Most common Korean words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 501–600

석

three (before certain classifiers)

Numeric

모임

a gathering or meeting

Noun

방어

defense; the Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata)

Noun

밉다

unpleasant, to dislike

Adjective

벌레

bug, insect (any small arthropod such as insects, spiders, etc.); insect (contemptible, repulsive person); someone who is obsessed with something; bee

Noun

극장

theater; movie theater, cinema

Noun

재산

public or private property; monetary assets; treasure

Noun

책임지다

to take responsibility, to be responsible

Verb

어기다

to break; to violate; to infringe; to disobey

Verb

일치하다

agree (to resemble, coincide, correspond)

Verb

각

each

Determiner

각

angle; corner; chamber; pavillion; cabinet

Noun

값

price; value

Noun

하룻밤

one night

Noun

신장

height; stature; kidney; expansion (of power, rights, strength, influence, etc.); shoe shelf

Noun

짜다

to be salty, to be saline; to be stingy

Adjective

폐쇄

closure, shutdown; lockdown

Noun

괴롭다

painful, distressing; embarrassed

Adjective

탈출

escape

Noun

직접

immediateness; directness

Noun

소원

wish, hope; the fourth rank of concubines during the Joseon dynasty; an employee of a research or teaching institute; a small garden or field; an appeal from the ruling of a lower court

Noun

마무리

finishing, completion, concluding; conclusion, ending

Noun

만일

if; perchance

Noun

그나저나

by the way; anyway

Adverb

가까이

vicinity, neighborhood

Noun

복귀

return

Noun

우울하다

to be blue, to be depressed, to be melancholy

Adjective

추억

memory; recollection; reminiscence

Noun

안경

glasses, spectacles

Noun

위층

upstairs

Noun

현

current; present

Determiner

실망

disappointment, letdown

Noun

소속

belonging to

Noun

해결되다

to be settled, solved

Verb

사형

death penalty, capital punishment; lynching

Noun

보석

gemstone; bail

Noun

정직하다

honest

Adjective

사악하다

vicious; evil; malicious; vile; wicked

Adjective

대기하다

to wait; to stand by, to be on standby, to be on call

Verb

형편없다

terrible, awful (of a very poor quality)

Adjective

감수하다

to put up with; to endure; to supervise a book or publication; to sense, to perceive; to guard over the property of a bankrupt person (in order to prevent intentional destruction, etc.); to reduce the number of; to reduce, to become reduced; to recede; to become reduced

Verb

주인공

protagonist, leading character, hero, heroine; The central figure in any situation.

Noun

거시기

dissatisfactory; thingamajig, whatchamacallit; penis

Noun

곰

bear (animal); a thick, dull fellow

Noun

반하다

to be contrary (to); to go against an order or will; to violate a rule; to fall in love; to become enamoured (of)

Verb

여기다

to consider (as)

Verb

협박하다

to threaten, to menace

Verb

침입

penetration; invasion

Noun

깊이

deeply; profoundly

Adverb

꽤

To a more than ordinary degree; rather, fairly.

Adverb

띄다

to be visible or seen

Verb

의뢰

request

Noun

샤워

shower (device for bathing)

Noun

실종되다

to go missing, to disappear

Verb

뭔지

what it is

Noun

콜

call; OK, agreed (on a proposal)

Interjection

적히다

to be written

Verb

희다

to be white; to be grey

Adjective

후보

candidate

Noun

불행하다

unhappy, unfortunate

Adjective

묶이다

to be tied; to be bound; to be chained; to be tethered; to be restricted; to be grouped (together)

Verb

화재

fire (as a disaster), blaze, conflagration

Noun

일반적

general; overall

Determiner

계산하다

to calculate; to pay

Verb

계산

calculation, reckoning; pay

Noun

인기

popularity

Noun

시내

downtown, city centre; city limit/boundary; narrow stream

Noun

슬픔

sadness, sorrow

Noun

통

barrel, bucket, cask, pail, vat; Used in compounds to refer to body parts that resemble containers (being hollow, etc.), often with a colloquial nuance.; head, (of gourd) body; width of legs or waist (of clothes); caliber, generosity, magnanimity; situation, place, circumstances; village; An administrative division composed of several ban to smoothly carry out frontline administration in urban areas.; hub (of wheel)

Noun

쏟다

to pour out; to spill

Verb

유지

maintenance; sustenance; upkeep

Noun

응답하다

to respond; answer

Verb

무

Korean radish, a variety of daikon commonly consumed in Korea (both the plant and its edible root); similar root vegetables, including other daikons, rutabagas, swedes, and yellow turnips; nothing, nothingness, nonexistence (especially as an abstract concept in opposition to existence); Used to count draws when marking scores in competitions and tournaments.; Given in response to a koan or a question that mistakenly assumes an affirmative or negative answer.; martial ethos; the military arts; everything to do with warfare or (by extension) martial arts, especially as a concept in East Asian political theory; dance; shamanism; in particular, Korean shamanism, the indigenous religion of Korea; shaman; priest of Korean shamanism; the fifth of the ten heavenly stems; …

Noun

조정

rowing; royal court; arbitration; mediation; adjustment

Noun

처치

handling; dealing (with); disposal; killing; treatment

Noun

저격

sniping; attacking a specific target

Noun

끊기다

to be cut; to be disconnected; to cease; to discontinue

Verb

스카

ska

Noun

요새

fortress

Noun

요새

lately, recently, these days

Adverb

창

window; spear, lance, javelin; prosperity, flourishing, thriving; chant; intestines

Noun

기뻐하다

to be happy about something; to appreciate

Verb

고장

breakdown (mechanical); a populated district; a town; a center of production for a particular commodity

Noun

이미지

public image; image, image file; imagery; artist's impression

Noun

바르다

to be hardened; to be solidified; to become stiff; to be straight, upright, erect; without bends or curvature; to be right; to comply with the social norm in one's words or behavior; to be right, correct, honest, frank; to be consistent with the facts; right (direction); to be sunshiny; to be sunny or bright; uncommon, insufficient; rarely encountered; fast, takes a short amount of time to do something; ahead of the baseline or comparison in a chronological order

Adjective

전

ex-; previous; whole; entire

Determiner

표현하다

to express (a thought or feeling)

Verb

소유

possession (ownership of something); a possession or possessions

Noun

살피다

to look closely, to observe