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핸드폰, 아이쇼핑, 서비스, 스킨십: Korean is full of English-looking words that mean something else. Subtitles quietly translate them back into real English — and lose the joke when a character is showing off.
Korean texts are full of bare consonants: ㅇㅇ (yeah), ㅇㅋ (okay), ㄱㅅ (thanks), ㅈㅅ (sorry), ㄴㄴ (nope). They’re quick and friendly — and a single ㅇ can be as cold as an English “k.”
몰라 means “I don’t know.” With a pout or a turned back, it means “I’m not discussing this” — the Korean sulk in two syllables. And 몰라요 and 모르겠어요 are not equally polite.
짜증나 — properly spelled 짜증 나 — means “this is so annoying,” the scratchy irritation of small things going wrong. It isn’t the same as anger, 답답해 or 귀찮아.
사투리 means regional dialect. Busan, Jeolla, Chungcheong and Jeju speech each carry a whole character type in Korean drama — and English subtitles almost always flatten them into the same neutral voice.
여보 is the classic word Korean husbands and wives use for each other — “honey,” “dear.” It’s usually traced to 여기 보오, “look here,” the same root as 여보세요, the phone “hello.”
혼밥 is short for 혼자 먹는 밥, “a meal eaten alone.” The word spread along with the habit and spawned a family — 혼술, 혼영, 혼행. In a country where meals are made for sharing, eating alone needed a name before it could feel normal.
뭐야 literally asks “what is it?” In practice it’s surprise, annoyance, flustered delight or disbelief, depending on the voice. Doubled, as 뭐야 뭐야, it’s usually good news.
어색해 means awkward — the silence after a first meeting, the stiffness between two people who fell out, a sentence that doesn’t sound right. Korean splits “awkward” into several words, and they aren’t interchangeable.
이모 means your mother’s sister — not your father’s, who is 고모. It’s also how Koreans warmly call the woman serving at a restaurant, the childminder, and Mum’s best friend.
이 has no L, 박 has no R, and 김 starts somewhere between K and G. The usual spellings of Korean surnames come from older habits, and Korea’s official romanization was never applied to them — so Busan changed its spelling in 2000, and the Parks didn’t.
그래 means “that’s right,” “okay,” “really?” and, through gritted teeth, “fine, have it your way.” Same word every time; the tone carries the meaning.