Basic Korean Dictionary: advanced words

3238 words, in teaching order

Words 1901–2000

서민

ordinary person; common people

Noun

허술하다

shabby; careless; sloppy

Adjective

자취

mark; trace; legacy (what remains of a person or thing); locus (set of points satisfying a condition); cooking for oneself; boarding a room and living independently there

Noun

헤집다

to dig through, to rummage through

Verb

인출

withdrawal; taking out

Noun

헌혈

blood donation

Noun

첨단

cutting-edge; state of the art

Noun

활력

vigour, energy, vitality

Noun

체류

stay, sojourn

Noun

효력

effect

Noun

새삼

once again

Adverb

기이하다

strange, weird, bizarre, odd, peculiar

Adjective

폐기물

waste

Noun

편두통

migraine

Noun

가다듬다

to compose, to organize, to gather, to clear, to neaten

Verb

만사

all things

Noun

저하

crown prince, Your Highness (to address the crown prince)

Noun

단번에

immediately, at once; in one go; on the first try, at the first attempt

Adverb

한낱

just, only, merely

Adverb

기기

machine, device, equipment, instrument; a bowl or other container for go stones

Noun

개국

founding of a nation; opening up a country (to trade and diplomatic relations); opening of a post office, broadcasting station, or any other facility ending in -국(局) (-guk)

Noun

견과

nut (plant seed)

Noun

빗다

to comb

Verb

묘

grave (of a person)

Noun

급격하다

to be sudden

Adjective

날아오르다

to fly up

Verb

과녁

target (e.g. for archery)

Noun

빈민

poor people

Noun

불면증

insomnia

Noun

금전

money

Noun

흐느끼다

to sob; to weep

Verb

비뚤어지다

become crooked; distort

Verb

찬사

praise, compliment

Noun

회상

reminiscence, remembrance, recollection

Noun

항목

item; article

Noun

차장

train conductor

Noun

감명

deep impression

Noun

적대

hostility; enmity; The lowest social class in North Korean society.

Noun

진열

exhibition, display

Noun

급속

rapidity

Noun

지표

index; indicator

Noun

후임

successor, replacement (for)

Noun

약효

medicinal efficacy

Noun

소인

child, kid; small person; snobbish person; a postal marking applied on a postage stamp to deface it

Noun

담장

wall, especially an exterior wall without adjoining floor or ceiling

Noun

연예

entertainment

Noun

처참하다

to be atrocious, terrible; unbearable to see

Adjective

명칭

name, title

Noun

꼬박

all, whole, full, entire; drowsily; with a nod

Noun

단숨에

at a stretch; in a breathing spell

Adverb

친환경

being environmentally friendly; eco-friendly

Noun

섣불리

hastily, rashly, carelessly

Adverb

피리

A double reed woodwind instrument with a cylindrical bamboo body, used in the classical and folk music of Korea.; pipe

Noun

겨드랑이

armpit

Noun

균

均: (music) An ancient Chinese musical term indicating which of the twelve pitches of the Chinese chromatic scale would be the starting pitch; 囷: A container for storing grain; 菌: microbe, germ; 菌: (biology) bacteria

Noun

부채

fan (hand-held instrument waved to blow air); debt

Noun

눈사태

avalanche

Noun

곡물

corn, cereals, grain.

Noun

삼각형

triangle