Most common Korean words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 301–400

감추다

to conceal, to keep secret

Verb

지불하다

to pay (to give money in exchange for goods or services)

Verb

보살피다

to look after; to take care of

Verb

빛나다

to shine (means to emit bright light or radiate light visibly, as a source of illumination does); to glisten(refers to the effect of light reflecting off a surface, causing it to sparkle or shimmer with brilliance); to shine (describes an outstanding quality or achievement that stands out with brilliance, often used metaphorically to denote excellence or honour); to sparkle (indicates that someone’s eyes exhibit a bright, clear quality, often reflecting emotion, intelligence, or inspiration)

Verb

본부

headquarters

Noun

마누라

wife (married woman)

Noun

비용

cost, expense

Noun

제국

empire

Noun

보고서

report, paper

Noun

주문하다

to order; to place an order

Verb

감

feeling; sense; persimmon; fabric; stuff / material (for) (used suffixally)

Noun

처리

processing; handling; dealing with

Noun

절차

procedures

Noun

코트

coat; court

Noun

음성

voice; negativity

Noun

대회

a competition, contest or tournament

Noun

숙이다

to bend; to incline; to bow

Verb

짜증

irritation, annoyance

Noun

아드님

honorific of 아들 (adeul, “son”)

Noun

대원

team member

Noun

뱀

snake, serpent

Noun

프로젝트

project

Noun

마실

casually leaving home (to have a look around, to visit a neighbor, etc.)

Noun

애쓰다

To exert or strain oneself to reach a goal.

Verb

쌍둥이

twins

Noun

소용

use; good

Noun

기대

expectation; hope

Noun

스톤

curling stone

Noun

기능

function or functionality; skill, ability, capacity

Noun

수백

hundreds

Noun

제거

removal

Noun

토

morphological marker(s) to Chinese text — e.g. gugyeol; complaint; vomit; vomiting; rabbit, hare

Noun

까먹다

to peel and eat; to forget; to waste

Verb

언론

speech, public discourse

Noun

눈치

one's ability to sense what are the correct/wrong things to do in a situation; one's state of mind inferred from the facial expressions; hint given with the eyes

Noun

피자

pizza (baked Italian dish)

Noun

지휘

command; direction

Noun

매력적

charming; attractive

Noun

광산

mine (place from which ore is extracted)

Noun

책상

desk

Noun

웬일

what matter, what cause

Noun

터널

tunnel

Noun

시야

older brother, older male; field of view

Noun

삼다

to take as; to forge a relationship; to make (a thing) of; to have (a thing or a person as) (generally used with the instrumental particle -로 (-ro)); to make (sandals); to spin (hemp)

Verb

골절

fracture (in bone)

Noun

환경

environment, as a general concept; the natural environment

Noun

종교

religion

Noun

흉부

thorax, chest

Noun

어리석다

stupid, foolish

Adjective

집중

concentration

Noun

유전자

gene

Noun

떠들다

to make a noise; to talk loudly

Verb

서명하다

to sign (to write one's signature on a document)

Verb

부엌

kitchen

Noun

커지다

To become large or larger; to expand.

Verb

출발

departure

Noun

동기

same period, same time; motive, motivation

Noun

보상

compensation; reward

Noun

감당하다

to cope with; to manage

Verb

신세

one's life experience; favor, looking after

Noun

놀래다

to surprise, to scare (someone); Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, and Jeolla dialect form of 놀라다 (nollada, “to be surprised”)

Verb

위장

camouflage, disguise; stomach (organ)

Noun

증오

hatred

Noun

힐

high heels; heel

Noun

하얗다

white, pure white, pale; in swarms, in crowds, in flocks; all night

Adjective

정원

garden, vegetable garden, yard; capacity (number of people allowed in an elevator, boat, building, etc.); any fixed number or quota of people

Noun

계획하다

to plan; to lay out

Verb

잇다

to join, to piece together, to connect; to continue, to keep on; to succeed to, to carry on, to inherit; to follow (after)

Verb

노래하다

to sing a song; to sing (of)

Verb

도리

purlin; duty; way; method; means

Noun

잠그다

to lock (door, lock), to turn off (valve, tap, gas); to fasten (belt, button), to zip up (zipper); to shut (mouth); to soak (something) in liquid, to immerse in water

Verb

납치하다

to kidnap

Verb

철

season (of the year); iron; ferrum (metal); maturity; good sense

Noun

통화하다

to talk on the telephone

Verb

중앙

center, middle; central, primary

Noun

젖다

to become wet, to become drenched, to become damp (of absorbing surfaces such as skin, fabric, etc; not of metal); to become immersed (in an emotion or atmosphere); to be stuck (in an undesirable habit or custom); to take on hues of a color (especially of the sky or ocean); to be familiar (to a sensory organ)

Verb

귀신

ghost, spirit

Noun

더욱

more so, even more

Adverb

염소

goat (horned domestic animal); chlorine

Noun

방문하다

to visit