Basic Korean Dictionary: intermediate words

to choose, to single out; to tell (right from wrong / truth from falsehood), to distinguish (the good from the bad); to hide, to cover, to obscure, to block from view

Verb

떠오르다

to rise, to arise; to come to mind

Verb

예정

prediction, expectation; predestination

Noun

지치다

exhausted, tired; tired, be fed up, be weary, be bored of

Adjective

기적

miracle; steam whistle

Noun

부수다

to break; to smash

Verb

장면

scene; situation

Noun

맞히다

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

테스트

test, examination

Noun

폭발

explosion

Noun

부끄럽다

embarrassed; shy, coy

Adjective

임신하다

to conceive, to get pregnant

Verb

다물다

(of mouth) to shut, to close; to keep (one's mouth) shut, to keep quiet, to keep silent

Verb

차이

distinction; difference

Noun

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

과학

science

Noun

구조

a structure; rescue

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

계약

contract

Noun

형님

honorific of 형(兄) (hyeong, “older brother of a male”); wife's older brother (a type of brother-in-law); wife's older sister's husband (a type of co-brother-in-law); husband’s older sister (a type of sister-in-law); husband’s older brother’s wife (a type of co-sister-in-law)

Noun

재능

talent, aptitude

Noun

폭력

violence

Noun

밟다

to step (on), to tread, to trample; to go through (a process, a procedure, etc.); to follow, to trail, to shadow (a person)

Verb

마르다

to dry up; to become thin; to thirst

Verb

코너

corner (space in the angle between converging lines or walls); corner (intersection of two streets); department of department store

Noun

위협

threat, menace

Noun

자살

suicide

Noun

무대

a performance stage

Noun

진지하다

sincere, earnest

Adjective

사

company; death; private or personal affair; history; sol (musical note)

Noun

몰래

secretly, in secret

Adverb

거대하다

huge; massive

Adjective

비행

flight; flying; misconduct; delinquency

Noun

뒤지다

to rummage, to rifle; to fall behind; to lag behind

Verb

노리다

to glare (at), to stare fiercely (at); to aim (at), to seek; to cut or slash (a person) breadthwise (with a sword)

Verb

보고하다

to report

Verb

자연

nature

Noun

용감하다

brave, courageous

Adjective

결코

at all

Adverb

용기

container; fearlessness; courage

Noun

드레스

dress

Noun

피부

skin

Noun

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

이끌다

to pull; to draw; to attract; to lead; to guide; to shepherd

Verb

도둑

thief; robbery, thievery

Noun

차라리

preferably; rather (instead)

Adverb

기도하다

to pray (to petition a higher being)

Verb

공기

air; gonggi, a Korean children's game similar to jacks.; empty bowl

Noun

확보

guarantee

Noun

후회하다

to regret

Verb

조각

a piece, scrap, slice (of an object); shard, sliver; sculpture; forming a cabinet

Noun

인류

humankind, humanity

Noun

분노

rage, anger, indignation

Noun

어찌

How, in what way or for what purpose.

Adverb

가짜

fake; forgery; imitation; counterfeit

Noun

뚫다

to pierce a hole through, to bore through; to unblock something blocked; to overcome an obstacle; to be well-versed in a subject; to divine another's intentions

Verb

운전

driving

Noun

솔직하다

honest, frank, direct

Adjective

허락하다

to allow, to permit

Verb

최소한

at least