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BTS (방탄소년단) - '하루만 (Just One Day)' Lyrics (With English Translation & Korean Grammar/Vocabulary Notes)

[Jungkook] : (Yeah)

[RM] : Yeah

Just one day, one night

That's all I ever wanted

[Suga] : 하루만 내게 시간이 있다면 Just one day, if I had time,

하루만: only one day / just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only / just)

내게: to me / with me

• 나 (my / I, informal) + 에게 (to (someone)) = 내게

시간이: time (as the subject)

• 시간 (time) + -이 (subject particle)

있다면: if there were / if (I) had

• 있다 (to exist / to have) + -다면 (if, hypothetical conditional)

• Grammar Note: -다면 expresses imagined or unlikely situations, softer than -면 (which expresses more likely or expected conditions), and is often used for wishes or polite indirect speech. This structure is useful when expressing hopes, wishes, or "what if" scenarios that may not be grounded in reality.

달콤한 니 향기에 취해서 곤히 난 잠들고파 Intoxicated by your sweet scent, I want to fall sound asleep

달콤한: sweet (descriptive form)

• 달콤하다 (to be sweet, literal or metaphorical) + -ㄴ (descriptive modifier) → “sweet” (adjective before a noun, e.g., sweet scent)

니: your (informal)

향기에: in / by / to the scent

• 향기 (scent, fragrance) + -에 (location/target particle: in, at, by, to)

취해서: being intoxicated (so...), because of being drunk (on the scent)

• 취하다 (to get drunk/intoxicated, literal or figurative) + -아서/어서 (clause connector “so/because…”)

곤히: peacefully, deeply

난: I (as topic)

• 나 (I, informal) + -는 (topic particle) → 나는 → shortened to 난 → “I (as topic)”

잠들고파: I want to fall asleep

• 잠들다 (to fall asleep) + -고파 (poetic contraction of -고 싶어, “want to…”)

빡빡한 스케줄 사이에 During my tight schedule,

빡빡한: tight, packed (descriptive form)

• 빡빡하다 (to be tight, packed, crammed – used for schedules, time, or space) + -ㄴ (descriptive modifier) → “tight/packed” (before a noun, e.g., 빡빡한 스케줄 = a packed schedule)

스케줄: schedule

사이에: in between / during / amidst

• 사이 (between, gap, space – physical or metaphorical, e.g. between times or people) + -에 (location/time particle: in, at, on)

기회가 있다면 If there was an opportunity,

기회가: chance (as the subject)

• 기회 (opportunity, chance) + -가 (subject particle, used after vowel-ending nouns)

있다면: if there is / if (something) exists

• 있다 (to exist, to have) + -다면 (conditional ending, hypothetical “if…”)

따스하고 깊은 눈 안에 몸 담그고파 I want to soak myself in your warm deep eyes

따스하고: warm and...

• 따스하다 (to be warm – softer, more emotional than 따뜻하다, often poetic) + -고 (and, connecting two descriptors)

깊은: deep (descriptive form)

• 깊다 (to be deep) + -은 (attributive form) → “deep” (before a noun, e.g., 깊은 눈 = deep eyes)

눈: eyes

안에: in / inside

• 안 (inside) + -에 (location particle: in, at, on) → “in/inside” → 눈 안에 = “in (your) eyes”

몸: body (can mean physical body, or "self" in poetic context)

담그고파: I want to immerse / soak (myself)

• 담그다 (to immerse/soak/dip) + -고파 (poetic contraction of -고 싶어, “to want to…”)

• Note: metaphorically, this means "I want to dive into your eyes" — expressing emotional intimacy

​I like that

너의 그 길고 긴 생머리 올려 묶을 때의 아찔한 목선과 흘러내린 잔머리 Your long, straight hair when you tie it up—your breathtaking neckline and the loose strands that fall

너의: your

그: that

길고 긴: long and long (emphatic repetition)

• 길다 (to be long) + -고 (and) + 긴 (attributive “long”) → “long and long,” poetic repetition for emphasis = “very long”

생머리: straight hair

• 생 (raw, natural) + 머리 (hair, head) → naturally straight hair (untouched, not permed/styled) → 너의 그 길고 긴 생머리 = “your long, straight hair”

올려 묶을 때의: when (you) tie (it) up

• 올려 묶다 (to tie hair up) → 올리다 (to lift/raise) + 묶다 (to tie); 묶을 = attributive “tying/will tie” + 때 (time, moment) + -의 (possessive) → “of the moment when (you) tie (it) up”

아찔한: breathtaking, stunning (often used to describe beauty or sexiness)

• 아찔하다 (to be dizzy/breathtaking, figuratively stunning or sexy) + -한 (attributive form)

목선과: neckline and/with... / line of the neck and/with...

