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grammar

-네: (indicates surprise at hearing or learning something for the first time; can also imply admiration)
-을 땐 (contraction of -을 때는): [during the time] when…
못 하다: unable to, cannot
대로: (indicates that something is done “as the same way/form” as one “experienced” something)
-기 전에: before [a certain period of time or action]
-야 하다: must, have to
-면 돼: (indicates that the preceding word is sufficient or enough) “It’s enough that…”, “[You] just have to…”
같이: like, in a similar way
마저: even (used when including the very last remaining item or member of a set of things; usually negative)
-지: (turns a sentence into a question, but one that the speaker already knows the answer to – more of asking for confirmation or reaffirmation) “…right?”
-ㄹ/을 수 없다: can’t, unable to
-던: (past tense)
-조차: even, too, in addition to, besides (almost always used negatively/with negative verbs to mean “not even”)
-ㄹ/ㄴ 듯이: like, as if, as though

verbs/adjectives

뜨다: to rise, come up, float; to take off, leave
찌르다: jab, poke, prod (with hands); pierce, stab (with a knife/needle)
날아다니다 (conjugated form: 날아다녀): to fly around, flutter, flit
걷다 (conjugated form: 걸어): to walk, tread
어둡다: to be dark, dim, gloomy, somber, dusky
퍼지다: to spread out, flare out; to circulate, travel, get around
소리치다: to shout, yell, cry out, call out; to bawl
내지르다: to hit, strike, punch, kick [at something]; can also mean “to utter a shriek, shout, yell, scream”
축배를 들다: to drink/raise a toast [to something]
감다: to wind up, reel in, coil around, twine
차올리다: to kick up
높다: to be high, tall
흘러넘치다: to overflow, brim, spill; to be crowded, flooded; to exceed, be superfluous
잃어버리다: to lose (as in, to no longer have in one’s possession)
막다: to block, obstruct, head off, stop, prevent, keep [from]
되다 (conjugated form: 돼): to become
꼬이다: to be twisted, entangled; (informal) to be screwed up, messed up, get complicated, go wrong; to be bitter, sullen, resentful
쓰러뜨리다: to knock down, blow down; to topple, overthrow, bring down
수많다: to be many, numerous; a lot of
같다: to be the same, identical, equal, similar
반복하다: to repeat
무너뜨리다: to tear down, knock down, pull down, demolish, destroy
보이다: to be seen, shown, come into sight
가다: to go
만들다: to make, create, invent, produce, manufacture, construct
극적이다: to be dramatic, theatrical
깊다: to be deep
펼쳐지다: to spread, stretch out, unfold
새롭다: to be new, fresh, original
잡다: to hold [in one’s hand], take, grasp, grip, grab, seize
들어오다: to enter, come in, walk into, step into
태어나다: to be born

nouns

무대: stage
느낌: feeling, sensation
이해: understanding, comprehension, grasp
머리: head; mind, brain
이야기: story; conversation, talk, chat
어제: yesterday
오늘: today
목소리: voice
축제: festival, celebration, party
지붕: roof
우주: space, the universe, the cosmos
겁: fear, fright, terror, dread
놈: (informal) guy; (offensive) jerk
영화: movie, film
걸음걸이: walk, gait
자비: mercy
날: day
장면: scene, sight
끝: end, conclusion, finish
상상: imagination
곳: place, point, spot, location
세상: world

adverbs

위로:위 (preposition: up, above, top) + -(으)로 (indicates the direction in which something is happening)
앞으로:앞 (preposition: in front) + -(으)로 (indicates the direction in which something is happening)
좌우(sino-Korean: 左右): left and right, side to side
하루 종일: all day [long], from morning until night
지금: right now, currently
여기로:여기 (here) + -(으)로 (indicates the direction in which something is happening)
더: more, -er
모두: all, wholly, entirely
배배: windingly
하나씩: one by one, one at a time
아주: very, extremely, exceedingly
다시: again, once more
훅: (onomatopoeia that can describe the sound of wind suddenly blowing in, or a certain smell suddenly appearing)

phrases/expressions

불이 붙네: longer form of 불붙다 (to catch fire, ignite); from 불 (fire) + 붙다 (to stick, adhere)
아무 생각[하지] 말고: “Don’t think about anything.”; from 아무 (any) + 생각하다 (to think) + -지 말다 (to stop doing something; imperative connotation, i.e. asking someone to stop) + -고(and)
삼켜버리다: to devour, swallow whole; from 삼키다 (to swallow) + -버리다 (a helping verb which indicates that an action/verb is already finished; sometimes implies that the speaker misses, regrets, or already feels better/relieved about what happened)
어딜 가든, 어디서든: wherever one goes; from 어디 (where) + 가다 (to go)/-(에)서 (indicates where something is happening) + -든 (used when listing choices; usually ‘whichever’, ‘whatever’, etc.)
눈앞에: right in front of one’s eyes; from 눈 (eyes) + 앞(front) +-에 (indicates location)