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Basic Korean Dictionary: advanced words

3238 words, in teaching order

Words 2601–2700
요컨대
Introduces an important point to make
Adverb
민박
a private residence temporarily taking lodgers, similar to B&B
Noun
색채
colour
Noun
혼잡하다
chaotic; crowded; congested; busy
Adjective
맥락
context
Noun
강행
pushing ahead; forcing its way
Noun
미흡하다
to be unsatisfactory, to be inadequate
Adjective
상반신
the upper half of the body
Noun
잔인
being cruel; being ruthless
Noun
투병
battling an illness
Noun
풍년
year of plentiful harvest
Noun
생산성
productivity
Noun
호우
downpour; heavy rain
Noun
조성하다
to build, establish, set up, develop; to foster, promote, instigate
Verb
궁궐
palace
Noun
공연히
vainly, in vain, for nothing
Adverb
드세다
to be wild; to be violent
Adjective
분배하다
to distribute, to allot, to divide among
Verb
판촉
(sales) promotion
Noun
남색
navy blue; male homosexuality
Noun
사고하다
to think, to ponder
Verb
벌판
field, plain
Noun
탈모
hair loss
Noun
우렁차다
strong, powerful; sonorous, strong
Adjective
가느다랗다
to be quite thin
Adjective
재기
comeback, resurgence; wit; Verbal noun from 재다: measuring, measure, -metry
Noun
푸념
complaint, grumble
Noun
누렇다
to be murky yellow; to be golden (like rice ready for harvest)
Adjective
널다
to spread something out to catch the wind or sun
Verb
대추
jujube; date (fruit)
Noun
가야금
A long zither with bridges and between 12 and 25 strings; used primarily in Korean traditional and classical music.
Noun
백과사전
encyclopaedia (reference book)
Noun
모국어
mother tongue (first language); language of one's homeland
Noun
황사
yellow sand; loess
Noun
친근감
feeling of intimacy, sense of closeness
Noun
확립
establishment, settlement
Noun
열등감
inferiority complex
Noun
세계관
worldview; a fictional universe; a fictional universe as a holistic system including the rules of the story; the canon of a fictional universe; a mix of the definitions after the first one combined
Noun
애틋하다
to be worried, anxious; to be lovable, affectionate; to be regrettable, pitiful
Adjective
구체
sphere (shape)
Noun
부르짖다
to shout, to cry out; to advocate, to cry for
Verb
퇴진
decampment, resignation, retreat
Noun
범주
category
Noun
심성
mind; disposition
Noun
순대
Korean blood sausage
Noun
능률
efficiency
Noun
한약
traditional Chinese medicine; traditional Korean medicine
Noun
도태
an elimination of (something bad or unsuitable); a culling out, weeding out
Noun
인성
quality of one's character, especially in dealing with other people; personality
Noun
꼴불견
a disgusting, repulsive, or indecent person or thing; an ugly scene, eyesore
Noun
탄압
oppression; suppression; repression
Noun
부임하다
to take a new position (job)
Verb
호평
favourable review; good reputation
Noun
근황
recent or current situation
Noun
조마조마하다
nervous; anxious; afraid; to be on pins and needles
Adjective
빈약
poorness; meagreness
Noun
우유부단
indecisive
Noun
구청
district office
Noun
울창하다
dense; luxuriant
Adjective
미적
aesthetic
Noun
연잇다
to be consecutive; to follow one another consecutively
Verb
왕래하다
to come and go
Verb
옷깃
collar
Noun
후일
in the future, days to come, at a later date
Noun
낙천
optimism; not being nominated; failing to be nominated
Noun
궁리하다
to contemplate, consider, ponder, deliberate, mull (things) over
Verb
의젓하다
mature, dignified, sober
Adjective
으레
customarily; typically; conventionally
Adverb
기일
deathday
Noun
풍력
wind force; strength of wind; wind power
Noun
별안간
suddenly
Adverb
연장자
senior; elder
Noun
집필하다
to write (professionally)
Verb
승강장
platform; taxi stand, taxi rank
Noun
새하얗다
pure white, snow white
Adjective
효용
utility, effectiveness
Noun
공익
public interest; social service personnel, an alternative national service in the South Korean conscription system
Noun
거침없다
to be unhindered; to be inexorable; to be vigorous; to be energetic; to be feisty
Adjective
수다스럽다
talkative, chatty, garrulous
Adjective
전반
first half; something as a whole
Noun
심경
state of mind
Noun
역도
weightlifting
Noun
잇몸
gum (flesh around the necks of teeth)
Noun
정답다
to be warm and loving
Adjective
도매
wholesale
Noun
미역
wakame (type of edible seaweed); bathing / swimming (in a river, etc.)
Noun
주체
main agent, principal agent; subject; Juche (the core component of Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, the state ideology of North Korea); Juche calendar; control; managing; coping
Noun
시냇물
water of a stream, a stream, brook
Noun
구애하다
to court, to try to win one's love; to propose
Verb
이듬해
the next year, the year after
Noun
궁중
imperial court
Noun
이슬람교
Islam
Noun
기아
hunger, starvation
Noun
흥행
performance
Noun
정사각형
square
Noun
넉
four (only used for four archaic unit of measurements: 냥 (nyang), 되 (doe), 섬 (seom), and 자 (ja))
Numeric
촉각
antenna; sense of touch
Noun
예능
entertainment, performing arts; skills, accomplishments
Noun
미혼모
unmarried mother, single mother
Noun
강좌
course; lesson; lecture
Noun