Most common Korean words 2001–4000

jar, jug (made of clay); poison; venom; dock (for repairing and building ships); Gyeongsang, Seoul, Jeolla dialect, and Chungcheong form of 돌 (dol, “rock”)

Noun

배치

placement; inconsistency

Noun

병신

moron, imbecile, idiot, retard, fool; physically disabled person

Noun

회

sliced raw meat or fish; sashimi; installment; (K-drama) episode; association, society, gathering

Noun

붉다

to be red

Adjective

가문

one's family, clan; lineage, pedigree

Noun

및

and, additionally

Adverb

밝다

to be bright, to be brilliant; to be light, to be clear; to be acute, to be keen, to be learned; to be cheerful, to be happy, to be optimistic

Adjective

도망

escape, decampment

Noun

지하실

basement, cellar (floor below ground level)

Noun

주기

period, cycle; annotation

Noun

사방

four sides, (in) all directions, everywhere; erosion control

Noun

굳이

strongly, firmly, obstinately; unnecessarily; (with a verb) bother to...

Adverb

판단하다

to adjudge; to determine

Verb

타입

type

Noun

존경하다

to respect

Verb

정리

arrangement; readjustment, liquidation; theorem; proposition

Noun

발견

find; discovery

Noun

재미없다

uninteresting, dull

Adjective

샌드위치

sandwich (food)

Noun

보관하다

to keep

Verb

신고하다

to report, to notify, to declare

Verb

언어

language

Noun

예술

art; fine art

Noun

목격자

witness

Noun

자국

mark, stain, smudge; print, impression; track, trail; one's country, one's homeland

Noun

매

hawk; the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus); whip, cane, rod (used for beating); millstone; baa! (the bleating of a sheep)

Noun

환영

welcome; illusion, phantasm, phantom

Noun

맺다

to complete or conclude; to forge a connection; to tie (a knot); to bear (fruit)

Verb

사막

desert (barren area)

Noun

지문

fingerprint

Noun

찢다

to tear, to rip; to irritate (the ear), to be ear-piercing; (마음을 ~) to be heartbroken, to be heartstricken; to divide up, to split up

Verb

마비

paralysis (loss of muscle control)

Noun

자원

resource

Noun

정상적

normal

Noun

오전

a.m.; forenoon

Noun

옷장

wardrobe, closet

Noun

아주머니

a woman of one's parents' age; the wife of an older man; ma'am, madam

Noun

짜다

to make, to assemble, to put together, to piece together; to plan, to lay out (a plan, schedule, etc.); to form, to organize (a team, group, etc.); to knit, to weave; to plot (together), to conspire; to press, to squeeze

Verb

놀이

play; game; pastime; amusement, (formal) recreation; performance of traditional Korean arts

Noun

불만

dissatisfaction; discontent

Noun

list, catalogue, index, inventory

Noun

초대

invitation

Noun

조심

caution, care

Noun

언젠가

at some time (in the past or future); at any time

Adverb

마디

joint, knuckle; words

Noun

신뢰

trust; faith

Noun

비난하다

to condemn, to denounce, to reproach

Verb

변명

justification, excuse, apology

Noun

공짜

something which is free, which does not have to be paid for

Noun

시합

game, contest, match

Noun

업무

business, work, task, duty, business operations, service

Noun

다이아몬드

diamond (uncountable: mineral); a diamond (gemstone); diamonds

Noun

애비

father (parent); a person who purchases stolen goods

Noun

최종

the last, the final

Noun

각하

(Mr/Madame) President; Excellency; Your Honour

Noun

자세히

in detail

Adverb

멀다

to go blind; to go deaf

Verb

합치다

to combine; to merge

Verb

반대하다

to oppose

Verb

우유

cow's milk

Noun

소개

introduction

Noun

조절

adjustment; control

Noun

전이

transition; metastasis

Noun

특별

The state or quality of being special.

Noun

앞서다

to precede, to come before; to outdistance, to lead, to take the lead

Verb

동의

agreement, consent

Noun

장벽

barrier, obstacle, obstruction

Noun

시다

to be sour

Adjective

갈다

to change, to replace, to switch (in general); to grind; to whet, to hone (a blade); to grit, to gnash (one's teeth); to sow; to plow, to till

Verb

페니

penny

Noun

일다

to rise, to awake, to arise

Verb

구름

cloud

Noun

따지다

to distinguish (between right and wrong); to inquire into; to investigate; to calculate; to reckon

Verb

대피

evacuation, taking shelter

Noun

예의

manners; etiquette; politeness

Noun

개새끼

son of a bitch, piece of shit, bastard; dog, regardless of age; puppy; an actual young dog

Noun

그림자

shadow; reflection on water; somber facial expression

Noun

예상

expectation, anticipation

Noun

기운

strength, vigor

Noun

아멘

amen

Interjection

그자

that one; that person

Pronoun

리을

the name of the fourth jamo, ㄹ (l) in hangul

Noun

고정

fixity; immobility

Noun

안내하다

to guide, to lead, to usher

Verb

국민

people of a nation

Noun

자비

mercy; one's own expense; cost that someone pays voluntarily

Noun

오히려

rather; on the contrary; unexpectedly

Adverb

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