Basic Korean Dictionary: advanced words

innumerable quantity, countless quantity, infinite quantity; anhydrous (containing no water); Chungcheong form of 무 (mu, “radish”); bringing comfort to one's subordinates or subjects (of a king, official, or general)

Noun

열대

tropics

Noun

강력히

strongly; firmly

Adverb

안절부절

while being on tenterhooks, while being on pins and needles

Noun

결단

decision

Noun

고되다

to be hard, to be tough, to be arduous

Adjective

재물

property, belongings

Noun

체격

physique, structure

Noun

노출하다

to expose

Verb

집집

every house; every door

Noun

수당

allowance, pay; bonus, benefit; pool, pond, reservoir; tomb prepared while still alive; head of the 당상관 (dangsanggwan), a rank of officials in the Joseon dynasty.; establishment of a faction such as in a political party

Noun

융통성

flexibility

Noun

쾌감

pleasant feeling, pleasure

Noun

협동

teamwork

Noun

옆구리

side, flank, ribs

Noun

벼락

lightning (stroke)

Noun

무술

martial art, wushu

Noun

윤

sheen; gloss; lustre

Noun

자치

The Korean taimen, Hucho ishikawae.; Any fish of a similar length.; self-government

Noun

정규

formality, regularity

Noun

석사

master's degree; a person who has completed a master's degree; a man of the seonbi class without a title

Noun

해저

the bottom of the sea; seafloor

Noun

후각

the sense of smell, smell, olfactory sense

Noun

안락사

euthanasia

Noun

탄수화물

carbohydrate

Noun

다큐멘터리

documentary

Noun

빙하

glacier

Noun

단락

paragraph

Noun

재해

disaster; catastrophe

Noun

살금살금

secretly; stealthily; while acting lightly and watching one's surroundings to not be discovered

Noun

제의하다

to suggest, to offer, to propose

Verb

끈기

patience; perseverance; persistence

Noun

경쾌하다

light, nimble

Adjective

무뚝뚝하다

brusque; abrupt; unfriendly

Adjective

동경하다

to yearn, to long

Verb

만장일치

unanimity

Noun

토막

a cave dwelling, dugout, earth-house, mud hut, yaodong, zemlyanka; piece, bit, fragment

Noun

도보

going on foot

Noun

충치

dental cavity; dental caries; rotten teeth; mean and worthless person

Noun

속성

attribute, property, quality

Noun

저리다

to be asleep (numb or prickling)

Adjective

영재

talent (person)

Noun

명문

good family; noble family; prestigious family; prestigious school; elite school; beautiful passage of writing; literary gem; good reputation; laws, rules or regulations which are written down; official proclamations; something written well, with clear meaning and language; solar plexus; pit of the stomach; inscriptions engraved on gold stones or other objects

Noun

시위하다

to protest, demonstrate

Verb

엉성하다

careless, sloppy; loose, sparse, poor or low-quality (of fabrics or handiwork); skeletal, emaciated

Adjective

선보이다

to show, present, unveil, display, show off

Verb

단축

abbreviation

Noun

말문

mouth

Noun

종목

event, competition; game, match

Noun

불가사의하다

mysterious, inscrutable

Adjective

기하다

to set as a time for something to begin; to aim for, to pursue (perfection, caution, quality, etc.)

Verb

숭고하다

noble; lofty; sublime

Adjective

번창

prosperity

Noun

난감하다

to be confused, to be embarrassed, to be difficult

Adjective

경전

religious scripture

Noun

시커멓다

deep-black, sooted; blackhearted, wicked

Adjective

뒤처지다

to fall behind; to lag behind

Verb

황량하다

bleak; desolate

Adjective

주되다

to be main; to be primary

Verb

성화

pestering; insisting on something one wants to do; sacred flame; Olympic flame; religious painting; icon; making or becoming holy; the monarch's moral transformation of his subjects towards virtue; sanctification; the believer's moral transformation by the grace of God

Noun

가파르다

to be steep (of a road, path, or slope)

Adjective

실천

praxis; practical application

Noun

가계

A family line; bloodline; lineage; household economy; family income and expenditure; living conditions of a family

Noun

사각형

quadrilateral, quadrangle

Noun

기원전

BCE, Before Common Era

Noun

후유증

sequela, aftereffect; aftermath, consequence

Noun

씁쓸하다

to be bitter, bitterish

Adjective

낯익다

to become used to seeing (a person/a thing); to become familiar

Adjective

이슬

dew, dewdrop; tear, teardrop; something ephemeral; vaginal fluid

Noun

떠들썩하다

to be noisy, to be boisterous; to be troubled, to be disturbed; to be sensational, to be much discussed

Adjective

북돋우다

to earth up (plant); to encourage, to excite, to cheer up

Verb

획득하다

to acquire

Verb

밀도

density

Noun

해일

tidal wave, tsunami

Noun

황혼

dusk; twilight

Noun

규범

standard; norm

Noun

중요시하다

to regard as important

Verb

하위

lower rank or level

Noun

신곡

new song

Noun

위축

withering; atrophy

Noun

강점

occupation (by force); strong point

Noun

곡선

curve

Noun

몸집

build; physique

Noun

강압

coercion; duress

Noun

기부금

donation/contribution (money)

Noun

예언하다

to predict, to foretell, to presage

Verb

언론인

journalist, reporter, correspondent

Noun

명당

perfect place, propitious location (for building a house); an auspicious site for a grave, believed to bring luck to one's offspring or descendants according to Korean geomancy; synonym of 정전 ("main hall")

Noun

흐트러지다

to become disordered

Verb

기말고사

final exam

Noun

악순환

vicious circle

Noun

관례

custom, practice, convention; capping ceremony (coming-of-age ceremony for a young man at 20 years of age)

Noun

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