Most common Korean words 2001–4000

to become very salted or salty; stressed form of 절다 (jeolda); to become very drenched (by sweat); stressed form of 절다 (jeolda); to be amazing (either in a positive or negative way), to be extremely good or extremely bad

Verb

입구

entrance

Noun

소리치다

to shout, to yell (to utter a sudden and loud outcry)

Verb

만족

satisfaction

Noun

영업

business, trade, sales

Noun

파도

A wave of water or emotion.; A powerful societal trend.

Noun

판결

A judgment, either of fact or of right and wrong.; A formal legal judgment rendered by a court.

Noun

달걀

a hen's egg

Noun

한때

one time; the same time

Noun

때때로

sometimes, occasionally

Adverb

베이비

baby, infant; baby (term of endearment)

Noun

구

nine; the number 10³²

Numeric

구

former; defunct

Determiner

사

four

Numeric

온

realis adnominal of 오다 (oda, “to come”): which has come

Verb

너

four (before certain classifiers)

Numeric

중독자

addict, junkie

Noun

도끼

axe, hatchet

Noun

아깝다

to be a pity; to be a waste

Adjective

유대인

Jew

Noun

연쇄

chain, series

Noun

목요일

Thursday

Noun

대마

hemp (Cannabis sativa); marijuana, cannabis

Noun

성공적

the state or condition of being successful

Noun

담

wall; phlegm; courage; nerve

Noun

세대

age, generation, era; household

Noun

고민

agony, anguish, worry, trouble, woe

Noun

섞이다

to mix, to be mixed

Verb

서버

server

Noun

자정

midnight

Noun

여덟

eight

Numeric

솜씨

skill

Noun

기저귀

diaper

Noun

내리

downwards; from top to bottom; continuously; in a row; without a break (especially of time); wildly, violently

Adverb

차례

time; round

노랗다

to be yellow

Adjective

메

mountain; hill; bindweed; a sacrificial offering of cooked rice; cooked rice; rice

Noun

분석하다

to analyze

Verb

이용

use; utilization; taking advantage of; haircutting (men's and women's)

Noun

안심

relief, peacefulness; beef tenderloin

Noun

과일

fruit

Noun

랩

rap music; rapping; wrapping; lab, laboratory

Noun

뿌리

root (of plants); origin, source; synonym of 어근(語根) (eogeun, “linguistic root, root morpheme”)

Noun

싸구려

interjection used to invite customers to purchase low-priced goods

Interjection

과자

sweet; confection; candy; pastry; cake; cookie; cracker

Noun

깔끔하다

neat, tidy

Adjective

살아오다

To have been living.; To survive; to have survived.; To have made a living at a certain job over a long time.

Verb

미워하다

to hate, to dislike

Verb

신념

belief

Noun

십대

one's teens

Noun

인공

artificiality

Noun

배신자

betrayer; traitor

Noun

욕조

bath, bathtub

Noun

충고

advice

Noun

야수

beast; brute; fielder

Noun

오렌지

orange (fruit); orange (color)

Noun

한숨

sigh

Noun

캐릭터

fictional character, particularly in genre fiction and similar media, or as a personification of an institution; distinctive personality feature of a character; character (code representing a printing character or a control character)

Noun

집어치우다

to throw away; to give up; to quit; to stop

Verb

김

laver (nori, a type of edible seaweed in the genus Porphyra); steam; vapor; since, given that, seeing as; only used in -은 김에 (-eun gime) and -는 김에 (-neun gime); weed in fields or rice paddies, which must be uprooted

Noun

불어

French

Noun

근무하다

to work (as a career for a person)

Verb

쑤시다

to pick; to poke; to tuck into; to stuff into; to cram into; to stir; to incite; to investigate to find out the hidden facts.; to squeeze into a company, agency or organization for the purpose of finding a job or establishing a relationship.; ache; throb; sore

Verb

젤

contraction of 제일(第一) (jeil, “first, number one”)

Adverb

장님

blind person

Noun

출입

entrance and exit; access; income and expenses

Noun

주스

juice (beverage made of juice)