날라리
[nal-la-ri]
a player or a punk; a hoodlum; a juvenile delinquent
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Meaning & context
본래 숌(오보에의 전신인 목관악기)을 의미하지만 젊은 사람들은 공부하지 않고 장난치는 것에만, 혹은 여자나 또는 남자나 외모에만 관심있는 사람을 일컬을 때 사용한다.
Originally “a shawm” (the predecessor to the oboe), but to young people, a nallari is a person who doesn’t often study and cares only for having fun, clubbing, drinking, smoking, and of course, the opposite sex.
From As Much as a Rat’s Tail · book pages 68–68. Original published text; historical references and usage are retained.
STORY TIME
See it in conversation
Korean
김치를 담그며
English
Making Kimchi
유진이는 아직도 그... 그 남자애 만나?
Is YuJin still seeing that. . . that boy?
어...
Yes . . .
걔 날라리같던데... 왜 그 애 만나지 못하게 막지 않아?
He’s such a nalari . . . why don’t you forbid her to see him?
나도 알아, 하지만 그 녀석 정말 잘 생겼거든. 김치 담글 때 마늘 못 빼듯이 그 날라리 만나는 걸 막는 것은 어려워.
I know, but he’s so handsome. You might as well take the garlic out of kimchi as protect her from that nalari.
그래, 나는 그 녀석이 유진이의 인생에 양념이 될 거라고 생각해... 유진이가 우리같이 늙고 김치 만들때 기억할 추억거리가 될거야.
Yeah, I guess he will add flavor to her life. . . Something for her to remember when she is old and making kimchi like us.
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