ewha4 korean extra words ch 8

반항하다

to rebel, act out (esp. teenagers)

갑작스럽다

to be sudden, abrupt

청혼을 받다

to receive a marriage proposal

효도

filial devotion / being a good child to one's parents

후회가 되다

to feel regret

등록금

tuition fee

부담스럽다

to feel burdensome, pressured

설레다

to feel excited, to flutter with anticipation

눈이 빠지다

(idiom) to wait desperately/for a very long time (lit. eyes fall out)

목이 터지다

(idiom) to yell/cheer at the top of one's lungs (lit. throat bursts)

입에 침이 마르다

(idiom) to praise effusively (lit. saliva dries in mouth)

손이 발이 되다

(idiom) to beg desperately (lit. hands become feet)

귀에 못이 박히다

(idiom) to hear something so often it's drilled in (lit. a nail is hammered into the ear)

목이 쉬다

for one's voice to go hoarse

터지다

to burst, explode

기운이 없다

to have no energy

우울하다

to feel depressed

응원하다

to cheer, root for

실수를 하다

to make a mistake

빌다

to beg, plead, pray

사과를 받아주다

to accept an apology

칭찬하다

to praise

초조하게

anxiously, nervously

서성거리다

to pace, linger nervously

택배

courier delivery, parcel

저하

decline, drop

출산율

birth rate

농작물

crops, agricultural produce

물이 불다

for water to rise/swell

가뭄이 들다

for a drought to set in

급증하다

to increase rapidly, surge

추돌

rear-end collision

담배꽁초

cigarette butt

쏟아지다

to pour down, gush out

무더위

intense heat, sweltering weather

안개가 끼다

for fog to set in

확실하다

to be certain, secure

다정다감하다

to be warm and tender, affectionate

애교

cuteness, charm, endearing behavior

상당히

considerably, quite

하객

wedding guest

양가

both families (groom's and bride's)

조촐하다

to be small and modest (of a gathering)

단둘

just the two (people) alone

이왕이면

if it's going to happen anyway, might as well / preferably

눈이 높다

(idiom) to have high standards

의외이다

to be unexpected, surprising

따지다

to be picky/fussy about, to scrutinize

화려하게

grandly, lavishly

제 코가 석 자

(idiom) I have my own problems to deal with (lit. my own nose is three feet long)

중매

matchmaking

연애

dating, romance

당사자

the person(s) directly concerned/involved

예복

ceremonial dress, formal wedding attire

연지

red rouge applied to cheeks/forehead in traditional weddings

족두리

traditional Korean crown worn by the bride

턱시도

tuxedo

면사포

wedding veil

얽매이다

to be bound/restricted by

주례

the officiant at a wedding ceremony

혼인 서약서

wedding vows (written)

관습

custom, convention

심화되다

to deepen, intensify

취향

personal taste, preference

장만하다

to prepare, procure (esp. a home)

투자하다

to invest

기성세대

the older/established generation

예물

wedding gift, jewelry exchanged between bride and groom

혼수

trousseau; items the bride brings into the marriage

성의껏

sincerely, wholeheartedly

성별

gender, sex

담당하다

to be in charge of, responsible for

문항

item/question on a survey or test

연령

age (formal term)

알아보고자 하다

to intend to find out / look into

대를 잇다

to continue the family lineage

양육

raising, nurturing (children)

응답

response, answer (to a survey)

비율

ratio, percentage, proportion

차지하다

to occupy, account for, make up (a share)

순

order, rank (e.g., A,B,C 순으로 = in the order of A,B,C)

꾸준히

steadily, consistently

남아 선호 사상

son-preference ideology

몫

one's share, role, portion

가부장적

patriarchal

과반수

majority (more than half)

바깥일

work outside the home

집안일

housework

여기다

to consider, regard as

실시하다

to carry out, conduct (a survey, etc.)

반면

on the other hand, whereas

부담감

a sense of burden/pressure

여전히

still, as before

필수 사항

an essential/required matter

추측하다

to guess, estimate, speculate

개인주의적

individualistic

가치관

one's set of values, outlook

확산

spread, diffusion

예상

expectation, prediction

뒤를 잇다

to follow behind, come in second