새벽감성

Korean

Etymology

새벽 (saebyeok, “dawn”) +‎ 감성(感性) (gamseong( 感性 ), “sentimentality”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰɛbjʌ̹k̚k͈a̠msʰʌ̹ŋ] ~ [sʰe̞bjʌ̹k̚k͈a̠msʰʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [새벽깜성/세벽깜성]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saebyeokgamseong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	saebyeoggamseong
McCune–Reischauer?	saebyŏkkamsŏng
Yale Romanization?	saypyek.kamseng

Noun

새벽감성 • (saebyeokgamseong)

1. a sudden melancholy one feels while still awake at dawn

   청년은 새벽감성에 겨워 '다정이 병인 양 하여 잠 못 들어 하노라'라는 고시조의 한 구절을 되읊고 있었다.

   cheongnyeon-eun saebyeokgamseong-e gyeowo dajeong-i byeong-in yang hayeo jam mot deureo hanora raneun gosijo-ui han gujeor-eul doeeupgo isseotda.

   The young man, overwhelmed by the dawn's sentimentality, was reciting again and again the verse from the old Korean poem: "one cannot fall asleep, for pathos is like a disease".