Modern Korean Slang & Expressions

힐링 / 소확행

hilling / sohwakhaeng

The concept

治愈 / healing, comfort

How Koreans say it

Something that soothes and recharges you. 힐링 (from 'healing') = comfort/relaxation; 위로 = consolation; 소확행 = 소소하지만 확실한 행복 ('small but certain happiness').

Examples

Korean	English
주말에 조용한 카페에서 책 읽는 게 제 힐링이에요. jumare joyonghan kapeeseo chaek ingneun ge je hilling-ieyo.	Reading a book at a quiet café on weekends is my healing time.

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