‹ Korean decksBasic Korean Dictionary: advanced words
3238 words, in teaching order
낭패in an awkward or difficult position; fatigued; exhausted; tired; untidy; slovenly; flustering; confusion
Noun
생산량output, production
Noun
사색contemplation, thinking; meditation
Noun
산림mountains and forests
Noun
번성prosperity; thriving, flourishing
Noun
단거리short distance; short range
Noun
뒤엎다to overturn, to turn upside down, to knock over; to reverse, to overrule; to disturb, to mess up
Verb
치우치다to lean to; to be biased; to be one-sided
Verb
맞아떨어지다to match; to tally (with)
Verb
득점하다to score, to gain points
Verb
특유having a particular, specific, characteristic, or peculiar quality
Noun
빈틈없다thorough, perfect, exhaustive, not missing
Adjective
의존dependence; dependence on a modifier
Noun
건망증forgetfulness; amnesia
Noun
파하다To crush or prevail over an enemy.; To end.
Verb
매콤하다to have a spicy taste
Adjective
찧다to pound, to mash, to mill; to hit, to knock
Verb
구내식당cafeteria, canteen, refectory
Noun
똑똑with a knocking sound; with a tapping sound
Noun
후기postscript, epilogue; the late period; anaphase
Noun
얼핏in an instant, in a flash, by chance, by accident
Noun
민속folklore; folkway; folk custom
Noun
격언proverb; saying; maxim
Noun
구경꾼onlooker; spectator
Noun
숙식room and board, board and lodging
Noun
성차별gender discrimination, sexism
Noun
설상가상making matters worse, adding insult to injury
Noun
험악하다dangerous, perilous; grim, stern
Adjective
속수무책being at a loss what to do; feeling helpless in the face of some difficulty
Noun
부각bugak (fried kombu)
Noun
이루possibly (only used with a negation, forming the sense of "impossible")
Adverb
효능efficacy; effectiveness
Noun
꼬박꼬박constantly, consistently, regularly, religiously, faithfully, all the time
Noun
벌겋다to be red (a kind of light red with a darkish hue)
Adjective
월간monthly (in compounds); monthly publication (such as a magazine); monthlong period
Noun
혹평severe criticism, harsh review
Noun
사퇴하다to resign, to step down
Verb
식용being edible; something edible
Noun
학계academia, scholarly community; educational plan; rank
Noun
음치one who is tone-deaf
Noun
나날이day after day; from day to day; as day follows day (increasingly)
Adverb
잔고balance, remaining amount of money
Noun
점치다to tell fortunes, to foresee, to forecast, to predict
Verb
먹구름dark clouds; black clouds
Noun
사리mass of noodles; reason, logic, sense; śarīra; sari (Indian dress)
Noun
갑armor; shell; the first of the ten heavenly stems; box; case, carton; cape; headland
Noun
고루equally; indiscriminately
Adverb
언뜻in an instant, in a flash; emerging suddenly, emerging spontaneously
Noun
얼버무리다to speak ambiguously, to equivocate, to prevaricate; to mix, to jumble up; to swallow without chewing well, to swallow in lumps
Verb
흑자surplus, in the black
Noun
철새migratory bird, bird of passage
Noun
울퉁불퉁significantly unevenly, significantly ruggedly
Noun
불황recession, slump, depression
Noun
깃collar; wings (of a bird); feather; plume; fletching (on an arrow); litter (e.g. straw or dry grass) used as bedding for animals; synonym of 부싯깃 (busitgit, “tinder”); share or portion (per person)
Noun
용지form (document to be filled)
Noun
말솜씨one's way of speaking; eloquence
Noun
출출하다peckish, somewhat hungry
Adjective
낙제failure (in an examination); failure (to advance to the next grade or graduate from school); synonym of 낙지 (nakji)
Noun
파문excommunication; ripple; stir; undulation; stir (usually negative); ramification (usually negative)
Noun
불상the face of a Buddha; out of detail; not auspicious; statue of Buddha (made of wood, stone, iron, clay, etc.)
Noun
헐렁하다loose (of clothes); baggy
Adjective
체념resignation (giving up)
Noun
정년full age; retirement age
Noun