• 목 (neck) + 선 (line) + 과 (and/with, formal/neutral conjunction between nouns)

흘러내린: fallen down / draped

• 흘러내리다 (to flow down, drape, fall down like hair strands) + -ㄴ (attributive)

잔머리: baby hairs / stray or fine hairs that fall out of place

• 잔 (small, fine, stray) + 머리 (hair

서로 같이 어딜 가든 Wherever we go together,

서로: each other / one another

같이: together

• 서로 같이 = with each other, together

어딜: wherever / where

• 어디 (where) + 를 (object marker → destination) → contraction of 어디를

가든: whether (we) go / wherever (we) go

• 가다 (to go) + -든 (“whether… or… / no matter…”)

내 핸드백은 니 허리 My handbag is your waist

내: my

핸드백은: handbag (topic) / as for (my) handbag

• 핸드백 (handbag, Konglish from English) + -은 (topic particle)

니: your

허리: waist / lower back

Yo ma honey

볼 때마다 숨이 막혀 Every time I see you, I get breathless

볼 때마다: every time (I) see (you)

• 보다 (to see) → 볼 (future/attributive form “the time (I) see”) + 때 (time/when) + -마다 (every/each)e

숨이: breath (as the subject)

• 숨 (breath) + -이 (subject particle, after consonant)

막혀: gets blocked / choked / stops

• 막히다 (to be blocked/choked/stopped; passive of 막다 “to block”) + -어 (informal present) → 숨이 막혀 = “I can’t breathe / you take my breath away” (because you're breathtaking)

명동 거리처럼 Like the streets of Myeongdong

명동: Myeongdong, a famous shopping district in Seoul (known for crowds, fashion, street food, and energy; often used symbolically for excitement or busyness)

거리처럼: like the street

• 거리 (street, road → e.g. 명동 거리 = Myeongdong street[s]) + -처럼 (like, as)

우리의 bgm은 숨소리 Our BGM is the sound of breathing

우리의: our

• 우리 (we/our) + -의 (possessive particle, like “’s”)

bgm은: as for (the) BGM / BGM is (the topic)

• BGM (background music) + -은 (topic particle)

숨소리: the sound of breathing

• 숨 (breath) + 소리 (sound)

내 이름을 불러줄 때의 니 목소리에 In the sound of your voice when you call my name,

내: my (informal/lyrical contraction of 나의)

이름을: name (as the object)

• 이름 (name) + -을 (object particle, used after nouns ending in a consonant)

불러줄: to call (for me)

• 부르다 (to call) → 불러주다 (to call for someone, with care/for their sake) + -ㄹ (future/attributive)

때의: of the time when

• 때 (time, moment) + -의 (possessive particle) → “of the time when …” → 불러줄 때의 = “of the time when you call (me)”

니: your (informal/contracted version of 너의)

목소리에: in your voice

• 목소리 (voice) + -에 (location particle: in, at, on)

잠겨서 난 수영하고파 I want to swim, submerged

잠겨서: drowning / submerged

• 잠기다 (to be submerged, to drown) + -어서 (connective ending: because/so)

난: I (topic)

• 나 (I) + -는 (topic particle) → 나는 → shortened to 난

수영하고파: I want to swim

• 수영하다 (to swim) + -고파 (poetic contraction of -고 싶어, “want to”)

너를 좀 더 알고파 I want to know you more

너를: you (as the object)

• 너 (you, informal) + -를 (object particle)

좀 더: a little more

• 좀 (a little, somewhat) + 더 (more)

알고파: I want to know

• 알다 (to know) + -고파 (poetic contraction of -고 싶어, “want to”)

너란 미지의 숲을 깊이 모험하는 탐험가 I'm an explorer venturing deep into the unknown forest that is you

너란: “you who are…” / “the thing/person that is you”

• 너 (you, informal) + -란 (contraction of -라는, “called / that is”) (Used to emphasize or define the subject in a poetic way)

미지의: of the unknown

• 미지 (unknown, unexplored) + -의 (possessive particle, like “’s/of”)

숲을: forest (as the object)

• 숲 (forest) + -을 (object particle)

깊이: deeply (describes how the action is being done, emphasizing the depth of the venture)

