搜査

hanja form of 수사 (“(law) criminal investigation”)


뱃놀이

boating
alternative form of 뱃노래 (baennorae)


회신

response, answer (to a letter), letter in reply


알차다

to be fully ripe
to be substantial, meaningful


九雲夢

hanja form of 구운몽 (“The Cloud Dream of the Nine (17th century Korean novel)”)


구운몽

The Cloud Dream of the Nine (17th century Korean novel)


으아리

Clematis terniflora var. mandshurica or Clematis mandshurica, a variety of sweet autumn clematis native to Korea.


참좁쌀풀

Lysimachia coreana, a species of loosestrife endemic to Korea.


좁쌀풀

yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris var. davurica)


끄스다

Yukjin, Russia, Hamgyong, and Jeolla dialect form of 끌다 (kkeulda, “to pull, drag”)


-슴메

declarative or interrogative suffix in the plain style of speech


입히다

to cause, to inflict (harm, losses, etc.)


닙히다

Pyongan and Yukjin form of 입히다 (iphida, “to dress”)


야중

Seoul, Chungcheong, and Jeolla dialect form of 나중 (najung, “later”)


말기다

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, and Jeolla dialect form of 말리다 (mallida, “to stop, keep”)


어마

Gyeongsang, Seoul, and Gangwon form of 어머니 (eomeoni, “mother”)


왼통

Seoul, Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 온통 (ontong, “all, wholly”)


마커

Gangwon and Gyeongsang form of 모두 (modu, “all, wholly, altogether”)


금수강산

land of charm and beauty; beautiful land (usually referring to Korea)


-ㄹ세

Used with -이다 (-ida) and 아니다 (anida) to make declarations.


눟다

Gangwon and Gyeongsang form of 낳다 (nata, “to give birth, sire”)


-ㅁ메

post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic form of -슴메 (-seumme, “declarative or interrogative suffix in the plain style of speech”)


쉐수

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Pyongan, and Yukjin form of 세수(洗手) (sesu, “wash one's face”)


갈키다

alternative form of 가리키다 (garikida, “to point, indicate”)

alternative form of 가르치다 (gareuchida, “to teach, inform”)


대취타

daechwita (traditional Korean military music)


당악

traditional Korean music derived from Tang tradition


냉기다

Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Pyongan, Hwanghae, Hamgyong, and Yukjin form of 남기다 (namgida, “to leave behind”)


함자

Pyongan, Hwanghae, and Gyeongsang form of 혼자 (honja, “alone, all by oneself”)


僞造者

hanja form of 위조자 (“forger, counterfeiter”)


들치다

Jeolla dialect form of 들키다 (deulkida, “to be caught”)


읃다

alternative form of 얻다 (eotda, “to take, obtain”)


숨키다

alternative form of 숨기다 (sumgida, “to hide, conceal something”)


언내

Chungcheong, Seoul, and Gangwon form of 어린아이 (eorinai, “child”)


거진

alternative form of 거의 (geoui, “almost, nearly”)


영주

Yeongju (a city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)


耳痛

hanja form of 이통 (“earache (pain in the ear)”)


불리우다

alternative form of 불리다 (bullida, “to be called”)


사마

an ancient office post in China and Korea


보안사

the Defense Security Command, a military intelligence agency within the Republic of Korea Armed Forces


독해

synonym of 독살(毒殺) (doksal, “poisoning; killing with poison”)


-ㄹ려고

nonstandard form of -려고 (-ryeogo, “in order to”)


달갤

dialectal form of 달걀 (dalgyal, “chicken egg”)


엣날

dialectal form of 옛날 (yennal, “a long time ago, in the past”)


윗다

Gyeongsang form of 웃다 (utda, “to laugh, smile”)


기시다

Gyeongsang, Gangwon, Seoul, and Chungcheong form of 계시다 (gyesida, “to stay”)


화목하다

harmonious, peaceful, amicable, concordant


더럽히다

to soil, to make dirty
to disgrace, to tarnish


-으믄

dialectal form of -으면 (-eumyeon, “if, when”)


도채비

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, and Yukjin form of 도깨비 (dokkaebi, “goblin”)


샴

Siam (former name of Thailand: a country in Southeast Asia)


샴

alternative form of 샘 (saem, “spring, fountain”)


-마동

alternative form of -마다 (-mada, “every”)


-닝께

Post-vowel and post-ㄹ allomorphic form of -으닝께 (-euningkke)


포교

missionary activity; propagation of a religion


이림

Seoul, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Pyongan, and Yukjin form of 이름 (ireum, “name”)


쨋다

alternative form of 찢다 (jjitda, “to rip, tear”)


과객

a scholar who has either come for or returned from the civil imperial examinations


가각

alternative form of 과객(過客) (gwagaek, “visiting passerby, traveler”)


쿠다

to say that; follows an explicit or implicit quotation


-ㄴ게

Post-vowel and post-ㄹ allomorphic form of -으니게 (-eunige)


-으니게

alternative form of -으니까 (-eunikka, “since, because, as”)


-슈

Chungcheong form of -세요 (-seyo, “A non-past honorific informal polite style suffix expressing declarative, interrogative, imperative, and suggestive moods depending on context”)


디리다

alternative form of 데리다 (derida, “to bring”)


駐屯地

hanja form of 주둔지 (“garrison, military base, post”)


원제

Chungcheong, Seoul, Gangwon, and Pyongan form of 언제 (eonje, “when”)


확실

certainty, reliability, trustworthiness, authenticity


벳기다

Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, and Seoul form of 벗기다 (beotgida, “to take off, undress”)


원주

Wonju (a city in Gangwon Province, South Korea)


自殺者

hanja form of 자살자 (“suicide victim, suicide (person)”)


왱기다

Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, and Seoul form of 옮기다 (omgida, “to move, shift”)


곤치다

dialectal form of 고치다 (gochida, “to fix, repair”)


으른

Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Seoul, Gangwon, and Gyeongsang form of 벗기다 (beotgida, “to take off, undress”)


부섴

Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, and Seoul form of 부엌 (bueok, “kitchen”)


세바스토폴

Sevastopol (a port city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia)


뺌

Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Jeolla dialect, and Gangwon form of 뺨 (ppyam, “cheek”)


하르키우

Kharkiv, Kharkov (an oblast in eastern Ukraine)


마리우폴

Mariupol (a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)


오미크론

omicron (name of the Greek, Ancient Greek letter ο)


오메가

omega (name of the Greek, Ancient Greek letter ω)


베타

beta (name of the Greek, Ancient Greek letter β)


델타

delta (name of the Greek, Ancient Greek letter δ)


궁디

Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, Hamgyong, and Yukjin form of 궁둥이 (gungdung'i, “lower part of the buttocks”)


조장

promotion, encouragement (typically of something negative)


조장

head / leader of a 조(組) (jo, “team; group”)


그레이트브리튼 북아일랜드 연합 왕국

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (official name of the United Kingdom: a country in Northern Europe)


연합 왕국

United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)


련합 왕국

North Korea standard spelling of 연합 왕국 (Yeonhap Wangguk): United Kingdom (a kingdom and country in Northern Europe)


미느리

Gyeongsang and Jeolla dialect form of 며느리 (myeoneuri, “daughter-in-law”)


대브리텐

Great Britain (a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales)

Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)


브리텐

Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)

Britain (great Britain, a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales; especially (but not exclusively) during antiquity)


오우다

alternative form of 외우다 (oe'uda, “to memorise, chant”)


채미

Chungcheong, Seoul, and Hwanghae form of 참외 (chamoe, “the Korean melon”)


양염

Hwanghae form of 양념 (yangnyeom, “seasoning”)


성야

Hwanghae form of 성냥 (seongnyang, “match, matchstick”)


젤렌스키

a transliteration of the Russian surname Зеле́нский (Zelénskij)

a transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Зеле́нський (Zelénsʹkyj)


머심

Gangwon, Seoul, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 머슴 (meoseum, “farmhand”)


새닥

Gangwon, Seoul, and Chungcheong form of 새댁 (saedaek, “new wife, a newlywed woman”)


얼큰하다

spicy, with a numbing sensation (stronger than 얼근하다 (eolgeunhada))


집성촌

village of people who share the same surname


-꺼지

alternative form of -까지 (-kkaji, “until, by”)


게롭다

alternative form of 괴롭다 (goeropda, “to be distressing, painful”)


새닥다리

alternative form of 사다리 (sadari, “ladder”)


-한데

alternative form of -한테 (-hante, “to, at, for”)


심미안

aesthetic sense; discerning eye for beauty


들이켜다

to inhale (hard)
to drink (up), to gulp (down)


신혼여행

honeymoon (trip taken by a newlywed married couple)


허니문

honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)

honeymoon (trip taken by a newly wed married couple)


욕심쟁이

a greedy person, cheapskate, greedy guts


안경쟁이

bespectacled person, glasses-wearer, four-eyes


그지

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Jeolla dialect, and Chungcheong form of 거지 (geoji, “beggar”)


씨다

Jeolla dialect form of 켜다 (kyeoda, “to turn something on”)


씨다

alternative form of 세다 (seda, “to count”)


구찮다

alternative form of 귀찮다 (gwichanta, “to be tiresome, troublesome, a hassle”)


바리다

Chungcheong, Hwanghae, Hamgyong, and Gyeongsang form of 버리다 (beorida, “to throw away”)


밥다

alternative form of 밟다 (bapda, “to step”)


금새

misspelling of 금세 (geumse, “soon, shortly; in a moment”)


대브리튼

synonym of 그레이트브리튼 (Geureiteubeuriteun, “Great Britain (island)”)


개국하다

to found a country
to open up a country
to be founded
to be opened up


개국하다

to open (a post office or broadcasting station)


단기

Dangun era, the date era beginning at 2333 BCE based on the succession of Dangun


탑승구

boarding gate (passageway in an air terminal where passengers can embark or disembark)


-으니께니

alternative form of -으니까 (-eunikka, “since, because, as”)


겉다

alternative form of 같다 (gatda, “to be the same”)

alternative form of 같다 (gatda, “to be similar, resemble”)


뀌매다

Gyeongsang and Jeolla dialect form of 꿰매다 (kkwemaeda, “to sew”)


뀌매다

Gangwon, Jeolla dialect, and Seoul form of 꾸미다 (kkumida, “to decorate”)


-이까

alternative form of -니까 (-nikka, “Post-vowel and post-ㄹ allomorphic of -으니까 (-eunikka)”)


-ㅂ니껴

dialectal form of -ㅂ니까 (-mnikka, “post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic form of 습니까”)


기대리다

Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Seoul, Gyeongsang, and Hwanghae form of 기다리다 (gidarida, “to wait”)


초구

coarse and poor-quality food; coarse fare; poor victuals


선구

discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not


선구안

an eye for discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not


가불

Root of 가불거리다 (gabulgeorida) / 가불대다 (gabuldaeda). Rarely used alone.


