Most common Korean words 1001–2000

1000 words, in teaching order

Words 401–500

어머

oh, my goodness

Interjection

부르다

to be full (from eating); to be pregnant; to be bulging, to be swelling in the middle, to be pot-bellied

Adjective

주말

weekend

Noun

달다

to be sweet; to be delicious; to feel good; to deserve; synonym of 배다 (baeda)

Adjective

켜다

To light an oil lamp or candle; strike a match or lighter; To turn something on; To split a wood lengthwise with a saw; To play a stringed instrument; To reel silk off cocoons; To make a taffy white; To drink in a gulp; To drink water very often due to thirst; To stretch; To corrugate; …

Verb

입

a unit that counts the amount of food that can be eaten at a time.

맞다

ah, right

Interjection

장비

equipment

Noun

개인

an individual or individuals; a private person; personal, individual

Noun

피해

harm; damage

Noun

위

rank, place

경기

a sporting or athletic competition or match; capital city and its surrounding area

Noun

배다

to soak into; to penetrate; to get used to; to get accustomed to; to conceive; to be pregnant (with a child)

Verb

괴롭히다

to harass; to bully; to torment

Verb

의원

member of a parliament or assembly; a clinic

Noun

들이다

to let in (someone or something); to spend or expend (as in money or effort)

Verb

요리

cooking; cuisine.

Noun

티

dirt; fault, defect; a certain attitude or hint; trace; t-shirt, tee

Noun

오케이

Interjection

이식

replanting; transplantation of organs; interest

Noun

깨닫다

to apprehend; to become aware of a fact

Verb

여름

summer

Noun

장

sauce; marmalade; jam; compote (stewed fruit); preserved vegetables; preserved fruit; head (of an organization); marketplace; place, venue; scene; field; bowel; intestine; emblem; chapter (of a book, etc.)

Noun

금지

prohibition, ban

Noun

파일

file (collection of papers); file (aggregation of data)

Noun

사촌

first cousin (either male or female)

Noun

소개하다

to introduce

Verb

작품

a creative work or product

Noun

반드시

surely; certainly; without fail

Adverb

재미

fun; enjoyment

Noun

내보내다

to let go out; to let out

Verb

아무리

however much/many; no matter how much/many

Adverb

잃어버리다

to lose; to no longer have in one's possession

Verb

고향

one's hometown or birthplace; the ancestral home of one's family

Noun

식당

restaurant; dining room

Noun

지원

support; aid; application

Noun

흐르다

to flow; to flow; to pass by

Verb

와인

wine

Noun

장기

janggi (Korean chess); viscera, organ; longterm, long dated; talent, specialty; miasma

Noun

돌아다니다

to get around, to go around, to wander, to roam

Verb

이틀

two days; the second day of the month

Noun

손상

harm; damage; injury

Noun

여동생

little sister, younger sister

Noun

지우다

to erase; to rub out; to wipe away; to make someone carry, to load something up; to charge (a person with a duty), to put (the responsibility) on

Verb

걱정되다

to be worried about

Verb

익숙하다

skilled; familiar

Adjective

운전하다

to drive

Verb

복수

plural; revenge, vengeance, avenge

Noun

아끼다

to cherish; to save or conserve something

Verb

반응

reaction

Noun

들르다

to stop by

Verb

표정

an expression of feeling, especially a facial expression

Noun

배우

actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or film)

Noun

되찾다

to retrieve, to find (something again); to return, to recover

Verb

접근하다

to approach, to come/get close

Verb

상상하다

to imagine

Verb

추적하다

chase; run after; trace; track

Verb

메이

Hwanghae form of 모이 (moi, “feed for poultry”)

Noun

용의자

suspect

Noun

조건

precondition or preconditions; terms

Noun

악몽

nightmare (a very bad or frightening dream)

Noun

연결하다

to connect, to join, to attach, to link

Verb

대가

master, leading figure; rich family; cost; price

Noun

주소

address

Noun

틀다

to turn, twist, wrench; to thwart; to turn on a machine that produces sound

Verb

알아듣다

to understand, to follow, to see, to get; to recognize, to make out

Verb

종류

type, kind, category

Noun

오직

only, solely, alone, exclusively, but

Adverb

진정

relaxation; tranquility; pacification; sincerity; one's true heart / feelings; real or true situation; petition

Noun

참

the truth; break, interval; food eaten during break; occasion, time; intention

Noun

달라지다

to become different; to change or diverge over time

Verb

수사

number; numeral; a criminal investigation; rhetoric, figure of speech; monk; brother; copying by hand; handwriting; synonym of 익사(溺死) (iksa, “drowning”)

Noun

진짜

something which is real or true

Noun

대령

waiting for an order; waiting for the command to fall; colonel; (in the navy) captain; oversoul; fundamental spirit of the cosmos; deity, divinity; [~의식(儀式)] (Buddhism) Buddhist funerary ritual, dispatching the deceased soul to the afterlife

Noun

묶다

to tie up, to bind; to restrict, to limit, to constrain; to collect, to pull together

Verb

기도

prayer (practice of communicating with one's God); attempt, try; airway

Noun

역할

a role or part

Noun

해변

beach, seashore

Noun

트

number of attempts

통신

communication; the sending of information; communications technology

Noun

시장

hunger; market; mayor

Noun

인터넷

Internet (specific internet consisting of the global network of computers)

Noun

영향

influence; effect

Noun

대위

captain

Noun

가리다

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

뜨겁다

to be hot (of the temperature of an object); to be passionate

Adjective

부수다

to break; to smash

Verb

희생자

victim, casualty

Noun

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

지루하다

to be boring, tedious, dull

Adjective

테스트

test, examination

Noun

공원

park

Noun

정하다

to designate, to specify, to decide, to determine; to define