‹ Korean decksBasic Korean Dictionary: intermediate words
3272 words, in teaching order
보리barley; bodhi, Buddhist supreme enlightenment, wisdom
Noun
비롯하다to begin or originate (in)
Verb
리모컨syllabic abbreviation of 리모트 컨트롤 (rimoteu keonteurol, “remote control”)
Noun
진출하다to advance, to enter
Verb
녹음기recorder (e.g. tape recorder)
Noun
설립하다to establish; to found
Verb
정성sincerity; wholeheartedness
Noun
격려하다to encourage; to urge
Verb
불어오다to begin, start (from), originate (from)
Verb
평상시normal, the usual time, normally
Noun
문득suddenly, spontaneously
Noun
여쭈다to greet or speak to an elder
Verb
화창하다to be balmy; to be sunny
Adjective
계층class of people, stratum
Noun
굶기다to starve; to make someone starve
Verb
각국each country/nation; various countries
Noun
빛내다to make (something) shine; to give lustre to, to glorify
Verb
서툴다contraction of 서투르다 (seotureuda)
Adjective
교양cultivation, refinement, education; political and ideological education
Noun
구속하다to arrest; to restrict; to restrain; to tie down
Verb
벽지wallpaper; remote area; out-of-the-way place
Noun
퇴직하다to retire (from office); to resign
Verb
설명서instruction manual
Noun
시청하다watch and listen, especially to television
Verb
사우나sauna (sauna room or house)
Noun
마우스mouse (input device)
Noun
예절courtesy; etiquette; manners
Noun
도서book; bronze stamp (도장(圖章) (dojang)) given to foreigners (primarily Japanese from Tsushima); only those who had documents stamped with it were allowed to trade; islands
Noun
발달하다to develop, to improve
Verb
입시an entrance examination, usually for a school
Noun
소비하다to consume, to spend (time or money)
Verb
낙엽fallen leaves; defoliation
Noun
비롯되다to start, to begin
Verb
부담하다to shoulder, to bear (a cost, responsibility, etc.)
Verb
뷔페buffet (counter or sideboard)
Noun
친정married woman's parents' home
Noun
경영하다to run, to manage (a company, organization, etc.)
Verb
답변하다to reply, to answer
Verb
힘차다strong, powerful, vigorous, energetic
Adjective
동양인east Eurasian (person), especially East Asian and Southeast Asian.
Noun
차비fare (e.g. bus, train or taxi)
Noun
유람선cruise ship; excursion ship
Noun
여유롭다relaxed, easygoing
Adjective
물약potion; liquid medicine
Noun
물리다to be sick of; to be tired with; causative of 무르다 (mureuda, “to get back”); to return; to give back; to make (something) retreat; to delay; to move (something) away; to grant; to bequeath; passive of 물다 (mulda, “to bite”); to be bitten; to get bitten; causative of 물다 (mulda, “to bite”); …
Verb
가로등streetlamp, streetlight
Noun
출판하다to publish, to issue
Verb
내외inside and outside; at home and abroad; married couple
Noun
후식small serving of food at the end of a meal (e.g. dessert but also noodles, rice, etc.)
Noun
해소solution; resettlement
Noun
전제premise, prerequisite; despotism, autocracy, dictatorship
Noun
휴양지vacation spot, resort
Noun
시험지exam paper, test paper
Noun
폭우downpour; heavy rain
Noun
받침support, pad, mat, saucer; batchim, a consonant or consonant cluster in the final position of hangul orthography, e.g. the consonants ㄷ and ㅁ in the word 받침; the coda
Noun
의식하다to be aware or conscious of something
Verb
부채fan (hand-held instrument waved to blow air); debt
Noun
현대적modern; contemporary
Noun
이룩하다to achieve; to accomplish
Verb
요약하다to summarize; to sum up
Verb
깜박while darkening and then brightening in quick succession; while brightening and then darkening in quick succession; while blinking one's eyes; in a muddled or confused state of consciousness
Noun
절하다to bow, to prostrate oneself
Verb
엄숙solemnity; graveness; seriousness
Noun
고급스럽다luxurious, high-class
Adjective