글카

abbreviation of 그래픽 카드 (geuraepik kadeu, “(computing) graphics card”)


군비

armament (arms collectively or equipment for resistance)


군비

military spending, military expenditures


무장시키다

to arm; to equip (with arms); to militarize


고도

height, altitude
high class, high grade, high degree


언나

Gyeongsang, Gangwon, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 어린아이 (eorinai, “child, baby”)


구녁

alternative form of 구멍 (gumeong, “hole”)


새복

Gangwon, Seoul, Chungcheong, and Jeolla dialect form of 새벽 (saebyeok, “dawn”)


명반

well-known record or album (music)
great record or album (music)


델

Hwanghae and Pyongan form of 젤 (jel, “contraction of 제일(第一) (jeil, “most”)”)


델

Hwanghae and Pyongan form of 젤 (jel, “contraction of 제일(第一) (jeil, “first, number one”)”)


설악산

Seoraksan, Mt. Seorak (the highest mountain in the Taebaek mountain range in the Gangwon Province in eastern South Korea)


雪嶽山

hanja form of 설악산 (“Seoraksan, Mt. Seorak (the highest mountain in the Taebaek mountain range in the Gangwon Province in eastern South Korea)”)


탈춤

Talchum, a traditional Korean mask dance


미사여구

flowery words, flowery language, rhetoric


영리

Root of 영리하다 (yeongnihada). Rarely used alone.


터디다

Pyongan and Yukjin form of 터지다 (teojida, “to explode, burst”)


어두움

alternative form of 어둠 (eodum, “dark; darkness”)


개도국

abbreviation of 개발도상국(開發途上國) (gaebaldosangguk, “developing country”)


폭설

heavy snow, deep snowfall, sudden fall of snow


옌지

Yanji (a county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China)


도문

Tumen (a county-level city of Yanbian, Jilin, China)


광저우

Guangzhou (the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China)


-ㅁ다

post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic form of -슴다 (-seumda, formal polite declarative suffix)


어럽다

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, Hamgyong, and Pyongan form of 어렵다 (eoryeopda, “to be difficult, hard”)


문데

Pyongan form of 문제(問題) (munje, “question, problem”)


湯種

hanja form of 탕종 (“water roux, tangzhong, yudane”)


-습메다

Pyongan and Hamgyong form of -습니다 (-seumnida, “Declarative suffix for sentence-final verbs in the 하십시오체 style of speech.”)


딴지

criticism, provocation, reason for quarrel


소제부

cleaning woman, cleaning lady, charwoman


어마이

dialectal form of 어머니 (eomeoni, “mother”)


꼬누다

Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, and Chungcheong form of 겨누다 (gyeonuda, “to take aim, measure”)


쌱시

Hwanghae and Seoul form of 색시 (saeksi, “newlywed wife, young woman”)


最前線

hanja form of 최전선 (“front line, forefront”)


명실상부

being worthy of one’s name; living up to one’s reputation


명실상부

living up to one’s reputation; (loosely) indisputably, doubtlessly, beyond all doubt


-을께

superseded and pronunciation spelling of -을게 (-eulge, “An informal verbal suffix conveying a promise to be upheld in the future.”)


니리가다

alternative form of 내려가다 (naeryeogada, “to go downwards, downstairs”)


꿉다

alternative form of 굽다 (gupda, “to bake, roast, grill”)


폴다

Jeolla dialect and Gyeongsang form of 팔다 (palda, “to sell”)


마더 콤플렉스

the condition of being a momma's boy; being greatly influenced by one's mother


트로프

trope (something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)


자욱

Root of 자욱하다 (jaukhada). Rarely used alone.


철산

[~군(郡)] a county of North Pyongan Province, North Korea

[~동(洞)] a neighborhood of Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea


입사하다

to move into a house (distributed by the government)


신민

subject (citizen in a monarchy or empire)


캐시

a transliteration of the English female given name Kathy

a transliteration of the English female given name Cathy


主謀者

hanja form of 주모자 (“ringleader, mastermind”)


작살

harpoon
alternative form of 작사리 (jaksari)


袖珍本

hanja form of 수진본 (“pocket book, pocket edition”)


본명

real name (as opposed to an alias or pseudonym)


몬치다

Jeolla dialect and Gyeongsang form of 만지다 (manjida, “to touch”)


채리다

Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Gangwon, and Hwanghae form of 차리다 (charida, “to prepare, equip set up a table”)


모넁

Chungcheong form of 모양(模樣) (“surface appearance”)


오라버이

alternative form of 오라버니 (orabeoni, “older brother of a female”)


인스타

clipping of 인스타그램 (Inseutageuraem, “Instagram”); Insta


접문

synonym of 입맞춤 (immatchum, “kiss (touch with the lips)”)


주지사

premier / governor of a 주(州) (ju, “state, etc.”)


상메

short for 상태 메시지 (sangtae mesiji, “status message”)


반군

Anti-military sentiment
Opposing forces against some military


노조원

abbreviation of 노동조합원(勞動組合員) (nodongjohabwon, “union member (member of a labour union)”)


노조비

abbreviation of 노동조합비(勞動組合費) (nodongjohapbi, “union dues”)


이무기

imugi (mythical being in Korean folklore or fairy tales)


무정

Wuding (an autonomous prefecture, a Chuxiong in Yunnan, China)


무정

wu jing, a martial arts-themed painted-face role in jingju (Beijing opera)


염가

synonym of 연가(戀歌) (yeon'ga, “love song”)


진정

Root of 진정하다 (jinjeonghada, “to be true, to be genuine”). Rarely used alone.


진정

sincerity; one's true heart / feelings
real or true situation


육구

pad (cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals)


푸틴주의

Putinism (the political policies of Vladimir Putin)


채다

to seize, to snatch
to pull, to jerk, to yank


사랑채

In traditional Korean architecture, a residential building reserved for men and functioned as a salon


지정

most sincere feelings, extremely genuine emotions


말세

age of corruption; a world coming to an end


양보하다

to concede, to yield, to give in, to compromise


흑화

blackening; darkening
the act of becoming evil


올바로

properly
morally
honestly
correctly, accurately


구인

horseman; person who drives horses or cows (profession)


구인

person you knew before ;
outdated person


포박

arrest, apprehension, capturing, tying up


포박하다

to arrest, to apprehend, to capture, to tie up


옹근

attributive form of 옹글다 (onggeulda, “whole”)


多細胞

hanja form of 다세포 (“(attributively) multicellular, multicelled, pluricellular”)


單細胞

hanja form of 단세포 (“(attributively) single-celled, unicellular, monocellular”)


묵시

hint, suggestion, implication
apocalypse, revelation


黙示

hanja form of 묵시 (“(Christianity) apocalypse, revelation”)


동구

Eastern Europe (a socio-political geographical area of eastern Europe usually including the European countries to the east of Germany, Austria and Italy, and to the west of the Urals)


삶은

past determiner of 삶다 (samda): see -은 (-eun)


삶은

topic-marked form of 삶 (sam): see -은 (-eun)


곱하기

multiplication
times (in arithmetic formulae)


나누기

division
divided by (in arithmetic formulae)


빼기

subtraction
minus (in arithmetic formulae)


持分

hanja form of 지분 (“share, holdings, stake (in)”)


아싸리

rather; preferably; better... (instead of something else)


매끼럽다

Pyongan and Hwanghae form of 매끄럽다 (maekkeureopda, “(of a surface) to be smooth, slippery”)


새냥꾼

Pyongan, Hwanghae, and Gangwon form of 사냥꾼 (sanyangkkun, “hunter”)


표음

phonetic representation, phonetic, phoneme


깍대기

alternative form of 깍두기 (kkakdugi, “kkakdugi, a type of korean kimchi made from daikon”)


깍대기

Gyeongsang, Hamgyong, Pyongan, and Yukjin form of 껍질 (kkeopjil, “shell, skin of a fruit”)


왜래

Seoul form of 오히려 (ohiryeo, “unexpectedly, on the contrary”)


욱

Jeolla dialect form of 위 (wi, “above, top”)


덕다

Pyongan form of 적다 (jeokda, “to write, write down”)


-으루

dialectal form of -으로 (-euro, “to, toward”)

dialectal form of -으로 (-euro, “using, out of”)

dialectal form of -으로 (-euro, “due to, from”)

dialectal form of -으로 (-euro, “as, as being”)


띧다

Jeolla dialect and Gyeongsang form of 뜯다 (tteutda, “to pluck, tear”)


느그

(plural, when talking to someone of the same age or younger) you


황무지

badlands; wastes, wastelands; moor; wilds


묵직하다

to feel heavy, be heavier (than expected)


페로 제도

Faroe Islands (an archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland)


킴

a transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Кім (Kim)


팜팡가

Pampanga (a province of the Philippines; capital: San Fernando; largest city: Angeles)


妖婦

hanja form of 요부 (“enchantress, vamp, temptress”)


몰매

group beating; mob beating (by multiple people at once)


망향

nostalgia; missing or thinking of one's home


비망기

a document or form on which the king's orders were written and delivered during the Joseon dynasty


농무

a type of rural farmers' traditional dance


후일

in the future, days to come, at a later date


바가지

gourd shell (multipurpose scooping tool, traditionally made from a gourd, but now more commonly plastic or wood)


요부

waist, hips, area of the pelvis and lower back


청포도

green grapes; blue or dark purple grapes


靑葡萄

hanja form of 청포도 (“green grape, dark purple grape”)


성묘

one's ancestral tomb; the act of visiting and paying respects to one's ancestral tomb, attending to it, etc.


農舞

hanja form of 농무 (“a type of traditional dance”)


불명

being unknown or unidentified
obscurity; indistinctness


바이스

vise, vice (two-jawed instrument for holding work)


바이스

a transliteration of the German surname Weiss


중앙아프리카

Central Africa (a core geographic region of Africa which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda, and often Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


스카우트

scout (act of scouting)
scout (member of the scout movement)


땡볕

the blazing or scorching heat of the sun, (especially) in summer


광에서 인심 난다

alternative form of 곳간에서 인심 난다 (gotganeseo insim nanda, “only the wealthy are generous”)


분지

a way to express fractions and percentages


꽁트

a short novel, longer than a short story but not as long as a full novel


-으

Gangwon, Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Russia form of -을 (-eul, “the accusative particle, direct object marker”)


명암

happiness and misfortune
light and darkness


익숙해지다

to get used to; to become accustomed (to), experienced, skilled, familiar, familiarized


북아프리카

North Africa (a geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue)


여캐

short for 여성(女性) 캐릭터 (yeoseong kaerikteo, “female character”)


남캐

short for 남성(男性) 캐릭터 (namseong kaerikteo, “male character”)


공적

public, official, related to the state or society


공활

Root of 공활하다 (gonghwalhada, “(of the sky) empty, high and clear”). Rarely used alone.


공활

Root of 공활하다 (gonghwalhada, “spacious, broad, wide, empty, clear”). Rarely used alone.


공물

public property; a corporeal object provided for public use by the state or governing body


폐공

stopping studying or working in the middle of something


건설업

building industry; construction industry


명당

perfect place, propitious location (for building a house)

an auspicious site for a grave, believed to bring luck to one's offspring or descendants according to Korean geomancy


고향집

the house located in one's hometown or birthplace


定期市

hanja form of 정기시 (“set date fair, bazaar, market”)


산성

a castle on top of a mountain; a mountain fortress


산성

the sound produced by an open string on a string instrument


법치국

constitutional state, a state based on law


곧이어

right after; soon after; shortly; next; following


위령제

a ceremony held to comfort the spirit of a dead person


진혼제

a ritual or service for the repose of someone's soul


호랑가시

holly; the holly tree
horned holly (Ilex cornuta)


지슴

alternative form of 김 (gim, “weeds in fields and rice paddies that need to be uprooted.”)


