Dictionary — Entry No. 0649
너무 좋아해
neomu johahae · expression
너무 좋아해
neomu johahae
[nuh-moo jo-ha-hay]
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Meaning
Literally ‘I like/love you too much,’ combining neomu (너무, too/so much) and johahae (좋아해, I like). It conveys overwhelming affection, used in romantic confessions and song lyrics to express feelings that feel impossible to contain.
K-Pop & K-Drama Context
This phrase saturates K-Pop love songs because it captures the helpless adoration fans call ‘heart-fluttering’ (심쿵). BTS’s ‘Boy With Luv’ channels the same sentiment of being undone by fondness, and TWICE’s ‘Fancy’ portrays a similar lovesick helplessness. It’s a fan-favorite lyric fragment because it’s emotionally direct yet poetic.
Example Sentences
나 너무 좋아해, 어떻게 해야 돼?
na neomu johahae, eotteoke haeya dwae?
I like you too much, what should I do? (expressing helpless romantic feelings)
그 노래 너무 좋아해.
geu norae neomu johahae.
I like that song so much. (johahae applies to things too, not just people)
솔직히 말하면, 나 너무 좋아해.
soljiki malhamin, na neomu johahae.
To be honest, I really like you. (a shy but direct confession)
⚠️ Don’t use neomu johahae when…
Don’t swap 좋아해 (johahae, to like) with 사랑해 (saranghae, to love) — they sit at different levels of emotional intensity. Also, neomu intensifies negatives too (너무 힘들어, too hard/exhausting), so it isn’t always affectionate.
🎵 Heard In
- K-Drama: Crash Landing on You — Ri Jeong-hyeok quietly confesses neomu johahae to Yoon Se-ri in private, marking the drama’s pivotal romantic turning point.
- K-Pop: BTS — Boy With Luv
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