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Most common Korean words 1001–2000

1000 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
버스
bus
Noun
귀
ear, auricle; spout, lip (for pouring); corner, edge, protrusion; eye of a needle
Noun
눕다
to lie down (on the back)
Verb
데다
to burn / scald (oneself)
Verb
맹세하다
to swear; to vow; to pledge; to take oath
Verb
잘다
to be fine, to be small, to be tiny; to be thin
Adjective
확신하다
to be convinced, to be sure, to be certain
Verb
정상
normality; peak; apex; top; summit
Noun
화
anger; rage; disaster; misfortune; harmony; peace
Noun
배다
to be close together; to be compact; to be packed to the full; to be filled up
Adjective
상상
imagination; speculation
Noun
위대하다
great; remarkable
Adjective
을
B; used to enumerate the second of a group of unnamed people or objects; the weaker or disadvantaged party in a relationship between two sides; the second of the ten heavenly stems
Noun
역사
history (the process of transformation, rise, and decline of human society, or the record of such events); history (the chronology or record of the existence and development of a particular object or fact); history (the traces or record of natural phenomena and the changes they have undergone over time); history (the academic study of past events in human society); Histories (a historical work written around 425 BC by the Greek Herodotus, which narrates the history of the Persian Wars in a narrative style and is divided into nine books); History (a historical work written around 400 BC by the Greek Thucydides, chronicling the Peloponnesian War with a focus on political and military events based on a practical view of history); station building (a building that serves as a station, providing lodging or facilities for travellers, messengers, or officials); construction project (a large-scale engineering or building work); divine work (the work performed by god, or deeds attributed to divine intervention); strongman (a person who possesses extraordinary physical strength, an exceptionally powerful man); …
Noun
시험
test, exam; experimentation, as in 시험 운전 (siheom unjeon, “a test drive”)
Noun
신발
shoes, footwear, footgear
Noun
그녀
girlfriend; crush; a woman that one is romantically interested in
Noun
다섯
five
Numeric
직원
employee
Noun
친하다
to be close (intimate), familiar
Adjective
곁
the vicinity or side of something
Noun
정확하다
to be accurate, to be exact
Adjective
감염
infection, contagion, infestation
Noun
자신
one's body; oneself (as a reflexive pronoun, often in the intensive form 자기 자신); oneself (as an intensifier); self-confidence
Noun
자꾸
repeatedly; incessantly
Adverb
물러서다
step aside; step back; move back; withdraw; retire; resign (To give up what one is doing, or a place or position one is holding.); withdraw; back off (To give up after confronting and enduring a certain situation.)
Verb
비다
to be empty (in general); to be vacant, to be unoccupied; to be empty-handed; to be free, to be available; to be lacking, to be insufficient
Verb
존재하다
to exist
Verb
일찍
early
Adverb
가만히
still; not moving; quietly; just as it is; stealthily; in secret
Adverb
슈퍼
super
Noun
대다
To arrive at a given time, to make it on time; To target, to face; To touch; To work by using tools or something; To stop a vehicle; To provide; To overlap, to support; To aim a gun or a hose, etc.; To put money on gambling or a bet, etc.; To look for somebody and introduce him/her; …
Verb
열심히
enthusiastically, fervently, with dedication
Adverb
배고프다
to be hungry
Adjective
자랑스럽다
to be proud
Adjective
증명하다
to prove
Verb
흘리다
to cause to flow; to spill; to drop (liquid); to drop a hint (in romantic relationships)
Verb
쫓다
to chase, pursue, follow; to drive out, expel
Verb
줄다
to decrease, to shrink
Verb
안정
stability (A consistent state kept, without being changed or shaken.); equilibrium; stabilization (The act of having one's body and mind comfortable and quiet.); stabilization (The act of having one's body and mind comfortable and quiet in order to heal a disease.)