사석

a go stone that is strategically discarded


死石

hanja form of 사석 (“go stone captured by one's opponent”)


捨石

hanja form of 사석 (“go stone that is strategically discarded”)


공덕

supererogation; virtue accumulated by good deeds, which will return as good fortune in the afterlife


기가다

Hamgyong form of 기어가다 (gieogada, “to crawl, creep along”)


-시다

a politeness-adding particle in the formal polite of speech.


잔대

Hwanghae and Pyongan form of 잔디 (jandi, “lawn, grass”)


호매

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, Pyongan, and Hwanghae form of 호미 (homi, “hoe”)


가재미

dialectal form of 가자미 (gajami, “flatfish, flounder”)


가자미

any type of fish in the flounder family, i.e., plaice, sole, fluke, turbot, halibut, sand dab, etc.


재화

goods and services
property, supplies
products, assets


사화

making up; resolving a grudge; making peace (with one another)


사화

synonym of 사조(詞藻) (sajo, “flowery words; prose and poetry”)


사화

a particular type of biography of an author, explaining their background, œuvre, etc.

a type of folk art known as 강창(講唱) (gangchang), popular in the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties


사화

the four lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) flowers that came down from heaven as the first ancestors of humanity when Shakyamuni spoke of the Lotus Sūtra

the white lotus, great Japanese lotus, red lotus, and great red lotus


사화

political or social trouble related to the writing or publishing of historical records


사화

used to compare death to the extinguishing of a fire


사화

synonym of 어사화(御賜花) (eosahwa, “(historical) paper flowers the king gave to his courtiers at dinner”)


십악

the Ten Evil Acts in East Asian Buddhist doctrines

Ten Abominations (a list of offenses under traditional Chinese law regarded as the most abhorrent)


강창

a form of oral storytelling that mixed stories and songs in a market square or street where crowds gathered


월북

going north over the border; defecting to North Korea

a group of Korean writers who moved from the US-occupied South Korea to the Soviet-occupied North Korea after the separation in 1945


地下街

hanja form of 지하가 (“underground street”)


명문

good family; noble family; prestigious family


명문

beautiful passage of writing; literary gem


명문

laws, rules or regulations which are written down; official proclamations

something written well, with clear meaning and language


명문

inscriptions engraved on gold stones or other objects


截臍

hanja form of 절제 (“cutting the umbilical cord”)


近代的

hanja form of 근대적 (“modern, contemporary”)


빌어먹을

future determiner of 빌어먹다 (bireomeokda, “to beg for food”)


초과

A plant of species Lanxangia tsaoko (an herb used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat weak digestion)


種小名

hanja form of 종소명 (“specific name, specific epithet”)


人事課

hanja form of 인사과 (“HR department, personnel section”)


반듯

Root of 반듯이 (bandeusi) / 반듯하다 (bandeuthada). Rarely used alone.


춘색

spring scenery; an indication of springtime


겨우내

during the winter; through wintertime; all winter long


겨울털

winter furs
winter coat, fur coat (of an animal)


-집

See the entry at -집(集) (-jip, “collection”)


논문집

essay collection; anthology of theses or papers


중편

the second volume in a series of three books


단편

short story; short piece of fiction
conte, disjecta membra


단편

fraction, fragment; portion, part, piece


산화

synonym of 산꽃 (sankkot, “mountain flower”)


산화

a flower that blooms but does not bear fruit

the scattering of flowers as an offering to the Buddha


대홍수

the Flood
A universal flood, a great deluge.


영부인

(someone else's) wife, madam
the First Lady


令夫人

hanja form of 영부인 (“(honorific) (someone else's) wife, madam”)


令閨

hanja form of 영규 (“(honorific, South Korea) (someone else's) wife, madam”)


令閨

hanja form of 령규 (“(honorific, North Korea) (someone else's) wife, madam”)


유쾌

pleasure, happiness, enjoyment, merriment, mirth, gaiety, joy


생사람

innocent person
healthy person; living person


촌사람

country person; someone who lives in the a rural area, the countryside

country bumpkin; (figuratively) simpleton, small-minded person


전달

transmission, communication
delivery, transfer


히트

hit (the act of being struck)
hit (a success)
hit


네가

allomorph of 너 (neo, “(informal) you”) before -가 (-ga, “nominative case marker”)


하숙비

room and board charges, rent, boarding expenses


掛鐘時計

hanja form of 괘종시계 (“grandfather clock, longcase clock”)


荒蕪地

hanja form of 황무지 (“wastelands, badlands”)


미만

being under, below, less than
not exceeding


요사

a transliteration of the Spanish surname Llosa


인심

care, compassion, sympathy or empathy
hearts and minds (of the people)


일일

daily; per diem; day-to-day
diurnal, intradiurnal


묘비

gravestone, tombstone
stone engraved with memorial text


테이퍼

alternative form of 타피르 (tapireu, “tapir”)


주보

weekly; weekly newspaper; weekly report; weekly bulletin


동미

Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Russia form of 동무 (dongmu, “friend, pal”)


루스

a transliteration of the English female given name Ruth


루스

a transliteration of the English surname Luce


연수

a tree that seems hazy or indistinct in the distance due to smoke, fog, mist, or clouds


연수

[~구] Yeonsu (a district of Incheon, South Korea)


硯水

hanja form of 연수 (“water for an inkstone”)


衙婢

hanja form of 아비 (“(archaic) servant girl”)


永住

hanja form of 영주 (“permanent residence”)


베도라치

A gunnel, especially the tidepool gunnel (Pholis nebulosa).


황줄베도라치

stippled gunnel (Rhodymenichthys dolichogaster)


권태감

boredom, lethargy, ennui, malaise, fatigue, weariness, listlessness


감미롭다

sweet, sweet-flavoured
mellow, mild, sweet


基地村

hanja form of 기지촌 (“gijichon; camptown”)


하소서체

The very formal, very polite speech level in Korean.


허들

hurdle (artificial barrier over which men or horses jump in a race)


금조

A lyrebird, especially the superb lyrebird.


시경

the Classic of Poetry (the oldest existing collection of Chinese poetry)


졸라

alternative spelling of 좆나 (jonna, “as fuck, fucking (vulgar intensifying adverb)”)


절도사

jiedushi (a regional military governor in China during the Tang dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period)


민지

the knowledge, wisdom, or intelligence of the people


民智

hanja form of 민지 (“the knowledge of the people”)


敏智

hanja form of 민지 (“cleverness, insight, intuition”)


걸림

verbal noun of 걸리다 (geollida, “to hang”)


헤우다

Gyeongsang, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 헹구다 (hengguda, “to rinse away, wash”)


체네

Pyongan and Hamgyong form of 처녀 (cheonyeo, “unmarried, young woman”)


아주마니

Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, and Yukjin form of 아주머니 (ajumeoni, “an older women of one's parent's age”)

Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, and Yukjin form of 아주머니 (ajumeoni, “(for men) the wife of an older man”)

Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, and Yukjin form of 아주머니 (ajumeoni, “ma'am, madam”)


호전적

bellicose, aggressive, belligerent, warlike, hawkish


금강산

Mount Kumgang (a mountain in Kangwon Province, North Korea)


홉

a unit of volume equivalent to about 180 ml

a unit of measure equivalent to 1/100 mal


揷話

hanja form of 삽화 (“episode, side story, anecdote”)


보철

replenishment, supplement, complement
prosthesis


률시

North Korea standard form of 율시 (yulsi, “(poetry) regulated verse”)


공덕동

Gongdeok-dong (an administrative neighbourhood in Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea)


봉신연의

Investiture of the Gods (16th-century Chinese novel)


겨드랭이

Gangwon, Seoul, Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect, and Pyongan form of 겨드랑이 (gyeodeurang'i, “armpit”)


雙璧

hanja form of 쌍벽 (“matchless twin stars”)


쌍벽

twin matchless stars (two people who are equally talented or competent)


人物事典

hanja form of 인물사전 (“biographical dictionary”)


大河小說

hanja form of 대하소설 (“epic novel series”)


韓藥

hanja form of 한약 (“traditional Korean medicine”)


對症藥劑

hanja form of 대증 약제 (“allopathic medicine”)


약초학자

herbalist; medical botanist; pharmacognosist


원격조작

remote control, remote operation (doing something from a distance)


遠隔操作

hanja form of 원격조작 (“remote control, remote operation (doing something from a distance)”)


세알리다

Gyeongsang and Gangwon form of 헤아리다 (hearida, “to consider, think through”)

Gyeongsang and Gangwon form of 헤아리다 (hearida, “to guess, see through”)

Gyeongsang and Gangwon form of 헤아리다 (hearida, “to calculate, measure”)


닣다

Pyongan form of 넣다 (neota, “to put, include, insert”)


-드랫-

dialectal form of -었- (-eot-, “past tense marker going onto the main verb, adjective or copula of the sentence”)


海溢警報

hanja form of 해일경보 (“tidal wave warning”)


후렴

refrain, chorus (the chorus or burden of a song repeated at the end of each verse or stanza)


마도

the world of evil spirits and demons; the dark side

dark magic, the path of evil, wicked ways


마도

an island in Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea


금병매

The Plum in the Golden Vase, a Ming dynasty novel


보증금

deposit (money given as an initial payment)


삼독

three poisons (the three root kleshas in Buddhism)


망기

a flag on a watchtower that signals to scouts


삼도천

the Sanzu River (a mythological river in Japanese Buddhist tradition similar to the Hindu Vaitarna or Ancient Greek Styx)


막낭

alternative form of 막내 (mangnae, “the youngest son, daughter, other member of the family”)


장작개비

a stick of firewood; a piece of split firewood


개비

an object placed in front of a kiln door to cover the pottery being baked


삼대

the Three Greatnesses from the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana: 체대(體大) (chedae), 상대(相大) (sangdae) and 용대(用大) (yongdae).


삼대

synonym of 마경(麻莖) (magyeong, “hemp stalk”)


여리다

tender, soft, delicate
tender-hearted
weak


무소유

nonpossession, nonownership (a lack of possession; not possessing something)

nonpossession (that which is not a possession; something not owned)


유명해지다

to become famous, achieve renown, make a name for oneself


여수

Yeosu (a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea)

Yeosu (a neighborhood of Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


석간

evening paper (newspaper that arrives in the evening)


삼청교육대

the Samchung re-education camp; a concentration camp established by military dictator Chun Doo-hwan that detained anti-government activists and alleged gangsters.


