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Basic Korean Dictionary: intermediate words

3272 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
곧
soon, at once, immediately, shortly, straightway; easily, readily; namely, that is, i.e., viz.
Adverb
꼭
absolutely; surely; regardless; unreservedly; grasping tightly, firmly; holding back resolutely (e.g., tears)
Adverb
빠지다
to fall out, to come off, to come out; to lose (weight, hair, etc.); to get off, to slip out; to skip (attendance), to drop out (of an appointment, meeting, etc.); to be lacking, to be missing, to be omitted; to fall into (especially of water), to sink; to get into (a situation); to lapse or sink into a state (e.g. love, drunkenness); to wallow in...; to indulge in (thinking); to be addicted to, to be hooked to/on; …
Verb
부인
(another person's) wife; Lady (honorary title bestowed on ladies of the high aristocracy in the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties); denial; disaffirmation
Noun
인간
human, human being; fellow, guy; human world, human society; family member
Noun
걔
that kid; he or she
Pronoun
입다
to wear, to put on (clothes); to suffer, to sustain (harm, losses, etc.); to enjoy, to receive (a favour)
Verb
가능하다
to be possible; able
Adjective
사건
a noteworthy or remarkable incident
Noun
무엇
what - used in questions; something, anything
Pronoun
작다
to be small
Adjective
뜻
meaning, sense, significance; mind; aim, goal
Noun
열다
to open; to hold (an event, meeting, etc.); to ripen
Verb
늦다
to be late
Adjective
어쩌다
as it happens; by chance; somehow
Adverb
물
water; influence; taint (with verbs 들다 (deulda) or 먹다 (meokda))
Noun
확인하다
to confirm, to verify or check; to see; to ascertain; to affirm
Verb
인생
one's life; human life generally
Noun
절
a verse, passage, paragraph; clause; bow; greeting; Buddhist monastery / temple; chopsticks
Noun
무섭다
to be worried, scared or afraid of something; to be worrisome or fearsome, frightening, scary
Adjective
볼
cheek; the width of feet; patch; ball (sphere); ball (pitch that falls outside the strike zone)
Noun
데
place; situation, case; thing; what; used generically to substantialize clauses.
Noun
가지
kind, sort; variety; twig or branch; synonym of 접사(接辭) (jeopsa, “(linguistics) affix”); eggplant/aubergine; being able to know
Noun
읽다
to read
Verb
잊다
to forget; to leave behind
Verb
형
older brother of a male; somewhat older male; elder sister of a female; hyung (older male member of an idol group); punishment, penalty, (legal) sentence; type, model; form, shape; firefly
Noun
알
egg, roe (of fish); grain (of cereals); ball (small round object)
Noun
녀석
dude, fellow; endearing term for usually young boys, similar to squirt or scamp
Noun
박사
doctorate, Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy); doctor (recipient of a doctorate); expert
Noun
예
example; decorum, ceremonial (code of decorous behavior that all people ought to follow); ancient times, antiquity, old times
Noun
사라지다
to vanish; to disappear
Verb
짓
a physical act or movement
Noun
쉬다
to rest, to break, to relax, to take a rest; (of an establishment) to be closed, to not work (e.g. for a holiday); (of a person) to take a break, to take time out (e.g. from working); to stay to rest (at a place), to lodge; to sleep; (of one's body) to rest, to put to rest; to rest from..., to be away from..., to take a break from..., to take time/a day off from...; to breathe; to sigh; to spoil, to go bad, to turn sour; to become hoarse; …
Verb
새롭다
to be new
Adjective
신경
nerves; one's feelings on a subject
Noun
상태
condition, status
Noun
삶
life; living
Noun
묻다
to ask; to inquire; to charge (a person with); to care; to bury; to hide; to stick, adhere
Verb
심장
heart (an organ)
Noun
자리
space, place, site (occupied by something or someone); seat, position, role, job, post, -ship; mat, bed, bedding; constellation
Noun
쪽
side; direction of approach or movement; a part, piece; page; in a manner indeed arranged in a row; while indeed arranging in a row; without any sort of break; in one single seating; tearing in one forceful continuous stroke; sucking or gulping in one forceful continuous stroke; stretching in a broad manner; looking over in a forceful glance (over a relatively small area); …
Noun
정신
mind; consciousness; pneuma; psyche; mindset
Noun
저녁
evening; evening meal; supper; dinner
Noun
찍다
to chop; to stamp or mark; to choose among many options; to apply cosmetics; to make from a model; to print (a document); to record or take (picture, video, or other media)
Verb
확실하다
to be certain or definite
Adjective
달다
to become hot; to boil down; to be burning up with fever or shame; to feel that one's mouth or nose gets dry and hot; to be impatient; to swell with cold; to hang, to hoist; to attach; to install; to add explanation; …
Verb
영화
movie, film; prosperity
Noun
정보
information; An area unit, approximately 9917.4 m².
Noun
맡다
to take on a task or job; to take charge of; to smell; to scent, to smell out (a secret, etc.)
