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TOPIK 4adverb

왠지

waenji

왠지 + feeling: 왠지 기분이 좋아요, 왠지 불안해요

somehow, for some reason

Example

오늘은 왠지 좋은 일이 생길 것 같아요.

Somehow I feel like something good will happen today.

Word parts

Contraction of 왜인지 'why it is (I don't know)'.

Good to know

Classic spelling trap: 왠지 (from 왜) vs. 웬 'what kind of', as in 웬일이에요?