낙천

not being nominated; failing to be nominated


향락업소

an adult entertainment business (i.e., sex shop)


조성하다

to build, establish, set up, develop
to foster, promote, instigate


조성되다

to be built, established, set up, developed


慰樂施設

hanja form of 위락시설 (“recreational facility”)


법락

the pleasure of a pious and virtuous life

chanting sutras or singing hymns before the altar


法樂

hanja form of 법락 (“the pleasure of a pious and virtuous life”)


삼락

the three pleasures of a junzi, as described by Mengzi (the joy of being born as a heavenly being, the joy of meditation, and the joy of nirvana)


상락

a visit to the capital; visiting the capital (the act of)


상락

constant pleasure (a state of being in nirvana)


상락

Sheung Lok (one of 22 constituencies in the Kowloon City District in Hong Kong)


백팔번뇌

the one hundred and eight afflictions or karmic bonds of mortals


八識

hanja form of 팔식 (“Eight Consciousnesses”)


팔고

eight Duḥkhas (the eight kinds of suffering)


팔정도

the noble eightfold path (the path to the end of suffering, involving eight steps)


八旬

hanja form of 팔순 (“eightieth year since one's birth”)


팔불용

a useless person; good-for-nothing person


활약

activity, performance
active role or part


팔면육비

being many-sided or versatile
one person doing the work of many


몰려들다

to gather in groups
to crowd, swarm, flock
to surge


관동팔경

the eight famous locations in Gwandong (modern-day Yeongdong)


사통팔달

extending in all directions; opening on all sides; being accessible from all sides


이팔청춘

sweet sixteen; prime of life; the springtime of one's life


구산팔해

nine mountains and eight seas (the basic units that make up one universe in Buddhist cosmology)


十常八九

hanja form of 십상팔구 (“nine times out of ten”)


선어말 어미

an ending that cannot end a word; has to be preceded by another ending (e.g. -었- (-eot-))


作中人物

hanja form of 작중인물 (“character in a story”)


밥자루

bag of rice (a sack worn by beggars for carrying rice they obtained)

good-for-nothing (a term used to describe someone who leeches off others but contributes nothing)


포대

Hotei, Budai (god of abundance and good health)


포대

bag (made of paper, cloth, leather, etc.)


포대

(refers to both one's robe and one's belt)


손대다

to touch, make contact with, lay hands on


주걱

spatula; flat spoon, paddle, or scraper
shamoji


끈끈이주걱

sundew, an insectivorous plant of species Drosera rotundifolia


초밥풀

sushi grass (a green plastic divider in the shape of grass, usually placed within bento boxes or sushi trays)


밥풀과자

rice cookie (a type of small honeyed cake or cookie coated with popped rice)


밥풀강정

rice paste gangjeong (a type of deep-fried rice cake)


양과

Western candies (as opposed to Korean candies)


과편

a form of music found in "Jeongupsa" (정읍사)


정읍사

Jeongupsa (the only surviving song from the Baekje kingdom)


미작

rice crop (yield, harvest, production)
cultivation of rice; growing rice


행장

traveling outfit, traveling equipment
military attire


달별

synonym of 위성(衛星) (wiseong, “satellite”)


청산

liquidation (when a corporation, such as a company or association, goes bankrupt or is disbanded, suspending its activities and reorganizing its property ownerships)


태음

the moon (as opposed to 태양(太陽) (taeyang, “the Sun”))


별바다

(referring to the appearance of numerous stars floating in the sky on a clear day)


별박이

a horse with a white "star" on its forehead


별이 빛나는 밤

The Starry Night (a painting by Vincent van Gogh)


별숲

(a metaphorical term referring to the night sky when stars are shining)


하늘의 별 따기

get blood out of a stone (something that is almost impossible)


서아시아

West Asia (the westernmost geographic region of Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, the Levant, Mesopotamia, the Sinai Peninsula, and Transcaucasia)


환호

cheer, acclaim
rejoicing, shouts of joy, jubilation


응연

rightly, rightfully, appropriately
as it should be


향응

banquet, feast, entertainment, regalement


응모

application, entry, submission (for a contest or event)


응소

reporting for duty; responding to a draft summons


응수

response, retort, riposte, rejoinder
crosstalk, cross-talk


수족

hand and foot; hands and feet
one's own flesh and blood


態樣

hanja form of 태양 (“form, pattern, appearance”)


동아시아

East Asia (a geographic region comprising the eastern part of Asia, inclusive of China proper, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan and sometimes inclusive of Mongolia and Tibet and some or all of Southeast Asia and the Philippines)


남아시아

South Asia (a geographic region of Asia, comprising all the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives))


달개다

Gyeongsang, Gangwon, and Hamgyong form of 달래다 (dallaeda, “to soothe, comfort, pacify”)


늫다

Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect, and Gangwon form of 넣다 (neota, “to put, include, insert”)


歸還不能地點

hanja form of 귀환 불능 지점 (“point of no return”)


불능

impossibility, inability, incapability
impotence, sterility


재정적

the state of being financial or economic


책응

taking responsibility for something; giving away something


책응하다

to mutually support; to support each other


응대

how someone is coping with or handling something


무례하다

disrespectful, impolite, unmannerly, indecorous, rude, insolent


냉담하다

cold, apathetic, chilly, frosty, cold-hearted, cold-blooded, frigid


냉담

apathy, indifference, callousness, aloofness


사막화되다

to be desertified; to become desertified


지옥불반도

Hellfire Peninsula (South Korea)
South Korea


상민

a member of the commoner class of the Joseon caste system who were not systematically discriminated


천민

person of the lowest social status; riffraff

a member of the lowest caste within the Joseon caste system


깎이다

to be peeled
to lose (face, honor, prestige, etc.)


올가미

trap, snare (device)
trap (trick to catch someone)


-습꾸마

the declarative suffix in the 하십시오체 (hasipsioche, “formal polite”) speech level.


줄거리

synopsis, summary, outline; plot, storyline

bare branch (a branch with all its leaves fallen off)


줄기차다

steadfast, unwavering; continuous, unrelenting


줄기줄기

in streams, rivulets, streamlets, watercourses (of rivers)


홀륜

a perfect shape without any blemishes or aberrations


대동

Dae-dong (a locality in Dong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea)


동문

a row of doors one after the other, in an enfilade


동문

east gate (the eastern gate of a walled city)


동문동종

sharing the same language and being of the same ethnicity


동내방내

nonstandard form of 동네방네 (dongnebangne, “all places”)


통견

insight, intuition, penetration, divination, acumen, discernment


통견하다

to see through, intuit, discern, have insight into


통달

announcement, notice
being well-versed in something


통촉

seeing, understanding, discernment, judgement


통촉하다

to see, realize, understand, judge, discern


동종

conspecific; homogenous; of the same kind; same type


원만

Root of 원만하다 (wonmanhada) / 원만히 (wonmanhi). Rarely used alone.


원만하다

mild, good-tempered, good-natured; smooth, peaceful; friendly, intimate


만만

Root of 만만하다 (manmanhada, “to be weak, easy to manipulate, easily giving in”) / 만만히 (manmanhi). Rarely used alone.


만만

Root of 만만하다 (manmanhada, “to be full of”) / 만만히 (manmanhi). Rarely used alone.


人工呼吸器

hanja form of 인공호흡기 (“(medicine) ventilator; artificial respirator”)


적지

land made barren by severe drought or pests


로처녀

North Korea standard form of 노처녀 (nocheonyeo, “spinster, old maid (unmarried woman)”)


숨결

the state or condition of breathing; breath


나무결

North Korea standard spelling of 나뭇결 (namutgyeol, “annual ring; wood grain or texture”)


비단결

silklike texture; something of or like silk or velvet; having a silken quality


꿈결

fleeting moment; something dreamlike
the state of being in a dream; dreaming


바람결

the movement of wind, of the breeze
being indirectly; being second-handedly


간댕거리다

to shake, tremble, flutter, dangle, swing, sway


동결

freezing (of assets, prices, interest rates, etc.)


결빙

freezing, the formation of ice, glaciation


멍울

alternative form of 망울 (mang'ul, “lump”)


엉기다

to curdle, coagulate, congeal, condensate, jumble, mingle


끝맺다

to end, conclude, finish, come to an end, tie off


생득

one's nature or personality; inherent; innate


파초과

Musaceae (a taxonomic family within the order Zingiberales – bananas and close relatives)


촌닭

country bumpkin; (literally) country chicken


먼

realis adnominal of 멀다 (meolda, “to be far, distant”)


티

dirt
fault, defect
a certain attitude or hint; trace


티

The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.


-뜨기

agent suffix denoting negative characteristics


-내기

suffix used to refer to a person who was born and raised in a certain region and/or who has that local characteristic


핫-

prefix denoting pairs
prefix denoting cotton


핫바지

cotton-padded trousers
country bumpkin, hick, idiot, imbecile


촌집

country house, residence in the countryside


룩셈부르그

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (one of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


리뜨바

Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)


二等兵

hanja form of 이등병 (“(military) private”)


놀러오다

to make a social call, visit for social purposes


염탐

snooping, nosing around, spying on someone


神格化

hanja form of 신격화 (“apotheosis, deification”)


유무

existence and nonexistence; presence and absence


不眠

hanja form of 불면 (“sleeplessness, insomnia”)


불효

not being filial; being unfilial; filial impiety


-ㅂ지

post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic form of -습지 (-seupji, “a declarative suffix in the formal polite speech level.”)


로리

clipping of 로리타 (rorita, “sexually attractive young girl”)


로리

a transliteration of the English female given name Laurie

a transliteration of the English female given name Laury

a transliteration of the English female given name Lori

a transliteration of the English male given name Rory


충분

Root of 충분하다 (chungbunhada) / 충분히 (chungbunhi). Rarely used alone.


넉넉하다

plenty, enough, sufficient, ample
rich, wealthy, well-off
broad-minded, generous


물위

the upper reaches or courses of a river; an upper stream


위아래

up and down, top and bottom
one's superiors and inferiors


후손

descendant; posterity; future generation


현손

great-great-grandson, great-great-grandchild; descendant(s) of the fourth generation


흉사

an ill-omened event; disaster, misfortune; an untoward incident


이리하다

to do like this, do in this way or manner


저리

to that place, in that direction, there (direction)


롱드장브

alternative spelling of 롱 드 장브 (rong deu jangbeu, “rond de jambe”)


감로수

sugar water, syrup, nectar, sugared water


감로주

sweet liquor; a kind of sweetened alcohol


찰떡

Used in similes for things stuck tightly together.