모험하는: adventuring / exploring

• 모험하다 (to venture/explore) + -는 (present participle/attributive modifier) → “adventuring / exploring” (used to describe an ongoing action, e.g., 모험하는 탐험가 = “an explorer venturing…”)

  
  

탐험가: explorer, adventurer

너란 작품에 대해 감상을 해 너란 존재가 예술이니까 I admire the masterpiece that is you, because your very existence is art

너란: “you who are…” / “the thing/person that is you”

• 너 (you, informal) + -란 (contraction of -라는, “called / that is”)

작품에 대해: about the work of art

• 작품 (work of art, masterpiece) + -에 대해 (“about, regarding”)

감상을 해: appreciate (the art)

• 감상 (appreciation, reflection) + -을 (object particle) + 하다 (to do) → 해 (do) → 감상을 해 = do appreciation = appreciate / reflect on (something)

존재가: existence (subject)

• 존재 (existence, being) + -가 (subject particle)

예술이니까: because you are art

• 예술 (art) + -이니까 (because, since)

이렇게 매일 난 밤새도록 상상을 해 Every day, I imagine like this, all through the night

이렇게: like this

매일: every day

난: I (topic)

• 나 (I) + -는 (topic particle) → 나는 → shortened to 난

밤새도록: all through the night

• 밤새 (“overnight, all night long”) + -도록 (grammar ending: until / to the extent / for the duration)

  
  

상상을 해: (I) imagine, (I) fantasize

• 상상하다 (to imagine) → 상상 (imagination) + 하다 (to do) + 해 (informal present tense)

어차피 내게는 무의미한 꿈이니까 Since these are meaningless dreams to me anyway

어차피: anyway, in any case, regardless

내게는: to me, as for me

• 내게 (to me → 나 “I” + -에게 “to”) + -는 (topic particle)

무의미한: meaningless

• 무의미하다 (to be meaningless → 무의미 “meaninglessness”) + -한 (attributive form) → “meaningless (describing 꿈)”

꿈이니까: because it's a dream

• 꿈 (dream) + -이니까 (because/since)

[Jungkook, vocal line] : 하루만 너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could be together with you,

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

하루만 너와 내가 손잡을 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could hold hands with you

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

손잡을 수 있다면: If (I) could hold hands (with you) / If we could hold hands

• 손잡다 (손 hand + 잡다 to grab/hold → “to hold hands”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical/imagined condition)

하루만 너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could be together with you

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

하루만 Just one day

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 if I could be together with you

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

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[Jin] : 너와 하루만 있기를 바래 바래 I wish to be with you for just one day, I wish

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used after a vowel)

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

있기를 바래: (I) hope to be

• 있다 (to be, exist) + -기 (nominalizer) + -를 (object marker) → used with 바라다 (“to hope”) = “to hope that (something/someone is present / exists / the state of being with you for one day) + 바라다 (to wish, to hope) → 바래 (informal present tense) → repetition of 바래 emphasizes longing or deep desire

*Grammar note: V + -기를 바라다 = to hope that… / to wish that…

*Grammar note: In Korean, there are two main ways to express “to be,” but they serve different grammatical roles. 이다 is the copula, used to link a noun to another noun to express identity or classification, such as saying someone is a student or something is a problem. 있다, on the other hand, is a verb meaning to exist, to be present, or to be somewhere, and it is used to describe location, presence, or being with someone rather than identity. Because possession in Korean is expressed through existence, 있다 can also mean “to have,” indicating that something exists for or with someone (for example, literally “a friend exists for me” → I have a friend).

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[j-hope] : 너와 단둘이 보내는 party party A party party spent just the two of us

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used after a vowel)

단둘이: just the two of us

• 단 (only/just) + 둘 (two) + -이 (subject particle)

보내는: spending / that (someone) spends

• 보내다 (to spend/pass time) + -는 (present participle/attributive)

*In Korean, 보내는 is an adnominal form, which means it modifies (describes) a noun, much like an adjective or a relative clause does in English. Here, 보내는 modifies party. In other words, it describes what kind of party it is. Literally, it means something like: the party (that we're) spending (just the two of us) / the party (that I'm) spending (just with you).

