100 advanced Korean words
100 Korean words worth knowing, picked from the topics Grammar, Everyday life, Fields and translated into English.
Grammar 18 words
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
| 부인하다 | to deny |
| 감히 하다 | to dare |
| 맹세하다 | to swear |
| 말랑하다 | soft |
| 무르익다 | ripe |
| 낡다 | worn out |
| 일부러 | on purpose |
| 갑자기 | suddenly |
| 즉각 | at once |
| 요컨대 | briefly |
| -을 빼고 | except |
| 내내 | throughoutFormal register, for the whole duration |
| 그 누구도 | no oneFormal or legal register |
| 자기 | oneselfReflexive pronoun, simple form |
| 그러한 | such |
| 걸치다 | to put on |
| 복습하다 | to go over |
| -을 생각해 보다 | to think of |
Everyday life 58 words
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
| 여보세요 | helloOn the phone, when picking up |
| 들어오세요 | come in |
| 버릇없다 | ill mannered |
| 마일 | mile |
| 온스 | ounce |
| 볼트 | volt |
| 날짜를 적다 | to date |
| 부활절 | Easter |
| 긴급한 | urgent |
| 속눈썹 | eyelash |
| 청각 | hearing |
| 볼기 | buttock |
| 중이염 | ear infection |
| 인두염 | throat infection |
| 빈혈 | anaemia |
| 며느리 | daughter in lawWife of one’s son |
| 홀아비 | widower |
| 동생 | younger sibling |
| 교활하다 | cunning |
| 고집스럽다 | stubborn |
| 수다스럽다 | talkative |
| 침대 시트 | sheet |
| 생울타리 | hedge |
| 레인지 후드 | cooker hood |
| 톱질하다 | to saw |
| 너트 | nut |
| 볼트 | bolt |
| 신발끈 | shoelace |
| 파카 | parka |
| 플립플롭 | flip flops |
| 키위 | kiwi |
| 타임 | thyme |
| 대추야자 | date |
| 강판 | grater |
| 튀기다 | to fry |
| 빵가루를 입히다 | to coat in breadcrumbs |
| 우표 | stamp |
| 카트 | trolley |
| 가판대 | newsstand |
| 시장 건물 | market hall |
| 하수도 | sewer |
| -을 따라가다 | to go along |
| 잭 | jack |
| 보닛 | bonnet |
| 둥근 창 | porthole |
| 시골 별채 | holiday cottage |
| 계약금 | deposit payment |
| 짐 | luggage |
| 강둑 | riverbankSlope along the side of a river |
| 얼다 | to freeze |
| 성에 | frost coating |
| 해조류 | seaweed |
| 매애 울다 | to bleat |
| 왜가리 | heron |
| 카키색 | khaki |
| 황토색 | ochre |
| 스팸 | spam |
| 이모지 | emoji |
Fields 24 words
| Korean | English |
|---|---|
| 분필 | chalk |
| 지우개 | eraser |
| 파견 근무 | temporary work |
| 동기를 부여하다 | to motivate |
| 지게차 기사 | forklift driver |
| 와인 판매원 | wine merchant |
| 허들 | hurdle |
| 유도 | judo |
| 말 | piece |
| 회전목마 | merry go round |
| 무언극 | mime |
| 무대 공포 | stage fright |
| 공리 | axiom |
| 비커 | beaker |
| 할당량 | quota |
| 쓰레기 | rubbish |
| 견적 | quote |
| 증시 폭락 | market crash |
| 자백 | confession |
| 알리바이 | alibi |
| 투표함 | ballot box |
| 로비 단체 | lobby |
| 특종 | scoop |
| 확산되는 | viral |
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