궁합

marital harmony or compatibility (as foreseen by a fortuneteller)

chemistry, compatibility (of two things)


궁리

investigation, deliberation, consideration, contemplation, thinking


궁리하다

to contemplate, consider, ponder, deliberate, mull (things) over


혼혈아

person of mixed race, half-breed, mulatto


쏘이다

to get shot (by a gun, cannon, etc.)
to get stung (by an insect)


쏘이다

alternative form of 쐬다 (ssoeda, “to air oneself”)


쯔르나고라

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


쓰르비아

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


세르비아 몬테네그로

Serbia and Montenegro (a former country in Southeast Europe on the Balkan Peninsula, existing from 1992 to 2006, previously part of Yugoslavia; composed of modern Serbia and Montenegro and known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)


스워질랜드

(historical) Swaziland (former name of Eswatini: a country in Southern Africa; used until 2018)


몰타섬

Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


아일랜드 공화국

Republic of Ireland (long form of Ireland: an island country in northwestern Europe)


幻想的

hanja form of 환상적 (“fantastic, illusory, imaginary”)


다루마

daruma (hollow and round traditional Japanese doll)


벽안

blue eyes, green eyes
Westerners, Caucasian people


흩뿌리다

to sprinkle, scatter, distribute, disperse, spray


인조

artificiality, manmade quality, syntheticism


흩뜨리다

to scatter, disperse
to disarrange, put in disorder


뭉치다

to form a mass, press together, conglomerate


뭉치

packet, package, wad, bale, block, clump, bundle, bunch


가닥

strand, thread, filament, fibre, wisp (a long thin object)


씨뿌리다

to strew or sow seeds; to disseminate; to seed


뿔뿔이

scatteringly, dispersedly, scatteringly, separately


격노

rage, fury, violent anger, wrath, exasperation


벅적거리다

to bustle, be crowded, be thronged, throng


빤질거리다

to glisten, be glossy, be greasy
to linger over one's work; to shirk


알랑거리다

to flatter, fawn, adulate, suck up, bootlick


이란 이슬람 공화국

Islamic Republic of Iran (official name of Iran: a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


백호두

butternut (white walnut) (Juglans cinerea)


캘리포니아메추리

California quail (Callipepla californica)


알맹이

substance, content, depth
core, essence, kernel, seed


알몸

naked body, bare body, nude
poor person, someone who is penniless


꼬집어 말하다

to put one's finger on something, to specify something, to stipulate, to pinpoint


명시

clear vision, being able to see with clarity


명문집

a collection of selected prose, select pieces (of an author), an anthology of famed writing


나선상

spiral, spirality, spiral-shaped object, helix


밤새다

to stay up all night, pull an all-nighter


야맹증

night blindness, moon blindness, nyctalopia


밤일

sexual intercourse, sex work, prostitution


낮일하다

to work the day shift; to work during the day


밤일하다

to work the night shift; to work during the night

to engage in sex work, prostitution; to have sex


맺히다

to rankle, endure, have deep-rooted or deep-seated (something)


말대꾸

backtalk, retort, sass, tu quoque, rejoinder, riposte


대꾸

reply, response, rejoinder, riposte, retort


대꾸

Chungcheong and Hwanghae form of 자꾸 (jakku, “repeatedly, incessantly”)


꼬박꼬박

constantly, consistently, regularly, religiously, faithfully, all the time


꼬박거리다

to doze off, nod off, slumber
to kowtow, bow, to do/make obeisance


꾸벅거리다

to bow repeatedly, make respectful bows, kowtow


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냉혹하다

callous, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, merciless, cruel, ruthless, unfeeling, heartless, in cold blood


냉혹

cruelty, heartlessness, ruthlessness, cold-heartedness, callousness


호색한

a lascivious man, sensualist, lecher, Don Juan, satyr


생무지

nonexpert, layperson, outsider, pedestrian, inexperienced person, greenhorn, novice, amateur, newcomer


타래

Root of 타래하다 (taraehada). Rarely used alone.


닭구이

dakgui (fried chicken, roast chicken, grilled chicken)


주름위

an abomasus (abomasi), abomasum (abomasa)


주름

creases, rumples, pleats, folds, puckers, gathers, crimples


수두부

tofu that has not been pressed and firmed


씌다

to be possessed by (something)
to be covered by (something)


씬

alternative spelling of 신 (sin, “scene”)


씰

Gyeongsang and Harbin form of 실 (sil, “thread, string”)


줄을 서다

to queue up, wait in line, form a line (file, queue, etc.)


출납

receipt and disbursement; giving and taking


소방

sappanwood, sapan, Indian redwood, a brazilwood (Biancaea sappan, syn. Caesalpinia sappan).

sappanwood red or brazilwood dye, source of the red-purple dye, brazilein


사후

after the fact, post-, subsequent, ex post facto


경직

stiffness, being stiff
rigidity, inflexibility


사후세계

life after death, the afterlife, the world to come


상정하다

to presume, suppose, assume, presuppose, posit


경직되다

to stiffen, become stiff or rigid, ossify


경직성

stiffness, rigidity, inflexibility
stiffness, rigidity, inflexibility


병정

soldier(s), servicemember (serviceman/servicewoman), enlisted soldier


제대하다

to discharge, be discharged (to leave the military or exit one's military service, voluntarily or involuntarily)


굥

Yoon Suk Yeol (윤석열), the 13th president of South Korea


갗에서 좀 난다

the root of the issue (or problem) can be found within itself


갠물

synonym of 개울물 (gae'ulmul, “the water in or from a stream”)


갠신이

synonym of 간신히 (gansinhi, “barely, with difficulty”)


무심

heedlessness, indifference, detachedness, thoughtlessness


-습지

a declarative suffix in the formal polite speech level.


-재

dialectal form of -지 (-ji, “Suffix for contrasting two facts regarding the same topic, thereby emphasizing both facts.”)

dialectal form of -지 (-ji, “A general-purpose sentence-final suffix with a more affirmative sense than 어 in the intimate style”)


무심하다

heedless, indifferent, detached, thoughtless


무심히

heedlessly, indifferently, detachedly, thoughtlessly


무시무시하다

horrible, terrible, frightful
frightful, tremendous


뻑

synonym of 배짱 (baejjang, “guts, courage”)


각배

half-siblings having different mothers
different litters from the same mother


짠

Root of 짠하다 (jjanhada). Rarely used alone.


짠

realis adnominal of 짜다 (jjada, “to be salty”)


감치다

to linger, haunt
to be savory, tasty, delicious


배뀌다

Seoul, Chungcheong, and Gyeongsang form of 바뀌다 (bakkwida, “to be changed, exchanged”)


-기오

imperative suffix in the plain style of speech


궁기

alternative form of 구멍 (gumeong, “hole”)


구농

Hwanghae form of 구멍 (gumeong, “hole, opening”)


징구리

the Chinese muddy loach (Misgurnus mizolepis)


Yuji

alternative form of 유지 (yuji, “retention”)


Yuji

Kim Keon-hee, South Korean first lady from 2022 to 2025


政敎

hanja form of 정교 (“politics and religion; politics and education”)


政敎分離

hanja form of 정교분리 (“separation of politics and religion”)


발전기

generator (machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy)


삼베

hemp cloth, burlap, linen, jute, sackcloth


뵘

filling up, patching, blocking off, stopping up


부조화

disharmony, disagreement, discord, discordance, incongruity, enmity, mismatch


不調和

hanja form of 부조화 (“disharmony, discord”)


적격

eligibility, qualification, fitting like a glove, being qualified or appropriate


부주의

carelessness, negligence, inattention, inadvertence, inobservance, oversight, neglect


부정확

inaccuracy, incorrectness, imprecision, inexactness


정확

accuracy, exactness, correctness, precision


부정확하다

inaccurate, imprecise, incorrect, inexact


부적합

being unsuitable, unfit, inappropriate, inadequate, inopportune

incompatibility, unsuitability, inadequacy, inopportunity


적합

conformity, adaptation, suitability, adequacy, congruity, congruence, congeniality, comeliness, fitness


東亞病夫

hanja form of 동아병부 (“sick man of East Asia”)


표범상어

the graceful catshark (Proscyllium habereri)


유럽들소

European bison, wisent, zubr (Bison bonasus)


피투성이

bloodiness, being stained or covered in blood


-투성이

a suffix used to mean a state of having too much of something or a person or thing in such a state


땀투성이

sweatiness, being sweaty or covered in sweat


먼지투성이

dustiness, being dusty or covered in dust


흙투성이

dirtiness, being dirty or covered in dirt


아프리카의 뿔

Horn of Africa (a region of East Africa)


돌투성이

rockiness, stoniness; being stony or rocky


허점투성이

the state or condition of being full of errors, mistakes, contradictions, etc.


앨리스

a transliteration of the English female given name Alice


양육권

custody (the legal right to take care of something or somebody)


박탈당하다

to be deprived (of), forfeited, disqualified


박탈

deprivation, forfeit, deprival, forfeiture, divestiture, deplumation


박탈하다

to deprive, forfeit, divest, disqualify, disenfranchise


박탈되다

to be deprived, forfeited, disenfranchised, disqualified, removed, dismissed


위자료

alimony, compensation, settlement, reparation(s), damages, solatium


별관

annex (a building constructed separately from the main building)


나지

any vacant land, regardless of private law


오사리젓

osarijeot (a salted fish sauce made with shrimp caught during the early summer season)


오사리

seafood caught during high tide in the early fishing season

harvesting crops earlier than the appropriate season; crops harvested earlier than when in season


오사리

cornhusk (the husk surrounding an ear of maize)


육젓

yukjeot (a type of jeotgal made by fermenting shrimp caught in the sixth month of the lunar calendar)


토하젓

tohajeot (a salted and fermented freshwater shrimp)


맛조개

razor clam, jackknife clam; solen (Solen corneus)


송화단

synonym of 피단(皮蛋) (pidan, “century egg, thousand-year egg”)


줌

short for 주먹 (jumeok, “fist, handful, fistful”)


실밥

bits and pieces of loose or excess thread


촘촘하다

tight, fine, neat (of stitches or knots)


짜임

makeup, composition, structure, formation


성기다

sparse, scattered
thin, fine
loose, wide, broad


엉성하다

loose, sparse, poor or low-quality (of fabrics or handiwork)


빽

shrieking, wailing, screaming, crying, screeching


삑

any of various animal and mechanical noises (shriek, scream, cry, screech, shout, wail, cheep, chirp, peep, beep, etc.)


저러다

short for 저리하다 (jeorihada, “to behave that way; to say that”)


이만큼

this much, that much; this, that; yay or yea


저만큼

that much, that distance, some distance away


얼마만큼

how much, how many, how often, how far, to what extent


불완전

imperfection, incompleteness; faultiness, inadequacy; halfness


미비점

imperfection, defect, deficiency, insufficiency


속뜻

ulterior motive, real meaning, underlying meaning, hidden meaning


얼간

salting lightly, pickling slightly with salt


이리저리

here and there, this way and that way, from place to place, back and forth


말승냥이

large wolf or dhole
tall person; big or gangling fellow


말-

See the entry at 말- (mal-, “great-, big-”)


서성거리다

to walk around, stroll, meander, pace, prowl, mill around, hang around, hang out, wander


길목

crossroad, turning point, transitional period


어백

milt (the seminal fluid of fish), soft roe


목단

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


개화

flowering, blooming, blossoming, flourishing, efflorescence


개화인

a civilised person, an enlightened person


촬영되다

to be filmed, shot, photographed, recorded


촬영감독

cinematographer, director, director of photography


매향

(referring to the burial of a beautiful person)


한옥

hanok (a type of traditional Korean house first designed and built in the 14th century during the Joseon era)


이채롭다

unusual, conspicuous, interesting, eye-catching


원추리

A daylily, especially the orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva).


큰원추리

Amur daylily (Hemerocallis middendorffii)


골잎원추리

Hemerocallis coreana, a species of daylily native to Korea.


백운산원추리

Baekunsan daylily (Hemerocallis hakuunensis), a species of daylily endemic to Korea.