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[Jimin] : 너와 하루만 있기를 바래 바래 I wish to be with you for just one day, I wish

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used after a vowel)

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

있기를 바래: (I) hope to be

• 있다 (to be, exist) + -기 (nominalizer) + -를 (object marker) → used with 바라다 (“to hope”) = “to hope that (something/someone is present / exists / the state of being with you for one day) + 바라다 (to wish, to hope) → 바래 (informal present tense) → repetition of 바래 emphasizes longing or deep desire

*Grammar note: V + -기를 바라다 = to hope that… / to wish that…

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[V] : 너와 단둘이 보내는 party party A party party spent just the two of us

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used after a vowel)

단둘이: just the two of us

• 단 (only/just) + 둘 (two) + -이 (subject particle)

보내는: spending / that (someone) spends

• 보내다 (to spend/pass time) + -는 (present participle/attributive)

*In Korean, 보내는 is an adnominal form, which means it modifies (describes) a noun, much like an adjective or a relative clause does in English. Here, 보내는 modifies party. In other words, it describes what kind of party it is. Literally, it means something like: the party (that we're) spending (just the two of us) / the party (that I'm) spending (just with you).

​[RM] : 그럴 수 있다면 얼마나 좋을까 If it could happen, how nice would it be?

그럴 수 있다면: if it could be like that / if that were possible

• 그러다 (to be so; to be like that) + -ㄹ 수 있다 (can, be able to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical/imagined)

얼마나: how much / how many / how (to what extent) (depending on the context)

*얼마나 usually asks or emphasizes the extent or degree of something. 얼마나 → how much, how many, how, to what extent, how greatly (degree)

좋을까: good would it be (I wonder)?

• 좋다 (to be good) + -을까 / -ㄹ까 (expresses wondering, considering, or suggesting an action) (should...? / I wonder if... / shall...?)

아무데나 가서 밥 먹고 영화 한 편만 볼 수만 있다면 If I could eat anywhere and watch a movie with you

아무데나: anywhere, any place

• 아무 (any, no particular) + -데나 (place particle “any place”)

가서: go and (do something), after going

• 가다 (to go) + -서 (connector: “and then / after doing”)

밥: rice, food, meal (in a broader sense, refers to food in general)

먹고: eat and (do something)

• 먹다 (to eat) + -고 (connector: “and, then”)

*밥 먹다 ("to eat a meal") is a common everyday phrase in Korean, where 밥 often means "meal" rather than just "rice." Koreans often use 밥 ("rice") to mean a meal in general, so 밥 먹다 commonly means "to eat" or "to have a meal," not necessarily to eat rice.

영화: movie, film

한 편만: just one (movie)

• 한 (one) + 편 (counter for movies/books/works) + -만 (only/just)

볼 수만 있다면: If (I) could only see / watch (it)

• 보다 (to see/watch) + -ㄹ 수 있다 (can, be able to) + -만 (only, just) + -다면 (if, hypothetical/imagined)

나란 애 정말 뭔 짓이라도 할 텐데 girl A guy like me would really do whatever it takes, girl

나란 애: a person like me / someone like me (literally: "the kid/person called me")

• 나 (I, me) + -란 (contracted form of -라는, “called/known as”) + 애 (kid, person, casual)

정말: really, truly, genuinely

뭔 짓이라도: whatever (kind of) act, absolutely anything, whatever it takes

• 뭔 (shortened 무슨, “what kind of”) + 짓 (act, deed, action; often reckless/negative) + -이라도 (even if it’s something like…, whatever it may be)

할 텐데: would do (implies strong intention, expectation, or regret)

• 하다 (to do) + -ㄹ 텐데 (would, would probably, I would if… → implies strong intention, expectation, or regret)

I’m sorry

내 머리가 넘 이성적 인가 봐 Maybe my mind is being too rational

내: my (informal)

머리가: my head (subject)

• 머리 (head) + -가 (subject particle)

넘: too, overly

• Casual/slang shortening of 너무 = too / too much / very

이성적: rational, logical

• 이성 (reason, logic) + 적 (suffix to form an adjective)

인가 봐: I guess it's / It seems (that) it's...

• -인가 보다 (이다 “to be” + -ㄴ가 봐) → grammar pattern meaning “I think / I guess / it seems that…” (used for subjective guesses or observations)

그래도 언젠가 보면 웃어줘 But still, when you see me someday, please smile

그래도: still, nevertheless, even so

언젠가: someday, at some point

보면: if (you) see, when (you) see

• 보다 (to see) + -면 (conditional “if / when”)

웃어줘: please smile, smile for me

• 웃다 (to smile/laugh) + -어줘 (please do [verb], favor/request form)

조금은 아니 어쩌면 많이 날 원망하겠지 A little, no, maybe a lot, you'll resent me

조금은: a little (emphasized)

• 조금 (a little, a bit) + -은 (topic particle, emphasizes the topic of the sentence)

