Basic Korean Dictionary: advanced words

core, kernel; centre; atomic nucleus; cell nucleus; core of planets or other celestial bodies; Earth's core; ring, such as a benzene ring; cheat (program)

Noun

명성

reputation, fame

Noun

공중

the air, midair; the public

Noun

명백하다

clear, obvious, apparent

Adjective

표적

target

Noun

끝장

the final page; the very end, a final situation with nothing left; a doomed situation

Noun

만족

satisfaction

Noun

판결

A judgment, either of fact or of right and wrong.; A formal legal judgment rendered by a court.

Noun

도끼

axe, hatchet

Noun

자정

midnight

Noun

기저귀

diaper

Noun

쑤시다

to pick; to poke; to tuck into; to stuff into; to cram into; to stir; to incite; to investigate to find out the hidden facts.; to squeeze into a company, agency or organization for the purpose of finding a job or establishing a relationship.; ache; throb; sore

Verb

도덕

morality; morals; ethics

Noun

재수

study for the following year's annual university entrance exams after failing; luck, fortune

Noun

대략

approximately

Adverb

구르다

to roll, to roll over; to stamp, to pound (one's feet)

Verb

꿰매다

to sew

Verb

수송

transportation, transport

Noun

합법

legality; legitimacy; lawfulness

Noun

행방

one's whereabouts

Noun

붙들다

to take hold of, to grab, to grip, to grasp, to clutch, to clasp, to hang on; to keep; to hold; to detain; to cling to something

Verb

해제

cancellation; description of a book

Noun

유전

genetic; genetics; oil field

Noun

동

dong (submunicipal administrative unit); ridgepole; large building; large bundle, mass; the east; East Wind; east; joint (connection point); (figurative) coherence, logic; interval, gap, pause; decorative sleeve patch on a jeogori; …

Noun

예민하다

to be acute, sensitive

Adjective

자산

assets

Noun

부패

decomposition; corruption

Noun

내장

viscera, internal organ

Noun

보수

reward; pay, wage; conservation; political conservatism; restoration, maintenance, repair; step count

Noun

대박

big win, great success, big hit

Noun

성형

formation, cast, mould, figuration; surgery, enhancement, -plasty; starshaped-ness

Noun

팀원

team member

Noun

유도

judo

Noun

폭행

assault; act of violence

Noun

떡

rice cake; tteok; wide, broad; tight, fitting manner (usually negative); immobile; (figurative) in an adult manner; intransigent (often negative)

Noun

하필

of all things, why... (used to emphasize the question of why it must specifically be so)

Adverb

결말

conclusion, end

Noun

설

Korean New Year; theory; opinion, view; rumour

Noun

당

justice; this, that, something already mentioned; party, faction; sugar; Tang dynasty; Chinese, foreign (referring to products introduced from China)

Noun

범행

crime

Noun

상실

loss

Noun

마땅하다

to be suitable, to be appropriate, to be right

Adjective

진흙

mud

Noun

고아

orphan

Noun

진화

progress, development; (biology) evolution; extinguishing/putting out fire

Noun

적합하다

suitable, fit, adequate

Adjective

조국

motherland; homeland

Noun

복장

dress; costume

Noun

연

year; kite; tie; connection; relationship; knot; bond

Noun

법률

A law.; An Act of Parliament.

Noun

향수

perfume, cologne (substance providing a pleasant smell); nostalgia

Noun

음모

conspiracy; pubes, pubic hair

Noun

누이

younger sister; older sister of a male

Noun

감상

appreciation, enjoyment of artistic works

Noun

개입

intervention

Noun

귀족

noble; aristocrat

Noun

수익

benefit; advantage; earnings

Noun

죄인

criminal, offender, culprit; sinner, transgressor

Noun

사지

the (four) limbs, legs and arms.; jaws of death, fatal situation

Noun

함

box; warship

Noun

꺾다

to snap, to pluck (e.g. a branch, a flower)

Verb

무너뜨리다

to tear down, knock down, demolish, destroy; to topple, to overthrow

Verb

굳다

hard; (to be) solid; (to be) adamant

Adjective

가구

family; household; furniture

Noun

망치

hammer

Noun

슬슬

subtly; discreetly; while slowly melting; while touching or rubbing somewhat softly; while blowing in a somewhat light breeze; easily; leisurely; Not in earnest but gradually. Indicates the action in the verb has begun but is not yet in earnest and is in its infancy.; Denotes that it is visibly approaching the point where the action of the verb occurs. Frequently accepted for indicating somewhat further gap than 거의 (geoui, “almost”) or 곧 (got, “soon”)

Noun

가라앉다

to sink, to go down; to cool off, to cool down, to settle down; to abate, to soothe

Verb

솔로

a single person; a person without a romantic partner; solo

Noun

변기

toilet; urinal; bedpan

Noun

회전

turn; rotation

Noun

동화

fairy tale; assimilation

Noun

생

life; ginger (plant, food)

Noun

교훈

lesson, moral, lecture

Noun

중지하다

to cease, to suspend, to halt

Verb

골치

the head

Noun

튀어나오다

to stick out, to pop out

Verb

시즌

season (part of year with something special); season (a group of episodes)

Noun

녀

North Korea standard spelling of 여(女) (yeo, “woman; female”); daughter; used only when counting the number of children

Noun

예외

exception

Noun

자극

stimulation; stimulus; magnetic pole

Noun

체계

system

Noun

이중

being duplicate; being double; there being two (of something); the sangha and the lay believers

Noun

황제

emperor; The Emperor (Tarot card)

Noun

모욕

insult (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Noun

나약하다

weak, soft

Adjective

대중

crowd; party; the masses; public; being public; being popular (Something cheap or commonplace, enjoyed by many people because it suits the public's taste.); measurement, estimate

Noun

조의

condolence

Noun

실행하다

to carry out, to execute, to implement; to act immorally

Verb

헤치다

to plow through, to go through, to cut through; to repulse, to disperse; to expose, to dig up, to unwind

Verb

조합

association; union; combination

Noun

깃발

flag

Noun

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