Basic Korean Dictionary: beginner words

foot (of a human or amother animal); leg (of furniture, etc.); blind, screen, or curtain made with woven bamboo or reed strips, used especially for shielding from the sun; strands of noodles or string

Noun

약간

a little, a bit; somewhat

Adverb

사업

business; project

Noun

지도

map; guidance; leadership; instruction

Noun

환영하다

to welcome

Verb

하늘

sky; heaven; heavenly god; palate

Noun

열리다

to open, to be opened; to ripen

Verb

나머지

the rest, remainder, what is left over; so... that (typically for verbs and adjectives of emotion); remainder

Noun

상

top, best, first (grade or class); the first volume in a two or three volume set; a title of respect used when referring to a monarch: His Majesty, Her Majesty; dining table; prize, award, reward; statue, figure; model, example; image; physiognomy; look, face; aspect, phase; …

Noun

만지다

to touch; to handle

Verb

옛날

the past; long ago; once upon a time

Noun

벽

wall; obstacle, hindrance; habit, eccentricity, idiosyncrasy; blue-green; remote, out of the way; uncommon, rare; jade; angelica

Noun

최근

the latest, the most recent; a close distance

Noun

바다

sea, ocean

Noun

깊다

to be deep

Adjective

어젯밤

last night

Noun

트럭

truck

Noun

다하다

to run out, to be used up, to be finished, to come to an end; to exert, to extend, to devote, to carry out

Verb

결혼식

wedding ceremony

Noun

날리다

to cause to fly; to lose, to waste, to squander

Verb

그림

picture, drawing, painting, sketch; beautiful scenery (as in being picturesque)

Noun

지나가다

to pass, to go past

Verb

며칠

how many days?; which day?, what date?; several days, a few days

Noun

그곳

there; that place, that part; vulva

Noun

내려가다

to go down (e.g. a street); to descend (such as from one floor to another)

Verb

호

number, issue, edition (of a model, publication, version, etc.); apartment/unit number; art name; arc; household; a moat (filled with water); a trench (around a castle)

Noun

원

won; the official currency of South Korea, sign = ₩ (KRW); won; the official currency of North Korea, sign = ₩ (KPW); yuan; the official currency of China, sign = ￥ (CNY); circle; one

Noun

젊다

to be young, to be youthful; usually upper teens, twenties, thirties

Adjective

맞추다

to set, adjust, to tune, to adapt

Verb

대학

college, university

Noun

재미있다

amusing; entertaining; funny; interesting

Adjective

사장

CEO or director of a company; neglectful disuse; falling out of use or notice (often without having accomplished much); sandy field (especially at a beach)

Noun

오르다

to go up

Verb

모이다

to be gathered or collected together

Verb

피다

to bloom

Verb

희망

hope, wish

Noun

성공하다

to succeed

Verb

고르다

to choose, to pick out; to smooth or smoothen, to make something even; to clear one's throat

Verb

교수

instruction; professor

Noun

꾸다

to dream; to borrow

Verb

비슷하다

to be similar (but not identical)

Adjective

화장실

bathroom; restroom; toilet

Noun

내

allomorph of 나 (na, plain first-person pronoun) before -가 (-ga, nominative suffix)

Pronoun

맛

taste, flavor; taste, relish, zest; experience, knowledge; razor clam; solen

Noun

일부

part of a whole

Noun

대답하다

to answer or reply

Verb

저쪽

over there; he, she, or they

Pronoun

그립다

to be dear, beloved; to be longed for, to be missed

Adjective

그날

that day; the day in question; (menstrual) period

Noun

특히

in particular, notably

Adverb

없애다

to eliminate; to kill

Verb

그분

that gentleman, that lady, he, she

Noun

카드

card

Noun

공

ball; merits; exploit; meritorious service; gong; public affairs; duke; seme

Noun

은행

a bank (financial institution); a ginkgo fruit

Noun

비

rain; the suit of rain or willow in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of December; broom; gravestone; tombstone; stone engraved with memorial text

Noun

쳐다보다

To look at or glance.

Verb

직업

job, work, occupation, career, vocation, profession, trade

Noun

왼쪽

left side

Noun

엉덩이

buttocks, bottom; the upper buttocks specifically

Noun

서류

document

Noun

선수

athlete; sportsman; a person who participates in a sport

Noun

스타

star (person)

Noun

과거

the past; one's past; past tense; civil service examination (to select officials in dynastic China, Korea, and Vietnam); measles; living on one's own as a widow; excessive behaviour

Noun

군인

military personnel; soldier

Noun

점점

gradually, bit by bit

Noun

점심

lunch, luncheon; midday

Noun

편하다

easygoing; comfortable; convenient