The King in Yellow — Page 5

Vocabulary

미소를

mi-so-reul — Smile (object form); a gentle facial expression

지으며

ji-eu-myeo — While making/forming (an expression or smile)

실수에

sil-su-e — Mistake, error; an unintentional wrong action

대해

dae-hae — Regarding, about; concerning a topic or subject

반드시

ban-deu-si — Certainly, without fail; expressing strong determination

복수하겠다고

bok-su-ha-get-da-go — Said would take revenge; vowing retaliation for a wrong

크게

keu-ge — Loudly, greatly; in a big or pronounced manner

웃으며

us-eu-myeo — While laughing or smiling; simultaneous action of laughing

가끔

ga-kkeum — Sometimes, occasionally; not frequently but at intervals

들러

deul-leo — Stop by, drop in; visit briefly on the way somewhere

달라고

dal-la-go — Asking someone to do something; indirect request marker

부탁했다

bu-tak-haet-da — Requested, asked a favor; politely asked someone for something

그렇게

geu-reo-ke — Like that, in that way; referring to a previously mentioned manner

빚을

bit-eul — Debt (object form); money or favor owed to another

갚을

gap-eul — To repay (modifier form); returning what is owed

기회를

gi-hoe-reul — Opportunity (object form); a favorable moment or chance

바랐지만

ba-rat-ji-man — Hoped but; wished for something that did not happen

그런

geu-reon — Such, that kind of; modifier referring to previously mentioned thing

기다리겠다고

gi-da-ri-get-da-go — Said would wait; expressing intention to wait patiently

말에서

mal-e-seo — From a horse; location/source marker attached to 'horse'

떨어진

tteo-reo-jin — Fallen, dropped; past modifier form of 'to fall'

다행히도

da-haeng-hi-do — Fortunately, luckily; expressing relief at a good outcome

나쁜

na-ppeun — Bad, poor; modifier form of negative quality adjective

결과를

gyeol-gwa-reul — Result, outcome (object form); consequence of an action

남기지

nam-gi-ji — Not leave behind; negative base of 'to leave/leave behind'

오히려

o-hi-ryeo — On the contrary, rather; expressing an unexpected opposite result

성격

seong-gyeok — Personality, character; the nature or disposition of a person

전체를

jeon-che-reul — Entire, whole (object form); totality of something

더

deo — More; comparative adverb indicating greater degree

좋은

jo-eun — Good, fine; modifier form of positive quality adjective

방향으로

bang-hyang-eu-ro — In the direction of; toward a certain course or path

바꾸어

ba-kkwu-eo — Changed, altered; connective form of 'to change something'

놓았다

no-at-da — Placed, put; auxiliary indicating completed resulting state

도시를

do-si-reul — City (object form); an urban area or metropolitan region

빈둥거리며

bin-dung-geo-ri-myeo — While loafing around; idling lazily without purpose or work

돌아다니던

dol-a-da-ni-deon — Used to wander around; past habitual modifier of roaming

게으른

ge-eu-reun — Lazy, idle; modifier form describing a slothful person

청년에서

cheong-nyeon-e-seo — From a young man; source marker on 'young man'

활동적이고

hwal-dong-jeok-i-go — Active and (then); describing an energetic, dynamic personality

활기차며

hwal-gi-cha-myeo — While being lively and vibrant; full of energy and spirit

절제

jeol-je — Temperance, self-restraint; controlling one's desires and behavior

무엇보다도

mu-eot-bo-da-do — Above all else; most importantly, more than anything

아

a — Ah, oh; exclamation expressing sudden realization or emotion

야심

ya-sim — Ambition, aspiration; strong desire to achieve great things

찬

chan — Full of, filled with; modifier indicating abundance of a quality

되었다

doe-eot-da — Became; past tense of 'to become'

괴롭히는

goe-rop-hi-neun — Tormenting, troubling; present modifier of 'to torment someone'

딱

ttak — Exactly, precisely; emphatic adverb meaning just one thing

가지

ga-ji — Kind, type, item; a counter for types or things

자신의

ja-sin-eui — One's own; possessive form of reflexive pronoun 'oneself'

불안감을

bul-an-gam-eul — Sense of anxiety (object form); feeling of unease or worry

비웃었지만

bi-us-eot-ji-man — Mocked/laughed at but; ridiculed yet with contrasting outcome

그럼에도

geu-reum-e-do — Even so, nevertheless; despite that, still continuing

괴롭혔다

goe-rop-hyeot-da — Tormented, troubled; past tense of 'to torment/bother'

회복기

hoe-bok-gi — Recovery period; time spent recuperating from illness or injury

동안

dong-an — During, while; a period of time something takes place

처음으로

cheo-eum-eu-ro — For the first time; indicating something is happening initially

황색

hwang-saek — Yellow color; the color yellow, often symbolic in literature

왕

wang — King; a male monarch or ruler of a kingdom

사서

sa-seo — Having bought; connective form of 'to buy'

1막을

il-mak-eul — Act one (object form); the first act of a play

다

da — All, entirely; adverb meaning completely or all of something

후

hu — After; indicating something occurs following a prior event

그만

geu-man — Stop, that's enough; adverb indicating cessation of action

편이

pyeon-i — Side, tendency; used to express it is better to do something

낫겠다는

nat-get-da-neun — That it would be better; modifier of comparative judgment

생각이

saeng-gak-i — Thought, idea (subject marker); a mental consideration or notion

들었던

deul-eot-deon — Had occurred to one; past modifier of a thought arising

기억한다

gi-eok-han-da — Remembers; present tense of 'to remember or recall'

벌떡

beol-tteok — Suddenly jumping up; adverb for springing up abruptly

일어나

il-eo-na — Got up, rose; connective form of 'to stand up or arise'

책을

chaek-eul — Book (object form); a written or printed literary work

벽난로

byeong-nal-lo — Fireplace; a structure for burning wood in a wall

속으로

sok-eu-ro — Into the inside of; direction marker toward interior of something

내던졌다

nae-deon-jyeot-da — Hurled, flung; threw something forcefully away in anger

쇠창살에

soe-chang-sal-e — Against iron bars/grate; the metal grating of a fireplace

부딪혀

bu-dit-chyeo — Hit against, collided; connective form of 'to bump into'

불빛이

bul-bit-i — Firelight (subject marker); the glow or light produced by fire

타오르는

ta-o-reu-neun — Blazing, burning up; present modifier of fire burning intensely

난로

nal-lo — Stove, heater; a heating device using fire or electricity

바닥

ba-dak — Floor, bottom; the lowest surface of a room or container

위에

wi-e — On top of, above; location particle indicating upper surface

펼쳐진

pyeol-chyeo-jin — Spread open, laid out; past modifier of 'to open/spread out'

채

chae — While still in a state; maintaining a condition simultaneously

떨어졌다

tteo-reo-jyeot-da — Fell, dropped; past tense of 'to fall down'