Most common Korean words 1001–2000

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

자동차

automobile, car

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

강력하다

to be strong or powerful; to have great potential

Adjective

역

(railway, subway) station; theatric or cinematic role; (mahjong) yaku, scoring pattern; translation; the opposite; specifically the converse; (taxonomy) domain

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

부부

couple, husband and wife; marital

Noun

자살

suicide

Noun

무대

a performance stage

Noun

진지하다

sincere, earnest

Adjective

이사

moving (from one residence to another); director of a company; trustee of a corporation

Noun

임신

pregnancy

Noun

행성

planet

Noun

불다

to blow; to confess; to play/blow (a wind instrument); to blow one's breath; Gangwon, Seoul, and Hwanghae form of 벌다 (beolda, “to earn money”)

Verb

사

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

Noun

외롭다

alone, lonely, solitary

Adjective

몰래

secretly, in secret

Adverb

시도

attempt

Noun

거대하다

huge; massive

Adjective

이웃

neighbor (a person who lives nearby); vicinity; neighborhood, neighbouring

Noun

비행

flight; flying; misconduct; delinquency

Noun

숫자

numeral; numbers; quantity

Noun

포

gun; cannon; Only used in various hanja compounds.; four

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

올라오다

to come up; to ascend.; to come to the capital, especially to Seoul.; to be set on the table.

Verb

메다

to shoulder; to bear, to carry (a responsibility, duty, etc.); to fill up (intransitive); to be choked up, to be stifled (with tears, emotions, etc.); to be blocked, to be clogged; contraction of 메우다 (me'uda, “to fit; to yoke, to put a yoke (on)”)

Verb

저렇게

like that

Adverb

보고하다

to report

Verb

어른

grownup, adult, elder, senior

Noun

안녕히

peacefully, in peace

Adverb

자연

nature

Noun

용감하다

brave, courageous

Adjective

결코

at all

Adverb

저번

last time

Noun

용기

container; fearlessness; courage

Noun

드레스

dress

Noun

살인자

murderer

Noun

거짓말하다

to lie; to tell a lie

Verb

배신하다

to betray

Verb

사과

apple; apology

Noun

떨다

to shake, to shiver, to tremble, to shudder

Verb

피부

skin

Noun

체포

arrest, apprehension

Noun

잘리다

passive of 자르다 (jareuda); to be cut; to be fired (from a job etc.)

Verb

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

미터

meter; metre (SI unit of length)

Noun

엔진

engine

Noun

접근

approach; being friendly.; access

Noun

시민

citizens, citizenry; the residents of a city

Noun

이끌다

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

Verb

도둑

thief; robbery, thievery

Noun

차라리

preferably; rather (instead)

Adverb

휴가

vacation, holiday

Noun

기도하다

to pray (to petition a higher being)

Verb

공기

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

Noun

펴다

to spread, stretch, or expand something; to unfold, open; to straighten; to realize, materialize; to liberate

Verb

건강하다

to be healthy

Adjective

찌르다

to prick; to stab; to tell on; to tattletale

Verb

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

이동

movement; migration; transfer; east of something

Noun

어찌

How, in what way or for what purpose.

Adverb

수치

shame; figure; count; numerical value

Noun

가짜

fake; forgery; imitation; counterfeit

Noun

춤추다

to dance

Verb

기자

reporter, journalist, newsman, correspondent

Noun

코드

code (system of principles, rules or regulations); code (set of rules for converting information); code (instructions for a computer); cord (wires surrounded by a coating, used to supply electricity); chord (combination of three or more notes)

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

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