‹ Korean decksMost common Korean words 2001–4000
2000 words, in teaching order
깁스cast (supportive and immobilising device)
Noun
재수study for the following year's annual university entrance exams after failing; luck, fortune
Noun
배짱guts, courage, boldness
Noun
대학교university (institution of higher education)
Noun
승무원crewman, crew member, flight attendant, cabin attendant; steward, stewardess; crew
Noun
순식간the blink of an eye, an instant of time
Noun
대처countermeasure; action taken to deal with something
Noun
녹화recording (a video); forestation; greening
Noun
칠면조turkey (bird); a capricious person
Noun
구르다to roll, to roll over; to stamp, to pound (one's feet)
Verb
퇴근하다to leave work, to finish work, to get off from work
Verb
수송transportation, transport
Noun
드시다to eat, to drink, to consume: honorific of 먹다 (meokda)
Verb
법칙law; rule; principle
Noun
처벌punishment, penalty
Noun
존경admiration, respect
Noun
실행practice; implementation; fulfilment; carrying out; execution (of a program)
Noun
관객member(s) of an audience
Noun
수갑handcuffs, manacles, shackles, irons, cuffs
Noun
합법legality; legitimacy; lawfulness
Noun
오래전long ago, long before
Noun
기대다to lean on, to recline; to depend on
Verb
붙들다to take hold of, to grab, to grip, to grasp, to clutch, to clasp, to hang on; to keep; to hold; to detain; to cling to something
Verb
진료medical examination and treatment
Noun
온통all, wholly, entirely, altogether
Noun
꼬시다to tempt, to talk into, to lure, to seduce; to flirt, to make a move, to pick up
Verb
해방liberation; independence
Noun
맞이하다to receive (guests); to greet, to welcome
Verb
해제cancellation; description of a book
Noun
유전genetic; genetics; oil field
Noun
동dong (submunicipal administrative unit); ridgepole; large building; large bundle, mass; the east; East Wind; east; joint (connection point); (figurative) coherence, logic; interval, gap, pause; decorative sleeve patch on a jeogori; …
Noun
예민하다to be acute, sensitive
Adjective
정해지다to be decided, destined, fixed, established, provided, laid down
Verb
질서good order; public order; appropriate behavior
Noun
동일하다the same, identical, equal
Adjective
보드board (a long piece of wood used in construction); board (long, flat object)
Noun
뱉다to spit out, to spew; to cough up, hand over
Verb
빠뜨리다to drop; to omit, to leave out; in expressions
Verb
늘리다to expand something; to increase something; to improve something by leaps and bounds
Verb
부패decomposition; corruption
Noun
포인트point, especially a key point in an explanation; point of a score in sports
Noun
늙은이an old person; an aged person; an elder
Noun
탱크tank (container); tank
Noun
내장viscera, internal organ
Noun
보수reward; pay, wage; conservation; political conservatism; restoration, maintenance, repair; step count
Noun
대박big win, great success, big hit
Noun
좆같다to be shitty, to suck, to be miserable
Adjective
성형formation, cast, mould, figuration; surgery, enhancement, -plasty; starshaped-ness
Noun
관련하다to be connected or related; to be in a relationship
Verb
최신the latest; the newest
Noun
X레이synonym of X선 (ekseuseon, “X-ray”)
Noun
이송To transfer (a patient, criminal, legal case, etc.)
Noun
폭행assault; act of violence
Noun
지휘관commander, commanding officer
Noun
불태우다to set on fire, to burn
Verb
떼group; a tantrum (of a child); an unreasonable or childish demand
Noun
발포promulgation; proclamation; publication; firing; shooting
Noun
떡rice cake; tteok; wide, broad; tight, fitting manner (usually negative); immobile; (figurative) in an adult manner; intransigent (often negative)
Noun
지어내다to make up, to fabricate
Verb
내쫓다to expel, to kick out
Verb
날카롭다to be sharp, pointed
Adjective
하필of all things, why... (used to emphasize the question of why it must specifically be so)
Adverb
설Korean New Year; theory; opinion, view; rumour
Noun
틈crack; gap; opportunity; spare time
Noun
파이다to be dug into; to become dug; to be engraved; to be carved; to be cut low
Verb
도청provincial government building; eavesdropping
Noun
재우다to put someone to bed, to lull (a baby); to marinate, to season; to write down, to put down
Verb