Basic Korean Dictionary: beginner words

causative of 맞다 (matda, “to be correct, to be hit, to be exposed”); to guess correctly, to figure out; to hit (the target); to expose something (to weathers, accidents, or natural disasters)

Verb

지루하다

to be boring, tedious, dull

Adjective

공원

park

Noun

정하다

to designate, to specify, to decide, to determine; to define

Verb

정리하다

to straighten out, to put in order; to organize or reorganize

Verb

아버님

honorific of 아버지 (abeoji, “father”)

Noun

북쪽

north, northward

Noun

아줌마

middle-aged elder female; aunt; ma'am, madam

Noun

인형

doll, puppet, action figure, any small human form; stuffed animal

Noun

부끄럽다

embarrassed; shy, coy

Adjective

급하다

urgent, pressing; to be in a hurry; impetuous, rash; steep; fast, rapid, swift

Adjective

따뜻하다

warm

Adjective

거절하다

to refuse; to reject; to deny; to turn down

Verb

차이

distinction; difference

Noun

갚다

to repay, to return (something loaned)

Verb

벌

any kind of bee, wasp, or hornet; honey bee (Apis mellifera); punishment; penalty; a set/suit of clothes; field, plain (open area of land)

Noun

성

anger, rage, wrath; sex, sexuality; gender; one's true or inherent nature; gender; possibility; assumption; guess (used after a suffix -은, -는, or -을); surname; last name; castle; fortress; “the sacred”; that which is holy or sacred; Chinese or Vietnamese province; ministry; …

Noun

자동차

automobile, car

Noun

역

(railway, subway) station; theatric or cinematic role; (mahjong) yaku, scoring pattern; translation; the opposite; specifically the converse; (taxonomy) domain

Noun

부부

couple, husband and wife; marital

Noun

불다

to blow; to confess; to play/blow (a wind instrument); to blow one's breath; Gangwon, Seoul, and Hwanghae form of 벌다 (beolda, “to earn money”)

Verb

숫자

numeral; numbers; quantity

Noun

올라오다

to come up; to ascend.; to come to the capital, especially to Seoul.; to be set on the table.

Verb

메다

to shoulder; to bear, to carry (a responsibility, duty, etc.); to fill up (intransitive); to be choked up, to be stifled (with tears, emotions, etc.); to be blocked, to be clogged; contraction of 메우다 (me'uda, “to fit; to yoke, to put a yoke (on)”)

Verb

어른

grownup, adult, elder, senior

Noun

자연

nature

Noun

저번

last time

Noun

거짓말하다

to lie; to tell a lie

Verb

사과

apple; apology

Noun

잘리다

passive of 자르다 (jareuda); to be cut; to be fired (from a job etc.)

Verb

울리다

to sound or ring, or make a sound; to sound or ring something, or cause something to make a sound; to cause to weep

Verb

미터

meter; metre (SI unit of length)

Noun

시민

citizens, citizenry; the residents of a city

Noun

휴가

vacation, holiday

Noun

펴다

to spread, stretch, or expand something; to unfold, open; to straighten; to realize, materialize; to liberate

Verb

춤추다

to dance

Verb

기자

reporter, journalist, newsman, correspondent

Noun

불편하다

to be inconvenient, to be uncomfortable

Adjective

계단

stairs, staircase, stairway; ladder

Noun

풀리다

To be untied.; To be solved.

Verb

말리다

to stop, to keep; to dry; to be rolled up; to be curled up

Verb

짧다

short

Adjective

열차

train

Noun

케이크

cake

Noun

수고하다

to work hard, to take trouble

Verb

the time before now; heretofore

Noun

영어

the English language; the Latin alphabet; prison

Noun

반지

finger ring, ring

Noun

멋있다

wonderful, nice, cool; good-looking, handsome, attractive; stylish; chic; fashionable

Adjective

화내다

to be/get angry/mad, to lose one's temper

Verb

미리

beforehand, in advance

Adverb

의자

chair, sofa

Noun

불리다

to be called; to make full; to fatten, enrich; to cause to swell up; to soak, macerate; to increase, expand

Verb

스트레스

stress (psychological)

Noun

따로

differently; separately

Adverb

깜짝

while blinking one's eyes (especially in shock); with surprise, with a shock (often in a positive way)

Noun

부자

a rich person; father and son

Noun

비싸다

expensive

Adjective

빨갛다

deep red

Adjective

놀리다

to toy with; to tease, to make fun of

Verb

빵

bread

Noun

차다

to be cold to the touch

Adjective

대화하다

to converse; to make conversation

Verb

거울

mirror (a reflecting surface); model for others

Noun

쓰이다

To be used.; To be written.

Verb

신문

newspaper

Noun

이모

maternal aunt (one's mother's sister); madam (when one calls a middle-aged waitress); having the same father but a different mother; emo (music genre)

Noun

기차

train

Noun

의미하다

to mean; to signify

Verb

종이

paper

Noun

소중하다

To be precious.

Adjective

작년

last year; the year before

Noun

마리

animals; head (of cattle); fish

고등학교

high school

Noun

고기

meat; flesh; fish (animal); a historical record; an ancient document

Noun

똑같이

equally, evenly; impartially

Adverb

대

something large; something great; large (out of a set of two or three things, e.g. portion sizes at a restaurant); stalk (of herbaceous plants; especially of tall grasses like maize or sugarcane); pole; long stick; resolve, determination; generation (in a family, a dynasty, a descent group); reign, period, era; era; pair; contrasting pair; …

Noun

공항

airport

Noun

백만

million, 10⁶.

Determiner

택시

taxi

Noun

똑바로

straight, upright, even; correctly, properly; truthfully, honestly, straightforwardly