아니: no, not

• Used here to negate the idea of just a little, meaning "not just a little"

어쩌면: maybe, perhaps, possibly

많이: a lot, much

날: me (object)

• 나 (I / me) + -를 (object particle) → contracted to 날

원망하겠지: (You) will blame / resent (me), I guess (the speaker is speculating that the person will blame or resent them)

• 원망하다 (to blame, resent) + -겠지 (future assumption/prediction, with uncertainty)

알아 내 꿈 때문에 널 더 바라보지 못해서 I know, because of my dream, I can't see you anymore

알아: I know

• 알다 (to know) + -아 (informal present tense ending)

  
  

내: my (informal)

꿈: dream (can refer to both literal dreams and ambitions)

때문에: because of, due to

널: you (object)

• 너 (you, informal) + -를 (object particle) → contracted to 널

더: more, further

바라보지 못해서: I can't look / gaze at (you) (and so...)

• 바라보다 (to look at, gaze at) + -지 못하다 (cannot, be unable to) + -아서/어서 (ending that connects this clause to the next one. It can express either a reason or cause ("because") or simply link two events together, with the first naturally leading into the second ("and so" or "being unable to...")

*Here -아서/어서 connects this clause to the next one and expresses the reason for what follows. 바라보지 못해서 ("because I couldn't keep looking at you") explains why the speaker asks, "Then give me just one day." A natural translation is: "I know. Because of my dream, I couldn't keep looking at you. So, give me just one day."

그럼 내게 하루만 줘 Then give me just one day

그럼: then, in that case, if so

내게: to me

• 나 (I/me) + -에게 (to [a person], dative particle) → contracted form

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

줘: give (informal request)

• 주다 (to give) → -줘 (informal imperative/request form)

꿈 속이라도 하루만 Even if it's in a dream, just one day

꿈: dream

속이라도: even if (it's) in, even in

• 속 (inside, within) + -이라도 (even if, at least, “even though it’s not ideal, still acceptable”)

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only, just)

현실을 핑계 대며 삼켜야 했던 그 수많은 말 The countless words I had to swallow, using reality as an excuse

현실을: reality (object)

• 현실 (reality) + -을 (object particle)

핑계: excuse, justification

대며: while making (an excuse), while giving (an excuse)

• 대다 (to do/give; with excuses = “to make an excuse”) + -며 (connective “while doing, as”)

삼켜야 했던: (the words) I had to swallow (in the past) — modifies a noun (words)

• 삼키다 (to swallow) + -아야/어야 하다 (must, have to) → 삼켜야 하다 = “have to swallow” + 했 (past tense of 하다) + -던 (past descriptive, action/state that was ongoing/habitual)

그: those, that

수많은: countless, many, numerous

말: word(s), speech

중에서 딱 한 마디만 제대로 할 수 있게 So that I can say just one word properly among them

중에서: among, from among

• 중 (middle, inside) + -에서 (location particle “at/from,” indicating place or situation)

딱: just, exactly, precisely (used to emphasize something happening perfectly or as intended)

한 마디만: just one word

• 한 (one, modifier form) + 마디 (a counter meaning "unit of speech") + -만 (only/just, limiting particle)

*마디 is primarily a counter (measure word), although in some expressions it has become lexicalized. Its core meaning is a unit or segment, and it is used to count: words or remarks (most common in everyday Korean), musical measures (bars), and joints or segments of things like bamboo or fingers (less common in everyday speech). 한 마디 = one word / one remark / one thing to say.

제대로: properly, correctly, in the right way

할 수 있게: so that (I) can do

• 하다 (to do) + -ㄹ 수 있다 (can, be able to) + -게 (so that / in a way that) → “so that (someone) can do (it)”

그래 나팔꽃이 필 때 만나 헤어지자 꽃이 질 때 Yeah, let’s meet when the morning glories bloom and part when the flowers wither

그래: yeah / that's right / okay (affirmation or agreement in a casual tone)

나팔꽃이: morning glory (as the subject)

• 나팔꽃 (morning glory, a type of flower) + -이 (subject particle)

필 때: when it blooms

• 피다 (to bloom) + -ㄹ (future/attributive suffix, verb modifies noun) + 때 (time/moment/when)

만나: meet

• 만나다 (to meet) → 만나 (present informal form)

헤어지자: let’s part, let’s separate

• 헤어지다 (to part, separate) + -자 (let’s, suggestion/invitation)

꽃이: flowers (subject)

• 꽃 (flower) + -이 (subject particle)

질 때: when they wither

• 지다 (to wither, fall, fade) + -ㄹ (future/attributive) + 때 (time/moment/when)

쉽게 잊혀질 거라 생각 안 했지만 I didn’t think I would be easily forgotten, but

쉽게: easily

• 쉽다 (to be easy) + -게 (adverbial suffix)

잊혀질 거라 = that (I) would be forgotten

• 잊다 (to forget) → 잊혀지다 (to be forgotten / to become forgotten, passive form of 잊다) + -ㄹ 거라 (contracted from -ㄹ 것이라고 → "that it would...")

