Most common Korean words

20378 words

Words 12901–13000

abolition; discontinuation; stoppage

Noun

to act in an unruly manner; to behave outside accepted norms; to be full of oneself; to show off; to act boastfully; to act ostentatiously, especially to show off one's knowledge

Verb

12903굼뜨다

to be sluggish

Adjective

12904몸조리

recuperation; taking care of one's health

Noun

12905부착되다

to be attached

Verb

12906유색인종

people of color (non-white people)

Noun

12907외식하다

to eat out; to dine out (to dine at a restaurant)

Verb

12908환관

eunuch

Noun

12909아니꼽다

to be pitiful; to rouse compassion for; to be unpleasant, to be distasteful; to be annoying, to be bothersome (of a person's attitude or speech); to have a stomachache

Adjective

12910자초지종

the entire story

Noun

12911단두대

guillotine

Noun

12912클라리넷

clarinet

Noun

12913원석

rough gemstone, unpolished gemstone

Noun

12914봉우리

peak

Noun

12915숙식

room and board, board and lodging

Noun

12916이용자

user

Noun

12917모란

peony; the suit of peony in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of June

Noun

12918비상하다

unusual; extreme

Adjective

12919도루

stealing a base

Noun

12920성차별

gender discrimination, sexism

Noun

12921근대

modern times

Noun

12922굴레

bridle

Noun

12923도입부

introduction; beginning

Noun

12924식칼

kitchen knife

Noun

12925촉매

catalyst

Noun

12926비속어

vulgarism; slang

Noun

12927억측

speculation, conjecture

Noun

12928음란

obsceneness; lewdness

Noun

12929대망

great hopes; great aspirations; much expectation, much anticipation; big snake, especially a rat snake; greater omentum; forehead; great failure

Noun

12930송골매

peregrine falcon

Noun

12931설상가상

making matters worse, adding insult to injury

Noun

12932교란하다

to disturb

Verb

12933규정되다

to be made

Verb

12934최적

optimum

Noun

12935농구하다

to play basketball

Verb

12936색칠하다

to colour; to paint

Verb

12937특파원

special correspondent; on-the-scene reporter

Noun

12938초석

saltpetre

Noun

12939동작하다

to move, to do a motion

Verb

12940묵인

connivance, tacitly tolerating

Noun

12941독불장군

a stubborn, obstinate fellow; a fellow who always insists they are right; a lonely outcast

Noun

12942분별

classification, differentiation; distinction, discernment

Noun

12943기피

evasion; avoidance

Noun

12944발휘

show, demonstrate, exhibit

Noun

12945너저분하다

to be messy, to be untidy

Adjective

12946선호

preference

Noun

12947중하다

to be important; to be valuable; to be grave, to be heavy; to be serious, to be grave; to be serious, to be critical

Adjective

12948반자동

semi-automatic

Noun

12949민주적

democratic

Noun

12950기찻길

train tracks, railroad

Noun

12951험악하다

dangerous, perilous; grim, stern

Adjective

12952대자

large text

Noun

12953심화

deepening

Noun

12954승진시키다

to promote somebody

Verb

12955마하

Mach

12956신빙성

credibility

Noun

12957락다운

lockdown (confinement of people as a security measure)

Noun

12958열람

viewing

Noun

12959이단자

pagan, heathen; heretic

Noun

12960스핑크스

sphinx (creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal); Sphynx (cat)

Noun

12961데자

Pyongan form of 제자(弟子) (jeja, “disciple, pupil”)

Noun

12962고동

conch (shellfish); mechanical warning sound, e.g. a foghorn (especially for cars, ships, etc.); device which triggers a machine to start; trigger; catalyst; beating of the heart, especially loud; drumming and dancing

Noun

12963장문

a lengthy text, a long letter; palm lines

Noun

12964수모

jellyfish

Noun

12965속수무책

being at a loss what to do; feeling helpless in the face of some difficulty

Noun

12966발등

instep, i.e. the top of the foot