Most common Korean words 1001–2000

an article, such as in a newspaper or magazine; an account (e.g. from the 실록(實錄) (sillok)); driver; chauffeur; technician; knight; professional player of the game of Go or janggi

Noun

카

car

Noun

일부

part of a whole

Noun

향하다

to face; to make for, to go towards

Verb

대답하다

to answer or reply

Verb

터지다

to burst; to explode; to break out; to burst out (e.g. of anger); to burst into (tears, laughter, applause, etc.); synonym of 빠지다 (ppajida)

Verb

저쪽

over there; he, she, or they

Pronoun

그립다

to be dear, beloved; to be longed for, to be missed

Adjective

그날

that day; the day in question; (menstrual) period

Noun

특히

in particular, notably

Adverb

느껴지다

to be felt or perceived

Verb

없어지다

to disappear or vanish; to be lost

Verb

제거하다

to exterminate, to remove, to eliminate

Verb

빼앗다

to take, steal, rob, extort, plunder; to strip (somebody of something), deprive (somebody of something), divest (somebody of something); to occupy, take up

Verb

머무르다

to stay, to remain; to pause on one's way; to stop going

Verb

싸움

fighting, fight, quarrel, battle, contest

Noun

없애다

to eliminate; to kill

Verb

그분

that gentleman, that lady, he, she

Noun

좀

silverfish; moth, bookworm (any insect which eats fabrics, paper, etc.)

Noun

저거

that thing

Pronoun

최악

the worst

Noun

살아남다

to survive (after a hardship)

Verb

카드

card

Noun

낳다

to lay, to give birth to; (of a male) to sire; to engender, to bring about, to spawn

Verb

공

ball; merits; exploit; meritorious service; gong; public affairs; duke; seme

Noun

더럽다

to be dirty

Adjective

동의하다

to agree

Verb

안전

safety; security

Noun

은행

a bank (financial institution); a ginkgo fruit

Noun

소녀

girl (young female person)

Noun

연구

research

Noun

수정

crystal; fertilization; insemination; pollination; modification; amendment; correction; rectification

Noun

밀다

to push

Verb

비

rain; the suit of rain or willow in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of December; broom; gravestone; tombstone; stone engraved with memorial text

Noun

갇히다

to be locked up, to be confined

Verb

쳐다보다

To look at or glance.

Verb

직업

job, work, occupation, career, vocation, profession, trade

Noun

현장

site, location, place (of an event); workplace, construction site

Noun

조직

organization, structure; tissue

Noun

왼쪽

left side

Noun

엉덩이

buttocks, bottom; the upper buttocks specifically

Noun

서류

document

Noun

통제

control, regulation

Noun

자막

subtitle

Noun

선수

athlete; sportsman; a person who participates in a sport

Noun

확인

check; confirmation; verification; affirmation

Noun

스타

star (person)

Noun

과거

the past; one's past; past tense; civil service examination (to select officials in dynastic China, Korea, and Vietnam); measles; living on one's own as a widow; excessive behaviour

Noun

실험

experiment; implementation

Noun

훈련

training, drill, discipline

Noun

주지

being generally known; especially in the collocation 주지의 사실 (juji-ui sasil, “well-known fact; common knowledge”).; abbot; head monk

Noun

군인

military personnel; soldier

Noun

보안

preservation of public security

Noun

아가

baby; agar; elegant song

Noun

점점

gradually, bit by bit

Noun

점심

lunch, luncheon; midday

Noun

레

re (second note in the solfège major scale)

Noun

닉

a shortening of 닉네임 (ningneim).

Noun

목표

goal, target, objective, aim, bullseye, eyemark

Noun

조사하다

to investigate, to examine; to conduct a survey; to irradiate

Verb

불쌍하다

pitiful; pathetic; poor

Adjective

편하다

easygoing; comfortable; convenient

Adjective

숲

a forest or grove

Noun

기대하다

to expect; to look forward to

Verb

모으다

to gather, to collect

Verb

만하다

to be worthy of; to be enough, to be sufficient

Adjective

절다

to be doused, to be drenched; to be salted, to be pickled; to limp, to hobble; to stutter, to get your tongue twisted

Verb

덕분

feeling of gratitude, indebtedness, favour

Noun

내놓다

to let go; to take or put out

Verb

딴

another, other; different

Noun

떼다

to detach, to remove, to take off; to separate; to unseal; to wean; to deduct; to reserve, to spare, to set aside

Verb

범죄

crime

Noun

문자

letter, character, alphabet; phrase, passage; text message, short for 문자 메시지 (munja mesiji); learning, knowledge

Noun

창문

window

Noun

현실

reality; the actual case

Noun

늙다

to age; to grow old

Verb

해

the Sun; sunlight; sunbeam; daytime; year; harm; damage; evil; injury; the value of x

Noun

춤

dance

Noun

운명

destiny, fate; fortune

Noun

빛

light, gleam, glow; gloss, glaze, lustre, sheen; color, hue, tint; fame, hope, outlook

Noun

헤어지다

to separate, to part from, to divorce oneself from, to break up, to split up; to be scattered, to disperse

Verb

맨

utmost, most

Determiner

컴퓨터

computer

Noun

추다

to dance; to raise up, to pull up; to keep one's balance

Verb

굴다

to behave, to conduct oneself, to act; contraction of 구르다 (gureuda, “to roll”)

Verb

복잡하다

to be complicated; to be crowded, to be busy, to be congested

Adjective

주변

the vicinity; the periphery

Noun