water; within a body of liquid.

덤불

deom-bul — Thicket; dense, tangled bushes or undergrowth.

도사린

do-sa-rin — Lurking; coiled and waiting in a hidden place.

죽어

ju-geo — Dying; the act of ceasing to live.

갔을

ga-sseul — Would have gone; past supposition of departing.

것이다

geo-si-da — It is the case that; assertive sentence ending.

오

o — Oh; exclamation expressing surprise or emphasis.

그렇다

geu-reo-ta — Yes; that is so; affirming a statement.

그는

geu-neun — He; topic form of the third-person male pronoun.

해냈다

hae-naet-da — Accomplished it; successfully managed to do something.

아마도

a-ma-do — Probably; expressing a reasonable degree of likelihood.

아주

a-ju — Very; quite; an adverb intensifying a quality.

잘

jal — Well; in a good or skillful manner.

해냈을

hae-naet-seul — Would have accomplished; past conjecture of success.

것이다

geo-si-da — It is the case; assertive concluding sentence ending.

의심할

ui-sim-hal — To doubt; to question the certainty of something.

여지

yeo-ji — Room; margin; space left for doubt or possibility.

없이

eop-si — Without; lacking something entirely in a situation.

그다지

geu-da-ji — Not so much; not particularly; expressing mild negation.

깊이

gi-pi — Deeply; profoundly; to a great depth or degree.

생각하지도

saeng-gak-ha-ji-do — Not even thinking; without even considering something.

않고

an-ko — Without doing; negating an action and continuing.

다만

da-man — Only; merely; used to limit or qualify a statement.

나중에

na-jung-e — Later; at a future point in time.

자신이

ja-si-ni — Oneself; reflexive pronoun referring to the subject.

겪어

gyeo-keo — Having experienced; going through hardship or events.

온

on — Having come; arrived; past modifier form of 오다.

것들을

geot-deul-eul — Things; plural object form of nominalizer 것.

자랑하기

ja-rang-ha-gi — Boasting; bragging about one's own achievements.

제외하고는

je-oe-ha-go-neun — Except for; excluding a particular case or reason.

어둠과

eo-dum-gwa — Darkness and; the absence of light, with conjunction.

맞설

mat-seol — To confront; to face something directly and bravely.

만큼

man-keum — As much as; to the degree or extent of.

충분히

chung-bun-hi — Sufficiently; adequately; enough to meet requirements.

사내다운

sa-nae-da-un — Manly; befitting a brave or masculine person.

사람들이었다

sa-ram-deul-i-eot-da — They were people; past tense plural identification.

좋은

jo-eun — Good; positive quality describing a noun.

친구들이

chin-gu-deul-i — Friends; plural subject form of the word friend.

있고

it-go — Having; there are, and continuing to next clause.

끔찍한

kkeum-jjik-han — Dreadful; horrible; extremely unpleasant or horrifying.

기후를

gi-hu-reul — Climate; the long-term weather conditions of a region.

견뎌

gyeon-dyeo — Enduring; bearing hardship or difficulty persistently.

낸다면

naen-da-myeon — If one manages to endure; conditional success form.

머지않아

meo-ji-a-na — Before long; soon; in the not-too-distant future.

함대로

ham-dae-ro — To the fleet; directional form of the word fleet.

승진할

seung-jin-hal — To be promoted; to advance in rank or position.

기회를

gi-hoe-reul — Opportunity; a favorable chance to achieve something.

바라보며

ba-ra-bo-myeo — While gazing at; looking toward something hopefully.

힘을

him-eul — Strength; energy or power as a direct object.

얻었을

eo-deot-seul — Would have gained; past conjecture of obtaining.

걸친

geol-chin — Wearing; draped over the body as clothing.

점잖은

jeom-jan-eun — Decent; respectable and well-mannered in behavior.

젊은

jeol-meun — Young; being in an early stage of life.

시민을

si-min-eul — Citizen; a member of a state or community.

생각해

saeng-gak-hae — Think of; imagine; informal form of 생각하다.

주사위

ju-sa-wi — Dice; a small cube used in gambling games.

놀음을

no-reum-eul — Gambling; game playing as a direct object.

너무

neo-mu — Too much; excessively beyond a desirable amount.

많이

man-i — A lot; in large quantity or degree.

했겠지

haet-get-ji — Must have done; speculative past tense conjecture.

어떤

eo-tteon — Some; a certain; used before an unspecified noun.

장관이나

jang-gwan-i-na — A minister or official; high-ranking government figure.

세리

se-ri — Tax collector; one who collects taxes or duties.

심지어

sim-ji-eo — Even; going so far as to include an extreme case.

상인의

sang-in-ui — Merchant's; belonging to a trader or businessman.

일행으로

il-haeng-eu-ro — As part of a party; traveling as a group member.

이곳에

i-go-se — To this place; here; locative of a near location.

와서

wa-seo — Having come; arriving and then doing something next.

자신의

ja-si-nui — One's own; possessive reflexive pronoun modifier.

운을

un-eul — Fortune; luck as a direct object to be changed.

회복하려는

hoe-bok-ha-ryeo-neun — Intending to recover; trying to restore one's fortune.