Korean · 8 phrases
Soju Rules
The bar is a jurisdiction with its own law: pour for others, never yourself; clink lower than your senior; survive the 원샷 chant with your dignity and liver intact. Here's the toast, the bomb shot, the drinking chant, and the morning-after vocabulary — plus the office-gossip word that fuels round two.
짠! jjan jjahn Cheers! — the toast is the sound effect itself. 마셔 마셔! masyeo masyeo mah-SHYUH mah-SHYUH Drink! Drink! — the table chant that overrules your better judgment. 폭탄주 poktanju pohk-tahn-JOO The bomb shot — soju depth-charged into beer, i.e. somaek. 술고래 sulgorae sool-goh-REH A heavyweight drinker — someone who drinks like a whale drinks seawater. 원샷! wonsyat wuhn-SHAHT Bottoms up! — empty the glass in one go. 개맛있어 gaemasisseo geh-mah-SHEE-ssuh Insanely delicious — the dog prefix doing its finest work. 꼰대 kkondae KKOHN-deh Boomer-boss / condescending elder who pulls rank — 'back in MY day…' 숙취 쩔어 sukchwi jjeoreo sook-chwee JJUH-luh Brutally hungover — the morning-after status report.