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100 advanced Korean words

100 Korean words worth knowing, picked from the topics Grammar, Everyday life, Fields and translated into English.

Grammar 18 words

KoreanEnglish
부인하다to deny
감히 하다to dare
맹세하다to swear
말랑하다soft
무르익다ripe
낡다worn out
일부러on purpose
갑자기suddenly
즉각at once
요컨대briefly
-을 빼고except
내내throughoutFormal register, for the whole duration
그 누구도no oneFormal or legal register
자기oneselfReflexive pronoun, simple form
그러한such
걸치다to put on
복습하다to go over
-을 생각해 보다to think of

Everyday life 58 words

KoreanEnglish
여보세요helloOn the phone, when picking up
들어오세요come in
버릇없다ill mannered
마일mile
온스ounce
볼트volt
날짜를 적다to date
부활절Easter
긴급한urgent
속눈썹eyelash
청각hearing
볼기buttock
중이염ear infection
인두염throat infection
빈혈anaemia
며느리daughter in lawWife of one’s son
홀아비widower
동생younger sibling
교활하다cunning
고집스럽다stubborn
수다스럽다talkative
침대 시트sheet
생울타리hedge
레인지 후드cooker hood
톱질하다to saw
너트nut
볼트bolt
신발끈shoelace
파카parka
플립플롭flip flops
키위kiwi
타임thyme
대추야자date
강판grater
튀기다to fry
빵가루를 입히다to coat in breadcrumbs
우표stamp
카트trolley
가판대newsstand
시장 건물market hall
하수도sewer
-을 따라가다to go along
잭jack
보닛bonnet
둥근 창porthole
시골 별채holiday cottage
계약금deposit payment
짐luggage
강둑riverbankSlope along the side of a river
얼다to freeze
성에frost coating
해조류seaweed
매애 울다to bleat
왜가리heron
카키색khaki
황토색ochre
스팸spam
이모지emoji

Fields 24 words

KoreanEnglish
분필chalk
지우개eraser
파견 근무temporary work
동기를 부여하다to motivate
지게차 기사forklift driver
와인 판매원wine merchant
허들hurdle
유도judo
말piece
회전목마merry go round
무언극mime
무대 공포stage fright
공리axiom
비커beaker
할당량quota
쓰레기rubbish
견적quote
증시 폭락market crash
자백confession
알리바이alibi
투표함ballot box
로비 단체lobby
특종scoop
확산되는viral

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