스프레이

spray (pressurized container), sprayer, atomizer


시티 촬영

CT scan, CAT scan (computed tomography scan)


시티

short for 시티 촬영 (siti chwaryeong, “CT scan, CAT scan”)


사행

serpentine, serpiginous, snakelike, meandering


달성하다

to achieve, attain, accomplish, succeed, realize


당파

a type of long spear with a three-pronged tip

a type of traditional Korean martial arts performed with such a weapon


당파

synonym of 쪽파 (jjokpa, “a small spring onion; chives”)

synonym of 김장파 (gimjangpa, “green onions grown for use in making kimchi”)


팍

out loud, aloud (a word imitating the sound made when one yells suddenly and strongly, or describing such a scene)

deeply (a word imitating the sound made when one steps on and sinks deeply in mud, or describing such a scene)

(a word imitating the sound made when one suddenly falls down backwards or falls flat on one's face, or describing such a scene)


내지르다

to shout, yell, exclaim
to strike, kick, hit


거꾸러지다

to fall headfirst, fall flat on one's face

to topple, be overthrown, be brought down


콕

(the sound of poking, knocking, piercing, puncturing, stamping)


친형제

one's (own) brother, blood brother, full-brother


친자매

one's (own) sister, blood sister, full-sister


교부자

deliverer, granter, donator, donor, supporter, patron


받들다

to respect, serve, honor
to obey, follow, honor
to raise, support, lift, uphold


경지

scope, area, field
level, stage
cropland, farmland, cultivated land


무소부지

omniscience, infinite or universal knowledge


일등급

top grades, perfect score
first-degree, top-grade, first class


흉년

lean year, year of poor harvest
bad year, famine


흉년에 윤달

ill often comes on the back of worse; one bad turn deserves another


눈에 들다

to be attention-grabbing, appealing
to find favour, be in favour


침엽

needle, a needle-shaped leaf, (especially) pine needles


전나무

fir, firtree, (especially) the Manchurian fir (Abies firma)


분해되다

to be disassembled, dismantled, disintegrated, dissolved


분해

disassembly, dismantlement
breakdown, teardown
factorisation, analysation, analysis


분해하다

to disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break down, deconstruct


쪽파

tree onion, Allium fistulosum
shallots, chives


충성심

a sense of loyalty, faithfulness, allegiance, fidelity


공장장

plant manager, factory manager, factory owner, supervisor, general manager


촐촐하다

to be somewhat hungry; to feel a bit empty


한줄기

ray, streak, gleam, beam, shaft, glimmer, thread, gush, rush, wisp


솟구치다

to gush, surge, burst, spurt, pump, soar


휩싸이다

to be wrapped, covered, blanketed, engulfed


충동

impulse, compulsion, urge, drive, impulsion, feeling, instinct


콸

the sound of bubbling up, gushing, glugging, flowing (forth), gurgling, pouring


한길

one way, single way, the same way or direction


큰길

high road, highway, main street, main road, avenue, boulevard


횡단하다

to cross, traverse, transect, go across
to cut transversely


남북

north and south, (especially) North Korea and South Korea


남북전쟁

civil war, (especially) the American Civil War


남북문제

an inter-Korean issue, a north and south problem


분기되다

to divaricate, branch off, diverge, bifurcate


분기하다

to divaricate (from), branch off (from), diverge (from), bifurcate (from)


분기

bifurcation, division, divarication
ramus


성형

formation, cast, mould, figuration
surgery, enhancement, -plasty


꼴찌

the worst, last, bottom
worst performer, tailender, backmarker


배산임수

favourable, ideal, preferred (building location)


남향

southward, southernly direction
south-facing


네데를란드

Netherlands (the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten the Kingdom of the Netherlands)


귀곡성

the wailing of a ghost, a ghostly cry or sound


통통

with a thump (a word imitating the sound made when a small drum, an empty wood pail, etc., is repeatedly beaten)

with a stamp (a word imitating the sound made when a foot stamps a hard spot repeatedly)

in drops, bouncing (a word imitating the sound made when small water drops or round objects keep falling)


통통하다

short and fat
swollen, plump, chubby, round


울새

A red-tailed robin, redbreast, particularly the rufous-tailed robin.(Larvivora sibilans)


맨위

apex, peak, pinnacle, summit, crown
topmost, uppermost, first


맨처음

very beginning, first, outset, first and foremost


맨손

being empty-handed, having nothing, freehand


전령

orderly, messenger, harbinger, herald, courier


자욱하다

dense, thick
foggy, smokey, cloudy, steamy, misty


포연

gunsmoke, smoke produced when firing a gun or other artillery


북아시아

North Asia (the northern region of Asia, also referred to as Siberia, geographically coextensive with the Asian part of Russia)


종용

now almost entirely replaced by the nativised term 조용 (joyong), root of 조용하다 (joyonghada, “quiet”), 조용히 (joyonghi, “quietly”), etc.


종용

urge, urging, pressure, pressuring, inducement, advice


조용조용히

quietly, gently, softly, calmly, composedly


종용하다

to urge, pressure, coax, provoke, induce (to), push (to)


통통거리다

to pound, stamp, resound
to putter (about)


부르릉

a word imitating the sound made when [the engine of] a car, motorcycle, truck, bus, etc., starts


차분

Root of 차분하다 (chabunhada, “calm, quiet, composed”) / 차분히 (chabunhi, “quietly, composedly”). Rarely used alone.


격렬

Root of 격렬(激烈)하다 (gyeongnyeolhada, “violent, furious, intense”) / 격렬(激烈)히 (gyeongnyeolhi). Rarely used alone.


맹렬

Root of 맹렬(猛烈)하다 (maengnyeolhada, “furious, fierce”) / 맹렬(猛烈)해지다 (maengnyeolhaejida, “to grow violent, fiercen”). Rarely used alone.


익숙

Root of 익숙하다 (iksukhada, “trained, experienced, skilled, familiar, accustomed”). Rarely used alone.


냉담해지다

to become cold, grow icy
to harden one's heart


똥똥

Root of 똥똥하다 (ttongttonghada, “plump, chubby”). Rarely used alone.


확실성

confidence, certainty, surety, sureness, reliability


퉁퉁

corpulently, fatly, roundly, swollenly
with a thump, stamp, boom, thud


불은

the grace, mercy, kindness, charity, or blessings of Buddha


퉁퉁마디

glasswort, saltwort, (marsh) samphire, (especially) Salicornia herbacea or Salicornia europaea


퉁퉁하다

swollen, corpulent, fat, plump, rotund, thick, chubby


퉁퉁걸음

a stamp, heavy tread/walk, lumbering gait, walking with pounding steps


불룩

Root of 불룩하다 (bullukhada). Rarely used alone.


풍만하다

full, ample, abundant, voluptuous, plump, corpulent, buxom, well-developed, stout


풍만

abundance, opulence, plenty, affluence, wealth, richness


충만

being full or filled, overflow, repletion, pervasion, suffusion, repleteness


풍족

abundance, opulence, affluence, plenty, wealth, riches, richness


풍족하다

abundant, plentiful, rich, opulent, well-off, affluent


릉

More information(MC reading: 陵 (MC ling))(MC reading: 倰 (MC long))(MC reading: 鯪 (MC ling))(MC reading: 能 (MC noj|nong|nongX|nojH))(MC reading: 綾 (MC ling))(MC reading: 稜 (MC long))


남성적

masculinity, manliness, manhood, virility


현란하다

flashy, ornate, colourful, florid, flowery, showy


대한

great khan (the emperor of the Mongol people)


대한

great drought, severe drought (a drought of significant magnitude)


대한

great grudge, deep resentment (an intense and long-lasting grudge or resentment)

profound regret, deep remorse (an overwhelming sense of remorse or regret)


대한

a limit of a lifespan; date of death (the ultimate boundary of one’s existence)


대한

Dahan (one of the 24 solar terms in the traditional East Asian lunisolar calendar)

severe cold (an extreme degree of cold, describing conditions where the temperature is exceptionally low)


대한

Korea (the official state name designated in 1897 during the reign of King Gojong of Joseon)

Korea (the modern republic located on the eastern side of the Asian continent, comprising the Korean Peninsula and its affiliated islands)


대한

formal non-polite form of 대하다 (daehada, “to pertain or relate to a topic”)


현란

gorgeousness, brilliancy, floweriness, gaudiness, splendor


선보이다

to show, present, unveil, display, show off


선뵈다

contraction of 선보이다 (seonboida, “to show, show off, display, unveil”)


실직

unemployment, loss of a job, joblessness


간소

simplicity, frugality, homeliness, plainness


구제

help, relief, aid, salvation, rescue, succour, deliverance, redemption


폐지하다

to abolish, repeal, discontinue, eliminate, exterminate, tear down, revoke, rescind, abrogate, annihilate, overthrow


공창

a whistling sound made by the ghost of a dead child


벌게지다

to redden, become reddish, blush
to be embarrassed


벌게

infinitive of 벌겋다 (beolgeota, “to be red”)


벌겋다

to be red (a kind of light red with a darkish hue)


펄

any wide expanse of land, vast plain, prairie


펄

pearl (a material made from mica that gives something a shiny or sparkling sheen)


펄하다

Jeolla dialect form of 파랗다 (parata, “blue, green”)


허옇다

dimly white, pale, cloudy
in swarms, crowds, flocks
embarrassed, abashed, sheepish


열심

dedication, diligence, zeal, zealousness, enthusiasm, ardor, ardency, acharnement


강렬

Root of 강렬히 (gangnyeolhi) / 강렬하다 (gangnyeolhada, “intense, strong, severe, mighty”). Rarely used alone.


륵

More information(MC reading: 肋 (MC lok))(MC reading: 艻 (MC lok))(MC reading: 鰳)(MC reading: 嘞)(MC reading: 泐 (MC lok))(MC reading: 仂 (MC lik|lok))(MC reading: 勒 (MC lok))(MC reading: 力 (MC lik))(MC reading: 礫 (MC lek))


름

More information(MC reading: 禀)(MC reading: 㐭 (MC limX))(MC reading: 澟)(MC reading: 凛)(MC reading: 凜 (MC gim|limX))(MC reading: 廩 (MC limX))(MC reading: 稟 (MC pimX))


명중하다

to hit the mark, hit the target/bullseye


급소

vital point, tender spot, keypoint, sore point


불어오다

to begin, start (from), originate (from)


풍풍

imitating the sound of large and heavy objects falling one after another into deep water

imitating the sound made when something paper is repeatedly punctured

imitating the sound produced when blocked air or gas bursts through a hole

imitating the sound of liquid gushing violently through a hole


전형적

the condition or state of being typical, usual, normal, representative, average, etc.


팝

pop, pop music, pop song
Western-style music or songs


성공적

the state or condition of being successful


솔바람

pine breeze (wind blowing through pine trees or a pine forest)


칙칙

(imitating the sound of a train chugging)

(imitating the sound of an engine running)

(imitating the sound of something spluttering and going out)


꽃불

firework, firecracker
pyrotechnics, fireworks display


-을쏘냐

(a terminating ending indicating a strong negation, usually in the form of a question, i.e., "how can this be?" and/or in place of 해라 (haera))


절실히

desperately, urgently, precisely, keenly, acutely, devoutly, sharply


절실

Root of 절실히 (jeolsilhi, “desperately, urgently, direly”) / 절실하다 (jeolsilhada, “acute, keen, fervent, poignant”). Rarely used alone.