*V-(으)ㄹ 거라 is a shortened form of V-(으)ㄹ 거라고. It introduces a quoted statement, similar to the English word that. It is commonly used before verbs such as 생각하다 (to think), 믿다 (to believe), 알다 (to know), and 말하다 (to say).

잊혀지다 = "to be forgotten"

잊혀질 = "will be forgotten" (future modifier)

거 = shortened form of 것 (part of the future expression -(으)ㄹ 것이다)

라 (= 라고) = quotative marker meaning "that" (used before verbs like 생각하다, 믿다, and 알다)

생각했어요 = "thought"

→ 잊혀질 거라 생각했어요.

"I thought that it would be forgotten."

생각 안 했지만: I didn’t think (so), but…

• 생각하다 (to think → 생각 = thought + 하다 = to do) + 안 (not) + 했 (past tense) + -지만 (but, although)

​너에게 난 그랬음 좋겠다면 이기적일까 If I wished I had meant something to you, would that be selfish?

너에게: to you

• 너 (you, informal) + -에게 (dative particle “to/for”)

난: I (topic)

• 나 (I, informal) + -는 (topic particle) → 나는 → contracted to 난

그랬음 좋겠다면: if I wished it were that way / if I hoped that were the case

• 그렇다 (to be like that; to be so) → 그랬- (past tense stem of 그렇다 → "was like that") + -으면 좋겠다 (grammar pattern meaning "I hope...", "I wish...", or "it would be nice if...") → 그랬으면 좋겠다 ("I wish it were like that." / "It would be nice if it were like that.") [그랬으면 → 그랬음 (casual contraction commonly seen in speech, texting, and lyrics)] + -면 (conditional ending meaning "if", attached to the entire wish expression)

*그랬으면 좋겠다 is a very common expression meaning "I wish it were like that" or "I hope it would be that way."

이기적일까: would it be selfish?

• 이기적이다 ("to be selfish") + -ㄹ까 (grammar ending meaning "I wonder if...", "Could it be...?", or expressing uncertainty/speculation)

널 위해서라며 아직 난 거짓말하고 있어 I'm still lying, saying that it's for you

널: you (as the object)

• 너 (you, informal) + -를 (object particle) → contracted to 널

위해서라며: saying it's for (someone/something)

• 위하다 ("to be for; to be for the sake of") → 위해서 ("for; for the sake of; in order to") [위하- (verb stem) + -아서/어서 → 해서 (connective ending). Together, 위해서 means "for the sake of..." or "in order to..."] + -라며 (shortened form of -라고 하며 or -라고 하면서, which means "saying that...", "claiming that...", or "while saying...")

아직: still, yet

난: I (topic)

• 나 (I, informal) + -는 (topic particle) → 나는 → contracted to 난

거짓말하고 있어: I'm lying, I'm telling a lie (right now)

• 거짓말 (a lie) + 하다 (to do) → 거짓말하다 (to lie, tell a lie) + -고 있어 (progressive “am/are/is doing”)

넌 내 한가운데 서 있어 You're standing in the center of me

넌: you (topic)

• 너 (you, informal) + -는 (topic particle) → contracted to 넌

내: my (informal form of 나의)

한가운데: right in the middle / the very center / the heart of

• 한- (a prefix that emphasizes the noun, giving the sense of "right," "very," or "dead") + 가운데 (the middle, the center)

*Compared with 가운데, 한가운데 is more emphatic. It highlights that something is directly in the center, often with a vivid or dramatic feel.

