"TakeaPeekintothePsychologyofModernKoreanPeopleThroughSlang"-李宇?,SMEntertainment-
“TheKpopDictionaryisafunmixofcommonslangandadagesfrequentlyfoundinKpopandKoreanDramaswhichwillhelpprovideabaseforunderstandingthatgoesfarbeyondsubtitles.AsaYouTubepersonalitywhofocusesontheever-changingworldofKoreanentertainment,IseethisbookbeinganextremelyusefulresourcetoanyoneinterestedinimprovingtheircomprehensionofKoreanDramasandKpop.”-StephanieIshler,HallyuBack-
"ThiswillbetheBibleofKoreanCulture"-SeunghyunShin,FuntasticKorea
Daebak!Hello,K-Popfan!CongratulationsonyourbolddecisiontoembarkonajourneytothefantasticworldofK-Pop!Let’stakeamomenttosharethejoy.Youhavechosenyourfavorite,andyoucantellwhoisthemaknaeofthegroup,right?Oh,andyoumustknowwhoisinchargeofthevisualandhasthebestaegyothatmeltsyourheart!
Well,it’sokayifyoudon’thaveaclueaboutwhatIjustsaidbecausethatisprobablythereasonyouchosetoreadthisbook.Itisdesignedsoyoucanlearnthemostup-to-datevocabularyusedinK-poplyrics,TVshows,K-Dramas,andthelike.Asthetitleofthisbooksuggests,thisisnotanordinarydictionary.ItisspecificallydesignedtoexplainwhatthesewordsmeaninaK-PopandK-Dramacontext.Thesearelikeencryptedcodesthatcanonlybeunderstoodifyouknowthebackgroundinformation,suchaswheretheyoriginatedandwhenandhowtheyareused.Withoutthisknowledge,youaremissingoutonallthenewsandupdatesotherfansaretalkingabout!
Forthatreason,thisbookalsoincludesreal-lifeexamplesofthewordsinaction.Youwillgainathoroughunderstandingofthewordsandtheirbackgroundinformation.YoucanusethisbookasaquickreferenceguideanytimeyourunintoK-PopandK-Dramalingoorasastudyreferencebyutilizingtheconversationexamplesincludedoneverypage.Whateveryourgoal,thiswillbeagreatwaytoexpandyourK-PopandK-DramaknowledgeandtogiveyourselfawindowintothefascinatingworldofKoreanculture!
Youwillnoticethatsometimesthereismorethanonespellingvariation.DespitethefactthatthereisastandardmethodofRomanizingKoreanwordsusingLatinletters,K-Popfansandtranslatorshavechosenhaphazardlytousewhatevertheythinkisappropriate.ThoseRomanizationshavethenspreadacrosstheInternet,eventuallybecomingthenewstandardsusedbyeveryone.So,thisbookincludestheversionsthatarepopularlyusedamongK-Popfans,butspellingsinHangul(Koreanalphabet)arealsoprovided.Youcanalwayscross-checkincaseyouwantclarificationandfurtherdetail.
Whateveryourgoal,thisisagreatwaytoexpandyourK-PopandK-Dramaknowledge;yourwindowintothefascinatingworldofKoreanculture!Adictionaryofhonesthumaninteraction,Koreanpopculture,andeverydayK-POPlife.Aresourceforlanguagelearnersconfusedbyreal-worldKorean,andatooltohelpyouunderstandtheworldofaK-POPfan.Butmoreimportantly,greatentertainmentforeveryone.
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ㆍOver700essentialKoreanslangwordsandphraseseveryK-popfanmustknow.
ㆍPronunciationguidetohelpyousaythewordsaccurately.
ㆍDefinitionsaswellastheiroriginandculturalbackground.
ㆍIntuitiveillustrationstohelpyouunderstandtheconcept.
ㆍReallifeconversationsandexamples.