숟

synonym of 숯 (sut, “charcoal, cremains, charred remains”)


숩

synonym of 섶 (seop, “kindling, brushwood”)


불뱀

a metaphorical term used to describe a state in which torchlight, etc., wriggles and flows for a long time


홰불

North Korea standard spelling of 횃불 (hwaetbul, “torch, torchlight”)


종교적

religiosity, religiousness, being religious


탄압하다

to oppress, suppress, subjugate, repress, crack down on, coerce


가정교육

upbringing, breeding, home discipline, home education


숨막히다

to choke, suffocate
to be choked, suffocated


숨넘어가다

to breathe one's last, die, expire, perish


숨돌리다

to take or gather breath, recover one's breath, take a breather, pause for breath


숨죽이다

to hold one's breath, concentrate
to be silent, quiet, suppressed
to wither, wilt, die


나뭇꾼

misspelling of 나무꾼 (namukkun, “woodcutter”)


팔레스티나

Palestine (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)


향로

censer, incense burner, thurible, brazier


향로석

a stone in front of a tomb or gravesite upon which an incense burner is placed


외상

foreign merchant, foreign businessperson


合邦

hanja form of 합방 (“merger, union, confederation; annexation, amalgamation”)


합방

merger, union, confederation
annexation, amalgamation


오방

the five positions (north, south, east, west, and centre)


알구다

Gangwon, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 알리다 (allida, “to announce, inform”)


호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다

speak of the devil (speak of the devil and he shall appear)


젱

alternative form of 정(正) (jeong, “really, truly, desperately”)


덩

More information(MC reading: 㔔)(MC reading: 邓)(MC reading: 鄧 (MC dongH))


사림

sarim (a Joseon-era political faction of writers and scholars who studied and wrote about Confucianism in a rural forest area)


사림

a society of poem- and prose-writers
writing by the above
synonym of 한림 (Hallim)


사림

alternative form of 사람 (saram, “person”)


한림

[~읍(邑)] Hallim (a town in Jeju, South Korea)


대종가

the household of a prominent family; ancestral seat


흙냄새

petrichor, geosmin (a strong earthy odour)


名詞句

hanja form of 명사구 (“(grammar) noun phrase”)


호사유피 인사유명

a person should focus on the legacy they will have on others


흐

another name for the letter ㅎ (h), called 히읗 (hieut) in South Korean, the fourteenth jamo (letter) of the Korean alphabet


흐

Root of 흐느끼다 (heuneukkida, “to sob”). Rarely used alone.


휴

phew, whew, whoa
short for 후유 (huyu, “phew, whew”)


휴

More information(MC reading: 畦 (MC hwej))(MC reading: 休 (MC xjuw))(MC reading: 携 (MC hwej))(MC reading: 擕)(MC reading: 嘼 (MC xjuwH))(MC reading: 隳 (MC xjwie))(MC reading: 儶 (MC hwejH))(MC reading: 虧 (MC khjwe))(MC reading: 鵂 (MC xjuw))(MC reading: 倠 (MC xjwij))(MC reading: 髹 (MC xjuw))(MC reading: 烋 (MC xjiw))(MC reading: 貅 (MC xjuw))(MC reading: 雟 (MC hwej))(MC reading: 咻 (MC xjuw|xjuX))


휘

swooshing, whooshing, whistling, whizzing, sweeping (look, glance)


휘

a vessel used to measure grain containing 15-20 말.


휘

Gyeongsang form of 회(膾) (hoe, “hoe, kuai”)


휘

Gyeongsang form of 회(蛔) (hoe, “roundworm”)


휘

More information(MC reading: 翚)(MC reading: 幑 (MC xjw+j))(MC reading: 煇 (MC xjw+j|hwon|hwonX))(MC reading: 彙 (MC hjw+jH))(MC reading: 輝 (MC xjw+j))(MC reading: 翬 (MC xjw+j))(MC reading: 撝 (MC xjwe))(MC reading: 暉 (MC xjw+j))(MC reading: 麾 (MC xjwe))(MC reading: 戲 (MC xje|xu|xjeH))(MC reading: 諱 (MC xjw+jH))(MC reading: 揮 (MC xjw+j))(MC reading: 徽 (MC xjw+j))


강원

short for 강원도(江原道) (Gang'wondo, “Gangwon, Kangwŏn (a province of Korea)”)


휘가

Gangwon form of 휴가(休暇) (hyuga, “leave, break, vacation”)


糖水肉

hanja form of 탕수육 (“sweet-and-sour pork or beef”)


강원 방언

Gangwon dialect (the regional vernacular spoken in Gangwon province)


총림

thicket, dense wood, bush, grove, jungle, bushveld, bosquet


잡목

thicket, brush, scrub, undergrowth, assorted trees


포병

gunner, bombardier, artilleryman, artillery unit


기념하다

to commemorate, remember, honor, memorialize


추모하다

to mourn, commemorate, remember (the deceased)


흰귀마모셋

buffy-tufted marmoset, buffy tufted-ear marmoset, white-eared marmoset (Callithrix aurita)


함빡

fully, greatly, sufficiently, completely, thoroughly


웃옷

synonym of 혼숫(婚需)감 (honsutgam, “marriage articles, furnishings for marriage”)


웃옷

synonym of 나들이옷 (nadeuriot, “outfit for going out”)


탕수

Root of 탕수육 (tangsuyuk, “tangsuyuk”). Rarely used alone.


나들이옷

one's best outfit; gladrags, Sunday best


할아바

Hwanghae form of 할아버지 (harabeoji, “grandfather”)


벌러덩

the appearance of slumping backwards or lying on your back with your feet or arms wide open


무습다

alternative form of 무섭다 (museopda, “scary, frightening”)


워

short for 우어 (ueo, “whoa, halt, whoa back”)


워

The proper name of the jamo (letter) ㅝ (wo), a vowel of the Korean alphabet, hangul


半期

hanja form of 반기 (“half term, half period”)


下半期

hanja form of 하반기 (“the second half (of the) year”)


上半期

hanja form of 상반기 (“the first half (of the) year”)


농새

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Yukjin, and Russia form of 농사(農事) (nongsa, “agriculture, farming”)


놀래다

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Chungcheong, and Jeolla dialect form of 놀라다 (nollada, “to be surprised”)


제각기

individually, personally, respectively, independently


-ㅂ네까

post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic form of -습네까 (-seumnekka, formal polite interrogative suffix)


커프스

cufflink (button used to hold a sleeve cuff together)


슝내내다

Hwanghae and Gangwon form of 흉내내다 (hyungnaenaeda, “to imitate”)


會士

hanja form of 회사 (“member of a religious order, frater”)


端末機

hanja form of 단말기 (“(computer hardware) terminal (unit)”)


처형

execution (taking of life as punishment)


지내가다

Jeolla dialect and Gyeongsang form of 지나가다 (jinagada, “to pass, pass by”)


敎徒

hanja form of 교도 (“believer (of a religion); follower”)


베네치아

Venice (a city, the regional capital of Veneto, Italy)


노랑지다

to favour being comfortable and dislike work


집행관

bailiff (legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed)


퍼오다

to reupload someone else's content from elsewhere


산신

Sansin (a mountain deity in Korean folk belief traditionally depicted as an old man with a tiger)


단행본

a book published as an independent volume (as opposed to one of a series of publications); a separate publication, published separately from a collection of works or previously published essays in newspapers or periodicals


볼륨

volume (issues of a periodical over a period of one year)

volume (accessible storage area with a single file system)


매춘하다

to engage in prostitution, to prostitute oneself


개오동

A catalpa, especially the yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata).


오동

the suit of paulownia in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of November


一擧兩得

hanja form of 일거양득 (“kill two birds with one stone”)


아비규환

Avīci and Raurava, two of the hot hells in Buddhist thought

chaos, agonized cries in the midst of tragedy


뒤바뀌다

to be reversed or switched
to become, turn into


수당

head of the 당상관 (dangsanggwan), a rank of officials in the Joseon dynasty.


수당

establishment of a faction such as in a political party


청구영언

Cheongguyeong'eon (an anthology of sijo collected by Kim Cheon-taek in 1728)


靑丘永言

hanja form of 청구영언 (“Cheongguyeong'eon”)


아사달

Asadal (the capital city of the kingdom of Gojoseon)


초면인

stranger, unknown (person)
someone met for the first time


베이다

to be cut, chopped
to be felled, sliced, slashed


한시

same time
moment, brief period of time
one o'clock


샵

sharp (a musical note that is sharp in a particular key)


샵

alternative form of 시합(試合) (sihap, “game, contest, match”)


명월

the night of August 15th (according to the lunar calendar)


개회나무

Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata)


서리서리

coil after coil, round and round, in a circle (in reference to wrapping a string or rope in circles)

having the appearance of rising curls of smoke or steam


사리사리

coil after coil, in coils, coiled
intertwined, enmeshed, connected


껴입다

to dress in layers; to wear layers of clothes, layer up, bundle up


첩첩

in a state in which darkness becomes thick and dense


풍년화

A witch hazel, especially the Japanese witch hazel (Hamamelis japonica).


환생

manifestation, appearance as an illusion


멜빵

suspenders, braces (pair of straps holding trousers)


附圖

hanja form of 부도 (“appended map; appended diagram”)


元金

hanja form of 원금 (“(finance) principal, capital”)


호연

Root of 호연(浩然)하다 (hoyeonhada, “vast, great”). Rarely used alone.


기상

getting up, getting out of bed, waking up


氣像

hanja form of 기상 (“spirit, vigour, energy”)


호방하다

magnanimous, generous, open-hearted, broad


호방

Root of 호방(豪放)하다 (hobanghada, “magnanimous, generous, vigourous”). Rarely used alone.


천기

secret of heaven; important or profound secret


천기

the rules and orders of celestial bodies


천기

the eighth era (277-280) during the Sunho period of the Wu dynasty during the Three Kingdoms Period in China, the last era of the Wu state


製材所

hanja form of 제재소 (“sawmill, lumbermill”)


奬勵

hanja form of 장려 (“incentive; encouragement”)


氣槪

hanja form of 기개 (“spirit, backbone, guts”)


뜻글

synonym of 표의문자(表意文字) (pyouimunja, “ideogram”)


뜻글

Hwanghae form of 티끌 (tikkeul, “speck, mote”)


뜻있다

having an ambition or interest
secret, concealed, hidden
meaningful, significant


피제수

dividend (а number that is to be divided by another)


오차

error (difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one)


寶劍仙人掌

hanja form of 보검선인장 (“prickly pear cactus”)


壓卷

hanja form of 압권 (“the highlight, the best part”)


담쟁이덩굴

Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)


토스

Toss (a remittance app developed by Viva Republica)


禪堂

hanja form of 선당 (“(Buddhism) meditation hall”)


미니

sequential form of 밀다 (milda, “to push”), 미다 (mida, “to fall out”).


미니

short for 미니스커트 (miniseukeoteu, “miniskirt”)


미니

a transliteration of the English female given name Minnie


밴

adnominal form of 배다 (baeda, “to permeate, linger, soak into; to bear, conceive, get pregnant”)


코기

short for 웰시 코기 (Welsi kogi, “Welsh corgi”)


體用

hanja form of 체용 (“(East Asian philosophy)Substance and Function”)


體容

hanja form of 체용 (“appearance of one's body”)


초등학생

primary school/elementary school student


ㅁㅊ

initialism of 미친 (michin, “no way!, that's insane!”)