서 있어: is standing

• 서다 (to stand) + -어 (informal present tense) + 있다 (to be/exist, progressive/resultative) → 서 있다 = “to be standing (in that state)” (lit. "to stand and be in that state") → 서 있어 (informal present)

[V, vocal line] : 하루만 너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could be together with you,

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

하루만 너와 내가 손잡을 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could hold hands with you

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

손잡을 수 있다면: If (I) could hold hands (with you) / If we could hold hands

• 손잡다 (손 hand + 잡다 to grab/hold → “to hold hands”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical/imagined condition)

하루만 너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could be together with you

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

하루만 Just one day

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

[j-hope] : 너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 if I could be together with you

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

Let’s go time

24 hours 너와 단둘이 있다면 24 hours, if it was only us two,

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + -와 (with/and, used after a vowel)

단둘이: just the two of us (subject)

• 단 (just/only) + 둘 (two) + -이 (subject particle)

있다면: if (I/we) were

• 있다 (to exist / to have / to be (somewhere) / to be (with someone)) + -다면 (if, hypothetical/conditional)

*When 있다 is used with a person marked by -와 ("with"), it means to be with that person.

아침부터 입맞춤해 I'd kiss you from the moment the morning begins

아침부터: from the morning, starting from the morning

• 아침 (morning) + -부터 (from, starting point)

입맞춤해: kiss (literally, "do a kiss")

• 입맞춤 (kiss, lit. “mouth/lip touching”) [입 (mouth/lips) + 맞춤 (touching together, matching (from 맞추다, "to bring together," "to match")) + 하다 (to do) → -해 (informal present/imperative form) [입맞춤하다 = to kiss]

빠질 수 없는 브런치도 한 입 해 We'd have a bite of brunch too, something you can't skip

빠질 수 없는: that can't be missed / that cannot be left out (modifies the following noun)

• 빠지다 (to fall out; to be left out; to be missing; to be omitted) + -을 수 없다 (cannot, impossible) → 빠질 수 없다 = “can’t be left out” + -는 (modifier) → “that can’t be left out / unmissable / essential”

*This expression is very common in Korean and often describes something that is essential, indispensable, or a must-have.

브런치도: brunch too, brunch as well

• 브런치 (brunch, loanword from English) + -도 (particle “also, too”)

한 입: one bite, a bite

• 한 (one, counter for things) + 입 (mouth → here, a bite/mouthful)

해: do (informal)

• 하다 (to do) + -해 (informal present tense) → “do / have (casual)”

손잡고 너와 햇빛에 몸 담그네 I'd hold hands with you, soaking in the sunlight

손잡고: hold hands and...

• 손 (hand) + 잡다 (to hold/grab) + -고 (connective “and, while”)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + -와 (with/and, after a vowel)

햇빛에: in the sunlight

• 햇빛 (sunlight) + -에 (location particle “in/at/on”)

몸 담그네: soaking in, immersing (one’s body / oneself)

• 몸 (body) + 담그다 (to immerse; to soak; to submerge; to dip) + -네 (sentence ending for casual observation/realization)

안 끝내 아름다운 밤중에 In an endlessly beautiful night

안 끝내: doesn't finish / don't finish / won't finish / not end(ing) (it)

• 안 (not, negation in informal speech) + 끝내다 (to finish; to end) → 끝내 (informal present form of 끝내다)

아름다운: beautiful (modifying the following noun, "night")

• 아름답다 (to be beautiful) + -은 (attributive modifier) → “beautiful (describing a noun, e.g. night)”

밤중에: in the middle of the night

• 밤 (night) + 중 (middle; midst) + -에 (location particle: in/at)

너에게 고백해 조명은 달로 해 I'd confess to you, with the moon as our lighting

너에게: to you

• 너 (you, informal) + -에게 (dative particle “to/for”)

고백해: confess (do the act of confessing)

• 고백하다 (to confess, declare feelings) + -해 (informal present tense)

조명은: the light (topic)

• 조명 (light, illumination) + -은 (topic particle) → “as for the light / the light (topic)”

달로: with the moon / using the moon

• 달 (moon) + -로 (particle indicating direction, means, method, material, or role, depending on context. Often translated as "to," "toward," "by," "with," "using," "through," "as," or "into," depending on context.)

해: do / make

• 하다 (to do, to make) + -해 (informal present tense)

*N(으)로 하다 is a common pattern meaning to do something with N, choose N, use N as something, or make/set something as N. The exact meaning depends on the context. Here, j-hope isn't saying the moon is the lighting. Instead, he's using or setting the moon as the lighting. So 달로 해 means "make the lighting the moon" or "use the moon as the light."

