Basic Korean Dictionary: intermediate words

hanja (Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation); Chinese character; Han character (any character used in the written form of several languages of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam); written Chinese language

Noun

이념

The ideology or principle underlying an intellectual position.; idea; Idea

Noun

농촌

rural hamlet; a farm town

Noun

소나기

shower (rain that rains heavily for a short amount of time); thunder

Noun

속눈썹

eyelash

Noun

거스름돈

change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)

Noun

경쟁력

competitiveness, competitive power

Noun

포근하다

cozy, snug; warm, tender; mild (in winter)

Adjective

화장지

toilet paper

Noun

시아버지

father-in-law (husband's father)

Noun

드라이브하다

to go for a drive

Verb

근교

suburb; outlying area; outskirts

Noun

여건

conditions

Noun

굳어지다

to harden, to stiffen

Verb

거듭

again, once more

Adverb

외식하다

to eat out; to dine out (to dine at a restaurant)

Verb

이용자

user

Noun

동작하다

to move, to do a motion

Verb

발등

instep, i.e. the top of the foot

Noun

술자리

drinking party

Noun

쓴맛

bitterness, bitter taste

Noun

신문지

newsprint (paper on which newspaper is printed); newspaper

Noun

자유로이

freely

Adverb

가정주부

full-time housewife

Noun

달리하다

to differ, to vary; to separate

Verb

비바람

rain and wind; rainstorm; elements

Noun

캄캄하다

to be pitch-dark; to be hopeless; to be gloomy; to be not knowing; to be forgetting

Adjective

이른바

so-called

Adverb

붇다

to swell up; to increase in quantity; to gain weight

Verb

일상생활

everyday life, daily life

Noun

부지런하다

to be hard-working, to be industrious

Adjective

관계없이

irrespectively, regardlessly

Adverb

대기업

large company, conglomerate

Noun

두드러지다

remarkable, prominent, noticeable

Adjective

도마

chopping board (a sturdy board, upon which one chops and prepares food); vault

Noun

책가방

schoolbag; (school) backpack

Noun

이롭다

beneficial, advantageous

Adjective

주요하다

to be main; to be principal

Adjective

그림책

picture book

Noun

허리띠

belt (band worn around the waist)

Noun

학력

academic background; scholarly ability

Noun

조림

Food which has been cooked down; preserves.; jorim (Korean stewed dish); afforestation

Noun

거래처

customer; client

Noun

시부모

husband's parents

Noun

공사하다

to do construction work

Verb

중심지

centre (a place of importance)

Noun

악화하다

to worsen, to deteriorate, to degenerate, to take a turn for the worse; to make worse, to aggravate, to exacerbate

Verb

사진첩

photo album

Noun

식비

food expenses, money spent on food

Noun

식후

after food, after eating

Noun

월말

the end of the month

Noun

환영회

welcome party, (welcoming) reception

Noun

종이컵

paper cup

Noun

원서

application; original book (in the original language)

Noun

게

contraction of 거이 (geo-i); nominative of 거 (geo); crab

Noun

외할아버지

maternal grandfather

Noun

휴식하다

to rest, take a break, relax

Verb

액세서리

accessory

Noun

하품하다

to yawn

Verb

불친절하다

unkind, unfriendly

Adjective

우체통

mailbox, letterbox, postbox

Noun

승용차

a (passenger) car, sedan

Noun

쭉

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 strong and broad manner; continuously over a duration of time; looking over in one long, wide glance; fashionably; sexily

Noun

그제

contraction of 그저께 (geujeokke): day before yesterday, ereyesterday

Noun

암기

memorization; learning by heart, rote learning

Noun

묵묵히

silently; in silence

Adverb

연하다

to be soft; to be supple; to be light; to be thin, to be dilute

Adjective

야경

night view; nightscape

Noun

몸살

bodily fatigue and illness

Noun

둘레

circumference, perimeter

Noun

번갈다

to take turns; to alternate

Verb

겉옷

outer clothing, outer garment

Noun

통통

with a thump (a word imitating the sound made when a small drum, an empty wood pail, etc., is repeatedly beaten); with a stamp (a word imitating the sound made when a foot stamps a hard spot repeatedly); in drops, bouncing (a word imitating the sound made when small water drops or round objects keep falling); roundly, fatly, corpulently, swollenly

Noun

한층

even more

Adverb

앞세우다

to make somebody go ahead, to let somebody lead, to somebody sb at the head; to survive, to outlive

Verb

꼽히다

to be in a range or ranking; to be chosen

Verb

회식

company dinner