Basic Korean Dictionary: advanced words

-'s worth of; person; moha, delusion, ignorance; only used in 치를 떨다 (chi-reul tteolda) and 치가 떨리다 (chi-ga tteollida).; synonym of 값 (gap, “value”)

Noun

개발하다

to develop or exploit

Verb

유용하다

useful

Adjective

민감하다

sensitive; susceptible

Adjective

무모하다

rash; reckless; imprudent

Adjective

정책

policy

Noun

차단하다

to block

Verb

결함

defect; flaw; fault

Noun

궤도

track; orbit; orbital

Noun

면접

face-to-face meeting; meeting in person; personal interview; interview, oral test

Noun

굶주리다

to starve; to be hungry; to be hungry for (knowledge etc.)

Verb

묘지

graveyard, cemetery

Noun

보호자

guardian; protector, a person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis) or an incompetent person

Noun

녹다

to melt into water; to melt into a liquid; to dissolve; to warm up, to get warm; to be captivated, to be infatuated with; to have bitter experiences, to have a bad time

Verb

동지

comrade; winter solstice

Noun

유출

outflow; leak

Noun

다투다

to argue, to fight

Verb

틀

frame, framework; model, pattern; mould, die; device, machine; formalism, formality; pattern (in taekwon-do)

Noun

충동

impulse, compulsion, urge, drive, impulsion, feeling, instinct

Noun

정전

ceasefire; blackout; main hall, where the king would receive inquiries

Noun

노숙자

homeless person

Noun

습관

habit

Noun

사원

member of a company; temple; monastery

Noun

원장

director

Noun

브레이크

brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

Noun

권총

pistol, handgun

Noun

항로

sea route, course; air line, airway

Noun

어지럽다

to be dizzy/giddy; to be disoriented

Adjective

탁

with a sudden collision; with spitting; with a sudden release or dissipation of a pent up emotion; widely set out in an invigorating manner

Noun

블로그

blog

Noun

자선

charity

Noun

시나리오

scenario (of a movie, etc.)

Noun

물품

article, commodity

Noun

항생제

antibiotic

Noun

측정

measurement, measure

Noun

전염

contagion; infection

Noun

설교

sermon

Noun

정당하다

to be right, just, legitimate, lawful, proper

Adjective

가사

lyrics; housework; suspended animation; kasaya

Noun

전염병

an infectious disease

Noun

유치

attraction; detainment; custody; milk tooth; baby tooth

Noun

영양

nutrition; antelope

Noun

폭

Breadth, width.; while penetrating with a small object; while enfolding totally in an affectionate way (one thing enveloped by another); to be interested in, to be enthralled by, to be obsessed by; while cooking until the food is significantly cooked; in a severely wet or rotten state; in a sudden collapse

Noun

말썽

trouble

Noun

거스르다

to disobey, to defy, to go against; to go upstream; to go back (time); to annoy someone

Verb

모조리

all, without exception, altogether, completely

Adverb

누

synonym of 누구 (nugu, “who, someone”)

Pronoun

스승

mentor, instructor, guide (in life); shaman

Noun

상의하다

to discuss

Verb

기이다

to hide/conceal a fact from somebody

Verb

체

physical body; (by extension) gait or build; style of writing; handwriting style; font; as if; pretending as such; sieve

Noun

배후

back, rear, behind, back side

Noun

수석

premiere; head; top (e.g. of the class); Ornamental stones.; Underwater stones.; Stones and water, especially in a landscape.

Noun

지껄이다

to chat, to chatter, to jabber

Verb

방사능

radioactivity

Noun

연금

pension; annuity

Noun

활성

activity

Noun

망

any object that looks like a fishing net; network; lookout, watch (chiefly used with specific verbs)

Noun

자아

ego; self

Noun

생애

a period when one is alive; a lifetime

Noun

미아

missing child

Noun

정비

improvement; outfitting, being equipped for; service, maintenance

Noun

복제

duplication; replication

Noun

유언

last words; testament; will (legal document)

Noun

회수

collection, withdrawal, retrieval

Noun

십자가

cross (the cross on which Christ was crucified)

Noun

고도

height, altitude; high class, high grade, high degree; ancient capital, old capital; high road; solitary island

Noun

표시하다

to express, state; to indicate, mark

Verb

손실

loss

Noun

참견

interfering; meddling; being nosy

Noun

방울

drop; bell

Noun

국왕

king

Noun

악하다

evil, bad, wicked, vile

Adjective

곱다

beautiful, pretty, lovely, nice; to be soft to the touch; to be innocently kind-hearted; to be sheltered (chiefly adverbial); to be crooked, be hunched, be curved

Adjective

생산

production

Noun

논문

an academic publication (including papers, theses, articles, dissertations, etc.); a structured essay defending a thesis, not necessarily academic

Noun

해답

answer, solution

Noun

승인하다

to approve, to recognise

Verb

가

border, edge, end; around, nearby, beside; brim (of a vessel); family, household; dynasty, lineage, household, House; allowed; permitted; aye, for (in meetings, etc.); The lowest score in the five-point grading system in South Korean schools, ultimately abolished in 2012; equivalent to E or F in the Roman alphabet grading scheme.

Noun

얼

soul, spirit; scratch, graze, scrape, abrasion; disaster, trouble, misfortune

Noun

쪼다

to peck

Verb

파멸

destruction

Noun

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