이 수많은 일들이 내게 말을 해 These countless things tell me

이: this (demonstrative pronoun used to indicate something close to the speaker)

수많은: countless / numerous

• 수많다 (to be numerous, countless) + -은 (attributive modifier) → “countless” (modifies a following noun, e.g. 일들)

일들이: things, events (subject)

• 일 (thing, matter, event) + -들 (plural marker) + -이 (subject particle) → “things, events (as subject)”

내게: to me

• 나 (I/me) + -에게 (to, dative particle) → contracted to 내게

말을: words (as the object)

• 말 (word, speech, what someone says) + -을 (object particle)

해: do (in this context, meaning "speak" or "say")

• 하다 (to do) + -해 (informal present tense) → 말을 해 (say / tell / speak) [말을 하다 = to do speech → to speak, to say, to talk]

단 하루만 있으면 가능해 It’s possible if we just have one day

단: just, only

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

있으면: if (we) have / if there is

• 있다 (to exist / to have) + -으면 (conditional “if”)

가능해: it’s possible

• 가능하다 (to be possible) + -해 (informal present tense)

[Jin, vocal line] : 하루만 너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could be together with you,

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

하루만 너와 내가 손잡을 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could hold hands with you

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

손잡을 수 있다면: If (I) could hold hands (with you) / If we could hold hands

• 손잡다 (손 hand + 잡다 to grab/hold → “to hold hands”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical/imagined condition)

하루만 너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could be together with you

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

하루만 Just one day

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 if I could be together with you

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

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[V] : 너와 하루만 있기를 바래 바래 I wish to be with you for just one day, I wish

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used after a vowel)

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

있기를 바래: (I) hope to be

• 있다 (to be, exist) + -기 (nominalizer) + -를 (object marker) → used with 바라다 (“to hope”) = “to hope that (something/someone is present / exists / the state of being with you for one day) + 바라다 (to wish, to hope) → 바래 (informal present tense) → repetition of 바래 emphasizes longing or deep desire

*Grammar note: V + -기를 바라다 = to hope that… / to wish that…

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[j-hope] : 너와 단둘이 보내는 party party A party party spent just the two of us

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used after a vowel)

단둘이: just the two of us

• 단 (only/just) + 둘 (two) + -이 (subject particle)

보내는: spending / that (someone) spends

• 보내다 (to spend/pass time) + -는 (present participle/attributive)

*In Korean, 보내는 is an adnominal form, which means it modifies (describes) a noun, much like an adjective or a relative clause does in English. Here, 보내는 modifies party. In other words, it describes what kind of party it is. Literally, it means something like: the party (that we're) spending (just the two of us) / the party (that I'm) spending (just with you).

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[Jimin] : 너와 하루만 있기를 바래 바래 I wish to be with you for just one day, I wish

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used after a vowel)

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

있기를 바래: (I) hope to be

• 있다 (to be, exist) + -기 (nominalizer) + -를 (object marker) → used with 바라다 (“to hope”) = “to hope that (something/someone is present / exists / the state of being with you for one day) + 바라다 (to wish, to hope) → 바래 (informal present tense) → repetition of 바래 emphasizes longing or deep desire

*Grammar note: V + -기를 바라다 = to hope that… / to wish that…

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[V] : 너와 단둘이 보내는 party party A party party spent just the two of us

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used after a vowel)

단둘이: just the two of us

• 단 (only/just) + 둘 (two) + -이 (subject particle)

보내는: spending / that (someone) spends

• 보내다 (to spend/pass time) + -는 (present participle/attributive)

*In Korean, 보내는 is an adnominal form, which means it modifies (describes) a noun, much like an adjective or a relative clause does in English. Here, 보내는 modifies party. In other words, it describes what kind of party it is. Literally, it means something like: the party (that we're) spending (just the two of us) / the party (that I'm) spending (just with you).

[Jimin, vocal line] : 하루만 너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could be together with you,

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

하루만 너와 내가 손잡을 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could hold hands with you

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

손잡을 수 있다면: If (I) could hold hands (with you) / If we could hold hands

• 손잡다 (손 hand + 잡다 to grab/hold → “to hold hands”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical/imagined condition)

하루만 너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 Just one day, if I could be together with you

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

하루만 Just one day

하루만: just one day

• 하루 (one day) + -만 (only/just)

너와 내가 함께할 수 있다면 if I could be together with you

너와: with you

• 너 (you, informal) + 와 (with/and, used when the preceding word ends in a vowel)

내가: I (subject)

• 나 (I, me) + -가 (subject particle; phonological change from 나 + 가 → 내가)

함께할 수 있다면: If (I) could be together (with you) / If we could be together

• 함께하다 (함께 = together + 하다 = to do → “to be with, do together”) + -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (can / be able to / is possible to) + -다면 (if, hypothetical)

[RM] : Can you please stay with me

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