Verb
애
guy, person (usually rather young); anxiety; impatience; trouble; effort; internal organs, especially the intestines; love; taṇhā or "craving", one of the pratītyasamutpāda, the source of human unhappiness
Noun
오
five
Numeric
망하다
to fail, to go under; to go broke, to go bankrupt; to be bad, to be rough, to be immoral; to not like: Unlike the Standard Korean definition, there are multiple uses of the term and can be used interchangeably with 나쁘다 (nappeuda), 싫다 (silta) and a variety of other more negative verbs.
Verb
달러
dollar
Noun
위
above, upper, upside, top; stomach; status, position
Noun
그저
just (only); constantly
Adverb
훔치다
to steal; to wipe up, to wipe off, to mop up, to scrub
Verb
달
moon; the Moon; month; The Moon (Tarot card); the common reed (Phragmites communis); fire; match
Noun
바보
fool, moron, idiot; The Fool (Tarot card)
Noun
맘
contraction of 마음 (ma'eum, “mind, heart (i.e. one's emotions); intention, will”); one's mother
Noun
짓다
to make something (food, a house, etc.), to build
Verb
정말로
really; truly
Adverb
순간
an instant; a moment
Noun
직접
directly; on one's own, by oneself
Adverb
제대로
properly, in the appropriate manner; sufficiently
Adverb
첫
first; initial
Determiner
법
law; dharma; grammatical mood
Noun
배
abdomen, belly (of a human or animal); abdomen (of an arthropod); belly, bowels, stomach; the womb, the uterus; the belly of an object; the bulging side of an object; ship, boat, vessel (of any size); pear (the fruit); double, twice, twofold; times, -fold; yours truly, yours faithfully (respectful term placed after one's own name at the end of a letter)
Noun
양
quantity, amount; sheep; yang (the essential male principle in East Asian religion or philosophy); Miss (used after the names of young women, especially by older speakers); The fourth-highest score in the five-point grading system in South Korean schools, ultimately abolished in 2012; equivalent to D in the Roman alphabet grading scheme.
Noun
달리다
to run, to ride (a horse, etc.); to run, to rush; to hang, weigh; to lack; to be short; to be not enough
Verb
새끼
young animal; a contemptible person, usually male; a son of a bitch; bro, dude (any man); kid, child
Noun
올리다
to raise, to increase; to record, to enter; to upload; to give
Verb
당하다
to suffer or undergo something; Replaces the 하다 (hada) verb suffix to create a passive.; to overcome, to outdo, to match
Verb
베다
to cut, to chop; to fell, to slice, to slash; to pillow
Verb
올
this year
Determiner
완전히
completely, totally
Adverb
죽음
death, dying; Death (Tarot card)
Noun
어렵다
to be difficult, to be hard; to be difficult, to be awkward, to be particular (e.g. a person's taste in food); to be poor, to be suffering from poverty
Adjective
도시
city; a village serving as the cultural or economic center of a region
Noun
결국
in the end, ultimately
Adverb
여보
darling, honey, sweetheart
Noun
풀다
to untie; to loosen up; to solve
Verb
딱
while colliding together; while stopping suddenly, decisively; widely; tightly; in a perfectly fitting manner; while being immobile; (figurative) resolutely, confidently; an intensifier
Noun
돌리다
to turn something
Verb
유일하다
sole, the only
Adjective
놀다
to play, to hang out; to frolic, to move about gaily; (of a person or institution) to not work (e.g. due to vacation or unemployment); (of an object) to be unused or out of operation; to behave delinquently or indecently; Used to refer vaguely to any action, typically with a sarcastic, disparaging connotation.; to move without difficulty; to hold (a performance or similar event); to use in gambling or a game of luck
Verb
대단하다
to be great, huge, immense, enormous, tremendous; to be great, outstanding, incredible, awesome; to be important, serious, grave
Adjective
새
bird (in general); contraction of 사이 (sai, “gap; space between”); a general term for any plant from the family Poaceae: the true grasses; Arundinella hirta (a type of grass native to East Asia); straw thatch used for roofing; synonym of 국새(國璽) (guksae, “royal seal; state seal”); east
Noun
숨기다
to hide, to conceal
Verb
무기
weapon, arms; inorganic
Noun
두렵다
to be fearful, to be scared
Adjective
확실히
surely, certainly, definitely, unquestionably, for certain, for sure, without doubt
Adverb
아마도
maybe
Adverb
통하다
to pass through, from one end to the other; to resonate, to communicate; to use as a medium (often in the form 통하여 (tonghayeo) or 통해 (tonghae))
Verb
나타나다
to appear, to become manifest
Verb
차다
to be full, to fill, to brim (with), to become filled; to reach a limit; to kick; to dump someone, to end a romantic relationship; to reject a confession of love; to put on, to wear, to don, to hang on one's body; to be handcuffed, to be shackled, to be fettered
Verb
알아내다
to find out, to discover
Verb
뛰다
to run; to jump, leap, rise abruptly; to seesaw, swing; to pulsate, palpitate; to splash; to skip
Verb
당연히
naturally, of course
Adverb
세계
the world, the Earth; The World (Tarot card)
Noun
치우다
to remove; to take away
Verb