Most common Korean words 2001–4000

justice; this, that, something already mentioned; party, faction; sugar; Tang dynasty; Chinese, foreign (referring to products introduced from China)

Noun

홍보

promotion; publicization; publicity

Noun

고용

employment; hire

Noun

조종

flying, piloting; management, handling; death knell, the ringing of a bell to announce a death; ancestors; forebears; forefathers

Noun

범행

crime

Noun

상실

loss

Noun

한두

one or two (as a determiner numeral before nouns and classifiers)

Numeric

마땅하다

to be suitable, to be appropriate, to be right

Adjective

공정하다

just, fair

Adjective

진흙

mud

Noun

주장

a claim or assertion; player representing the team in an athletic competition; the leader of a group; someone who takes charge of a task; person being the primary or the foremost; chief

Noun

공통점

commonality

Noun

중령

lieutenant colonel

Noun

어린이

child

Noun

골

gorge; gully; valley; alley; ditch; drain; furrow; cave; hole; hollow; division, discord; bone marrow; brain; bone; bone-rank system; goal

Noun

고아

orphan

Noun

양말

socks

Noun

우리

uri (counter for roof tiles)

괴짜

eccentric person, odd fish, screwball

Noun

출산

childbirth

Noun

멀어지다

to recede, to die away; to grow apart, to drift apart

Verb

진화

progress, development; (biology) evolution; extinguishing/putting out fire

Noun

광

place of storage; (especially) granary; light; luster, sheen; Any of the five highest ranked playing cards in a hwatu deck, marked with the character 光 in most Korean decks.

Noun

행하다

to do; to act; to conduct; to carry out

Verb

엄호

cover, protection

Noun

경찰관

policeman, police officer

Noun

초대장

invitation card

Noun

온도

temperature (a measure of cold or hot)

Noun

순서

order; sequence

Noun

목사님

pastor; minister

Noun

적합하다

suitable, fit, adequate

Adjective

거두다

to harvest; to gather; to collect; to earn; to withdraw; to take something or someone in

Verb

야드

yard (unit of length)

Noun

아홉

nine

Numeric

교사

a teacher, the profession, especially in a primary or secondary school, of being a teacher (not used to address an individual directly); school building; school house; instigation; incitement; death by hanging

Noun

풍선

balloon

Noun

알리바이

alibi

Noun

수요일

Wednesday

Noun

조국

motherland; homeland

Noun

복장

dress; costume

Noun

당근

carrot; something as a matter of course

Noun

애완동물

pet (an animal kept as a companion)

Noun

내지

from how many to how many (Sino-Korean manifestation of 얼마에서 얼마까지); or (close to "if not")

Adverb

사이트

site, website

Noun

서약

vow; oath; pledge

Noun

말씀드리다

to speak (talking about oneself)

Verb

글자

letter, character (of a writing system)

Noun

수단

procedure; method; way; a means (to an end); sudan (traditional Korean punch, made from boiled rice flour cakes and honeyed water, often consumed on holidays)

Noun

연

year; kite; tie; connection; relationship; knot; bond

Noun

교대

rotation; relief; shift

Noun

법률

A law.; An Act of Parliament.

Noun

해커

hacker (one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data)

Noun

한잔하다

to have a drink

Verb

지진

earthquake (shaking of the surface of a planet)

Noun

향수

perfume, cologne (substance providing a pleasant smell); nostalgia

Noun

들러리

groomsman; bridesmaid; a setoff; foil

Noun

페인트

paint

Noun

원칙

principle; rule

Noun

욕

abuse, insulting remark; scolding, reprimand; trouble, effort, labour; shame, humiliation, disgrace

Noun

음모

conspiracy; pubes, pubic hair

Noun

사제

Catholic or Orthodox priest

Noun

장인어른

father-in-law (wife's father)

Noun

오디션

audition

Noun

자지

penis, dick; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); synonym of 자주(紫朱) (jaju, “violet; purple”)

Noun

건네다

To hand over or turn over; To bring over or across

Verb

잘생기다

to be handsome, good-looking, beautiful

Verb

누이

younger sister; older sister of a male

Noun

가물다

to be dry (of land or soil)

Verb

트레이

tray (object on which things are carried); a three/trey

Noun

둔

stationed camp; third hexagram of the I Ching; dhun (Indian classical music); Seoul and Chungcheong form of 돈 (don, “money”)

Noun

침

spit, saliva; needle (used in sewing); needle-like object (any slender, pointy object resembling a needle); stinger (of an insect); phonograph needle (in record players); thorn (of a plant); hand or pointer (in clocks, watches, meters, compasses, etc.); needle (used in acupuncture)

Noun

콘

corn; cone

Noun

감상

appreciation, enjoyment of artistic works

Noun

개입

intervention

Noun

화요일

Tuesday