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100 intermediate Korean words

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

Grammar 18 words

KoreanEnglish
사랑하다to love
마시다to drink
소리치다to shout
건조하다dry
부드럽다gentle
예쁘다pretty
일찍early
물론admittedly
안에inside
-도 아니고nor
-하는 즉시as early asFrom the moment of, without waiting
-가운데amongWithin a larger group
이thisDemonstrative determiner, masculine before a vowel
그들themStressed pronoun after a preposition
네yesAffirmative answer
치우다to put away
켜다to turn on
거부하다to turn down

Everyday life 58 words

KoreanEnglish
작별 인사farewell
반가워hi there
사과apology
한 묶음batch
더미pile
백hundred
새벽dawn
축제celebration
크리스마스Christmas
홍채iris
신경nerve
신장kidney
기침coughNoun, the symptom itself
감기cold
시럽syrup
맏이eldest child
주인host
애도mourning
순진하다naive
예의 바르다polite
지루함boredom
꽃병vase
냉장고fridge
전등lamp
줄file
톱saw
양동이bucket
마linen
주름pleat
장갑glove
블랙베리blackberry
구운 덩어리 고기roast joint
탄산음료soft drink
쓰다bitter
싱겁다bland
유리병jar
부가가치세value added tax
소포parcel
예치금deposit
벤치benchPublic seat
장터fair
수도원abbey
타이어tyre
페리ferry
브레이크brake
스파spa
비자visa
묵다to stay overnight
서리frost
모래언덕dune
옅은 안개mist
거위goose
스라소니lynx
수액sap
밀랍wax
정육면체cube
버그bug
메뉴menu

Fields 24 words

KoreanEnglish
구술시험oral test
합격자passed
중소기업small business
휴직leave
벽돌공bricklayer
바텐더bartender
세트set
권투boxing
주사위dice
무도회dance ball
재즈jazz
분장실dressing room
디엔에이DNA
이온ion
분리배출sorting
무포장 판매loose goods
감사audit
거품bubble
비자visa
경범죄offence
파업strike
인질hostage
화제몰이buzz
매체media

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