Noun
잔
a drinking cup
Noun
새로
anew, newly, for the first time
Adverb
채우다
to fill; to cause to be filled; to complete or fulfill; to satisfy; to lock
Verb
죄
fault; wrongdoing; criminal offense; sin
Noun
또한
also, too, furthermore
Adverb
절대로
absolutely, never
Adverb
실패하다
to fail (a task or action)
Verb
종양
tumor
Noun
끼다
to insert, to fasten, to put in; to hold between; to fold, to cross (arms or hands); to keep close; to go along/alongside; to wear, to put on (glasses, gloves, rings); to shroud, to envelop, to permeate; to cloud over; to form, to gather; contraction of 끼이다 (kkiida, “to be stuck/caught in/between; to join, to become part of”)
Verb
간단하다
to be simple or straightforward
Adjective
전투
battle; fighting
Noun
샘
spring, fountain (source of water); gland; jealousy; envy
Noun
심지어
even, what is worse/what was worse
Adverb
우
right side; right wing; foolish mistake; Conveys forceful collective movement, e.g. of crowds or gusts.; The second-highest score in the five-point grading system in South Korean schools, ultimately abolished in 2012; equivalent to B in the Roman alphabet grading scheme.; or; and; the fifth note in the pentatonic scale of East Asian classical music, equivalent to la
Noun
내려오다
to come down, to descend, to get off
Verb
분
person; feces
Noun
기계
machine; machinery; instrument; trick; ruse
Noun
장군
The leader or commander of an army.; A general; to check; earthenware jar
Noun
평범하다
average, ordinary, common, mediocre
Adjective
글
a piece of writing; a written work such as a book or article; a letter in writing; a writing system; letters, cultivation, knowledge
Noun
드디어
finally, at last
Adverb
쓰레기
trash, garbage
Noun
주
counter for weeks; counter for trees; counter for stocks
피우다
to cause to bloom; to smoke
Verb
대
Used to count long, stick-like objects, such as arrows, rib bones, and cigarettes.; Used to count the number of times one has been hit, whipped, or stabbed.; Used to count the number of times one has had a medical injection.; Used to count machinery, including automobiles.
굉장히
very, greatly
Adverb
조사
investigation; examination; particle; postposition; exposure to light; irradiation; eulogy; words of condolence; wording; phraseology; premature death; untimely death; synonym of 어조사(語助辭) (eojosa, “Classical Chinese grammatical particle”); founder (of a school of learning, or sect of Buddhism or Daoism)
Noun
답
answer, reply; rice paddy
Noun
대답
answer; response
Noun
수술하다
to operate on (surgically), to perform a surgery
Verb
어둠
dark; darkness
Noun
피해자
victim, casualty
Noun
보스
boss (criminal organization); boss (enemy)
Noun
어이
how
Adverb
오후
p.m.; afternoon
Noun
저런
such, that kind of; like that
Determiner
피곤하다
tired
Adjective
사귀다
to date, to go out with, to be boyfriend/girlfriend with; to make a new friend; to socialize, to get along with; to intersect
Verb
엉망
mess; (in) bad shape; wreck
Noun
폐하
His Majesty, Your Majesty
Noun
암
cancer (illness); female
Noun
춥다
(to be) cold
Adjective
부족하다
to be insufficient; to be not enough
Adjective
먹이다
causative of 먹다 (meokda, “to eat”); to make someone eat, to feed; to shock, to scare; to cause to suffer (e.g. abuse, criticism, scolding, telling off), to scold; to bribe, to pay off; to score (a goal against the opposing team); to hit, to kick, to beat; to cause to spread (e.g. oil through paper), to starch clothes; to put in a machine (e.g. raw ingredients, grass, sheaf of rice); to raise, to take care of, to feed (livestock)
Verb
당기다
to pull, to draw; to bring forward, to advance; to be appetized
Verb
목적
a goal; an objective; a pipe instrument played by a shepherd
Noun
담배
tobacco; cigarette
Noun
영상
picture, image, video
Noun
오랫동안
A long time.
Noun
잊어버리다
to forget; to slip one's mind; to take one's mind off something
Verb
총알
bullet, shot
Noun
수업
a class
Noun
파트너
partner
Noun
재판
trial
Noun
바
thing; what; way; method; how to do; extent; rope; bar; pub; bar parlour; bar (horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault); bar; crossbar (top of the goal structure); bar (a vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections); fa; F
Noun
오른쪽
right-hand; the right side
Noun
탓
cause, reason; defect, fault; blame, fault, scolding
Noun
잠시
a moment, short time
Noun
공연
a public performance
Noun
행동하다
to behave; to act; to conduct
Verb