Most common Korean words 1001–2000

person; people; human, human being; Used in certain proverbs, set phrases, or expressions; a person (encompassing both 법인(法人) (beobin, “legal persons”) and 자연인(自然人) (jayeonin, “natural persons”)); phosphorus (P); ren: benevolence (the fundamental virtue of Confucianism); nucleolus; seal, stamp; synonym of 인상(印相) (insang, “mudra”); addiction (usually a harmful one); habit; cause, reason, factor; …

Noun

소중하다

To be precious.

Adjective

에너지

energy

Noun

작년

last year; the year before

Noun

가득

full; fully

Adverb

마리

animals; head (of cattle); fish

의무

duty, obligation

Noun

인터뷰

interview

Noun

선장

a sea captain

Noun

고등학교

high school

Noun

사고

buy, and ...

Verb

연기

acting; smoke; postponement; pratītyasamutpāda; the ties between two people over the course of their lives; easy preaching that laymen can understand; a folktale about how a Buddhist temple was founded; the date of composition or creation, as recorded on an artistic work; age; annals (an historical record of the year's events); …

Noun

고기

meat; flesh; fish (animal); a historical record; an ancient document

Noun

전사

warrior (person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare); private; death in battle; transcription

Noun

완료

completion

Noun

이메일

email

Noun

똑같이

equally, evenly; impartially

Adverb

즉시

immediately, promptly

Adverb

설득하다

to persuade

Verb

대

something large; something great; large (out of a set of two or three things, e.g. portion sizes at a restaurant); stalk (of herbaceous plants; especially of tall grasses like maize or sugarcane); pole; long stick; resolve, determination; generation (in a family, a dynasty, a descent group); reign, period, era; era; pair; contrasting pair; …

Noun

수

a few, several

Determiner

아무런

of any sort whatsoever; any

Determiner

믿음

faith, belief, acceptance, reliance

Noun

요구하다

to demand, to require, to request

Verb

천사

angel; emissary of the emperor

Noun

공항

airport

Noun

닦다

to polish; to wipe; to clean; to brush; to level; to cultivate, train, practice; to undergo spiritual training

Verb

백만

million, 10⁶.

Determiner

자매

sisters

Noun

붙잡다

to seize, to grab; to arrest; to detain; to keep someone from leaving; to catch in the way of; to help, to aid, to support; to support something; to find a reason, an excuse, a hint, etc; to keep going; to get a job; to make a person or thing one's possession

Verb

차량

vehicle

Noun

바치다

to offer, present, give, dedicate

Verb

대사

ambassador; lines (of an actor or performer); an important matter / affair; amnesty; general pardon; big snake

Noun

공주

princess; Gongju (a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea)

Noun

큰일

important affair; serious trouble

Noun

되게

very, extremely, terribly, awfully

Adverb

은

See the entry at -은 (-eun).

Particle

택시

taxi

Noun

달리

differently, unlike

Adverb

천재

genius

Noun

연습

practice, exercise

Noun

살아가다

to live on; to go through life

Verb

미스

mistake, error; Mrs, Miss (title)

Noun

똑바로

straight, upright, even; correctly, properly; truthfully, honestly, straightforwardly

Adverb

일부러

deliberately, intentionally, on purpose

Adverb

이

two; one-hundredth, 10⁻²

Numeric

벨

bell

Noun

자유롭다

free; unfettered; untrammelled

Adjective

실력

skill, ability; force

Noun

혹은

or (if not); or else

Adverb

거부하다

to refuse; to veto

Verb

해리

nautical mile

Noun

오랜만

long time; the first occurrence after a long absence

Noun

사랑스럽다

to be lovely

Adjective

어딘가

somewhere; some place

Pronoun

취소하다

to cancel

Verb

박스

box

Noun

진행하다

to progress, to make progress (To move forward); to progress, to make progress (To keep doing something)

Verb

침착하다

calm, composed

Adjective

스파이

spy

Noun

부대

unit, troops, corps; sack, bag; attachment, annexe

Noun

얼음

ice

Noun

농담하다

to joke

Verb

제기랄

damn it!; shoot!

Interjection

시신

dead body, corpse; firewood

Noun

썩다

to rot, to decay; to corrupt

Verb

겁먹다

to be frightened

Verb

창녀

prostitute, hooker (a person having sex for profit)

Noun

주위

circumference; surroundings

Noun

살

flesh; skin; meat / flesh (of fruits, animals, etc.); arrow; frame; support; spoke (on a wheel); lattice / latticework or bars (on a door or window); rib / frame (of a fan, kite, umbrella, etc.); teeth (of a comb); fishing weir; sting (of bees, etc.); …

Noun

제공하다

to provide or furnish

Verb

빼내다

to pilfer

Verb

성공

success

Noun

소

cow; bull; ox; cattle; small (in terms of size or scale); stuffing, filling (in rice cakes, dumplings, etc.)