Most common Korean words 2001–4000

report, information; treasury, place where treasures are kept; treasure house, repository (a collection or artistic or literary works); treasure trove, cornucopia, gold mine (abundance of something)

Noun

굽다

To bake, broil, roast, grill (by laying something on the fire); To mount one 말 (mal, “horse/token”) on another so that they can go together, hence multiply faster, on the 윷 (yut, “Yut”) board.; To burn; to write data to a permanent storage medium such as a compact disc.

Verb

조르다

to tighten; to tie up; to strangle; to pester for a favor; to press (someone)

Verb

조

foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Noun

조

trillion (million million)

Numeric

대표

something which is representative; representative (person)

Noun

내려놓다

to take down, to put down, to lower

Verb

커다랗다

extremely huge

Adjective

바르다

to hang paper; to stick paper, cloth or the like with adhesive to a surface; to cover, plaster, cement; to attach to the surface of an object dirt, plaster or some other such substance; to apply, spread, rub, put on; to rub water, paste, medicine, cosmetics, etc. onto a surface; to peel, flay; to remove the skin, shell, or outer layer of something to get to what is inside; to bone, debone; to remove the meat attached to the bone; to remove fishbones; (…을) to overwhelm an opponent completely; to overpower or defeat an opponent

Verb

비우다

to empty, drain; evacuate, vacate

Verb

주사

injection; shot

Noun

실제

practically; in fact

Adverb

사인

signature; autograph; signal; sine; cause of death; private individual; seeds of Wurfbainia villosa, used in traditional Chinese medicine

Noun

절반

half; waza-ari

Noun

법정

court, law court

Noun

원래

origin; coming from afar / distant places

Noun

존중하다

to respect, to esteem

Verb

실험실

laboratory, lab

Noun

애인

lover; boyfriend, girlfriend; spouse

Noun

또는

if not; alternatively

Adverb

허락

consent; permission

Noun

우리

cage, pen, coop, enclosure (a designated area or structure for confining animals); Dahurian buckthorn (Rhamnus davurica Pall.)

Noun

키읔

the name of the eleventh jamo, ㅋ (k) in hangul

Noun

공장

factory; artisan, craftsman

Noun

반복하다

to repeat, to reiterate

Verb

솔다

limited in space; to be tight, to be small; to be small, to be cramped; to be narrow; to hurt, to ache

Adjective

닭

chicken; specifically the domestic chicken, Gallus gallus, sometimes Gallus gallus domesticus.

Noun

불안하다

uneasy, anxious; insecure

Adjective

방해

hindrance; obstacle

Noun

혀

tongue

Noun

탐정

detective

Noun

별로

very (in a negative context); really (usually used with a negative)

Adverb

현재

the present; now; as of

Noun

난리

uproar; disturbance; war, revolt, disaster, etc.; confused reasons; confusion of reasons or facts

Noun

악당

villain

Noun

별일

an unusual event; an odd thing, a strange thing

Noun

고작

at most; only

Adverb

틀림없다

to be precisely correct

Adjective

넓다

to be wide, large, broad

Adjective

판사

judge; magistrate, Justice of the Peace

Noun

서비스

service; the act of giving away something or doing something for free, as a gift or free service for someone; on the house; a free add-on to a product or service, generally a substantive and desirable one; lagniappe

Noun

어깨

shoulders

Noun

요

this (little)

Determiner

어머님

honorific of 어머니 (eomeoni, “mother”)

Noun

천만

extremely, absurdly; not at all; A polite response to expression of gratitude