의부

stepfather, foster father, adoptive father, sworn father


의모

stepmother, foster mother, adoptive mother, sworn mother


뿌찐

a transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́тин (Pútin)


適材

hanja form of 적재 (“appropriate talent (for a certain task)”)


키치

kitsch (art of questionable artistic value)


백일

hundredth-day (after one's birth or death)


백일잔치

one hundredth day celebration (a party held on the 100th day of a baby's life)


백일재

a Buddhist memorial service held on the hundredth day after someone's death


백일천하

a one hundred-day reign; a brief reign, short-lived rule


거천하다

to endorse, recommend, suggest, appoint (someone)


거천하다

synonym of 봉양(奉養)하다 (bong'yanghada, “to support, provide for (of parents)”)


앤

a transliteration of the English female given name Ann or Anne


앤

Gyeongsang and Jeolla dialect form of 왼 (oen, “left”)


성쇠

vicissitudes, fortunes, the vagaries of fortune

ups and downs, peaks and valleys, flux and reflux


고초

rice stalks from which grains have been removed


고초

ancient times; the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth


麥秋

hanja form of 맥추 (“wheat or barley harvest”)


말라얄람어

Malayalam (a Dravidian language spoken in the states of Kerala and Lakshadweep, India)


태권

symptoms of thinning and langour during pregnancy


跆拳

hanja form of 태권 (“kicking and punching”)


대쪽

split bamboo stem; a cut piece of bamboo


國際音聲記號

hanja form of 국제 음성 기호, 국제음성기호 (“International Phonetic Alphabet”)


미채

michae, a dish made with seasoned Osmunda japonica fried in oil


고비

the Gobi Desert (a large desert in China and Mongolia)


고비

an honorific term for criticism or feedback received


고비

Gyeongsang form of 고삐 (goppi, “reins, bridle”)


삐

beeping
whistling
crying harshly, with a harsh cry


삐

Gyeongsang and Jeolla dialect form of 뼈 (ppyeo, “bone”)


비호

protection, shelter, refuge, asylum, patronage


비호하다

to shelter, protect
to provide refuge or asylum


호호

Root of 호호(浩浩)하다 (hohohada). Rarely used alone.


호호

Root of 호호(皓皓)하다 (hohohada). Rarely used alone.


天路歷程

hanja form of 천로역정 (“The Pilgrim's Progress”) (South Korea)


天路歷程

hanja form of 천로력정 (“The Pilgrim's Progress”) (North Korea)


푸

Root of 푸하다 (puhada, “swollen, bulging; untidy”). Rarely used alone.


동인

a political faction in the Joseon Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, opposing the 서인(西人) (Seoin, “Westerner”) faction; around 1589, they split into the 북인(北人) (Bugin, “Northerner”) and 남인(南人) (Namin, “Southerner”) factions


동인

loving equally and without discrimination


동인

Root of 동인(動人)하다 (dong'inhada). Rarely used alone.


동인

the shape or a person reflected in someone's pupil (of the eye)


동인

a copper statuette in the shape of a human being, designed with small holes all over the body, for use in studying acupuncture


동인

a word used by upper-class officials to refer to colleagues who were of the same status and respected one another


품종

breed, species; cultivar
kind, type, variety


거들다

to chip in, to interject, to insert (a word)


육체적

being physical, bodily, corporeal, physiological


肉體的

hanja form of 육체적 (“physical, bodily, corporeal, physiological”)


反政府

hanja form of 반정부 (“(attributively) antigovernment”)


초목

the seeds of a prickly ash tree (Chinese pepper tree).


망극

immeasurability, quality of being extreme


기괴

Root of 기괴하다 (gigoehada). Rarely used alone.


萬華鏡

hanja form of 만화경 (“(rare) a kaleidoscope (tube of mirrors rotated to produce symmetrical designs)”)


만화경

a kaleidoscope (tube of mirrors rotated to produce symmetrical designs)


貢物

hanja form of 공물 (“a tribute, tithe; something paid as tax”)


새해를 축하합니다

an expression wishing one the best in a new year; Happy New Year


남오미자

The kadsura (Kadsura japonica), an ornamental plant with edible fruits native to Japan and Ryukyu.


獻辭

hanja form of 헌사 (“dedication (e.g. in a book); dedicatory message”)


국련

clipping of 국련 총회(國聯總會) (Gungnyeon chonghoe, “United Nations”)


ㄴ 첨가

addition of the /n/ sound before /i/ or /j/ (e.g. 색연필 (pronounced 생년필 (saengnyeonpil)), 물엿 (pronounced 물녇 → 물렫 (mullyeot)), etc.)


敍事詩

hanja form of 서사시 (“epic poem, narrative poem, narrative poetry (poetry that recounts a narrative)”)

hanja form of 서사시 (“epic poem, epic poetry (as opposed to other genres of narrative poetry)”)


敍情詩

hanja form of 서정시 (“sentimental poetry, lyric poetry”)


産婦人科

hanja form of 산부인과 (“obstetrics and gynaecology”)


동양인

east Eurasian (person), especially East Asian and Southeast Asian.


덤핑

dumping (selling goods at less than their normal price)


떼창

singalong, group singing
song designed for singalong


-니께

Post-vowel and post-ㄹ allomorphic form of -으니께 (-eunikke)


薰製

hanja form of 훈제 (“the state of being smoked (of meat)”)


망가지다

to break, to be detroyed/ruined
to be out of order


-죠

a sentence-final ending used when the speaker rhetorically confirms something they already knew, in order to cross-check the information


베토벤

a transliteration of the German surname Beethoven


모차르트

a transliteration of the German surname Mozart


중앙아시아

Central Asia (a landlocked geographic area of continental central Asia comprising Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan)


앳되다

childish, to look like a child, to look young


-더니

as, so, since, because (of), owing to
but now/then, and now/then


사뭇

without hesitation
as one pleases, wilfully, foolhardily
without a break, all through
wholly, utterly; very (much); quite
in a very different way


북해도

Hokkaido (a prefecture, an island of Japan)


카카오

alternative form of 카카오톡 (Kakaotok)
Kakao (company)


카톡

alternative form of 카카오톡 (Kakaotok)
a Kakaotalk message


동유럽

Eastern Europe (a socio-political geographical area of eastern Europe usually including the European countries to the east of Germany, Austria and Italy, and to the west of the Urals)


드라이버

driver, a program acting as interface between an application and hardware

abbreviation of 스크루드라이버 (seukeurudeuraibeo): screwdriver

driver, a club used to drive the ball a great distance


무자치

The Chinese garter snake (Oocatochus rufodorsatus), a species of harmless water snake native to East Asia.


점찍다

to have one's eye on
to spot
to mark, to mark out


못내

immeasurably, inconceivably, in an extreme way to the point of not being able express oneself properly


페어리

fairy (a mythical being, especially in European myths or fairy-tales)


선녀

a pious woman; a woman with a good character


善女

hanja form of 선녀 (“(Buddhism) a pious woman; a woman with a good character”)


불무

Root of 불무하다 (bulmuhada, “to not be without”). Rarely used alone.


-습네다

alternative form of -습니다 (-seumnida, formal polite declarative suffix)


-습네까

alternative form of -습니까 (-seumnikka, formal polite interrogative suffix)


減收

hanja form of 감수 (“reduction in the harvested amount”)


도미니까 공화국

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


도미니까

Dominican Republic (a country in North America)


-멘

Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으면서 (-eumyeonseo, “while”)

Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으면서 (-eumyeonseo, “even though”)


-할채

even; expresses greater intensity than -도 (-do).


추천장

letter of recommendation, letter of reference


昂騰

hanja form of 앙등 (“a sudden rise, advance, jump, appreciation”)


이반

a transliteration of the Russian male given name Ива́н (Iván), Ivan


정체화하다

to identify (as) (often with -로 (-ro, instrumental case marker))


노상

the surface of the road
on the road, pavement


-꾸마

post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic form of -으꾸마 (-eukkuma, formal polite declarative suffix)


노나라

the Lu, an ancient vassal state of China


책벌레

bookworm (any of various insects that infest books)


調査官

hanja form of 조사관 (“examiner, investigator, inspector”)


監査官

hanja form of 감사관 (“inspector, auditor, examiner, controller”)


監督官

hanja form of 감독관 (“superintendent, inspector”)


명장

famous craftsperson; master craftsperson


部隊찌개

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 부대찌개, “budae jjigae”.


北醬

hanja form of 북장 (“fermented soybean paste”)


된醬

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 된장, “fermented soybean paste”.


백로씨야

synonym of 벨라루스 (Bellaruseu, “Belarus (a country in Europe)”)


칠성

clipping of 북두칠성 (bukduchilseong, “Big Dipper”)

A deity, the personification of the seven stars of the Big Dipper.


속초

Sokcho (a city in Gangwon Province, South Korea)


로병

North Korea standard spelling of 노병 (nobyeong, “veteran; old soldier”)


출범

a ship's departure from a port
establishment (of something)


出帆

hanja form of 출범 (“departure of ship; establishment (of something)”)


라렬

North Korea standard spelling of 나열 (nayeol, “list”)


개털

Something that is worthless, useless, devoid of any monetary value or redeeming qualities.

Someone who is lowly regarded, of low social class and/or status, who is penniless, powerless, without money and/or influence.


亡命政府

hanja form of 망명정부 (“government-in-exile”)


罪悚하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 죄송하다, “to be sorry”.


野蒜

hanja form of 야산 (“Allium monanthum, wild rocambole”)


서전

the beginning of a war, the first battles

the beginning of a competition, the first stage of a competition


서전

Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)


서서

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


랭동기

North Korea standard spelling of 냉동기 (naengdonggi, “refrigerator”)


緖戰

hanja form of 서전 (“the beginning of a war, the first battles”)

hanja form of 서전 (“the beginning of a competition, the first stage of a competition”)


裝甲列車

hanja form of 장갑렬차 (“(North Korea) armoured train”)


외계

outer space
outside world, external world


자라자지

grower (penis which appears unusually small when flaccid)


자라

Amur softshell turtle (Pelodiscus maackii)

soft-shelled turtle (any turtle of the family Trionychidae)


돼지코거북

pig-nose turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)


거북목

text neck (pain caused by prolonged hunching over a wireless device)


연지

blusher, blush, rouge (especially traditional)


휴양

rest, time off from work
recuperation, convalescence


유교걸

a young woman who is unusually prudish or traditional for her age (e.g. for avoiding wearing revealing clothes)


구사

good command of a language or elements thereof

making full use (of a skill, strategy, etc.)


유창

Root of 유창하다 (yuchanghada) / 유창히 (yuchanghi). Rarely used alone.


구사하다

to make use (of a skill, strategy, etc.)


先史時代

hanja form of 선사 시대 (“prehistoric era, prehistory”)


중앙유럽

Central Europe (a geographic region in the center of Europe, usually including Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Germany)


비지

tofu dregs, or a Korean dish made by tofu dregs

Roktu-muk dregs, or a Korean dish made by Roktu-muk dregs


분배하다

to distribute, to allot, to divide among


혹부리

person with a lump on one's cheek or neck


割增

hanja form of 할증 (“extra charge, extra fare”)


金塊

hanja form of 금괴 (“gold nugget, gold ingot, gold bar, gold bullion”)


금괴

gold nugget, gold ingot, gold bar, gold bullion


藥莢

hanja form of 약협 (“shell (cartridge of a breechloading firearm)”)


단청

a traditional Korean decorative coloring style on wooden buildings and artifacts


丹靑

hanja form of 단청 (“a traditional Korean decorative coloring style on wooden buildings and artifacts”)


새우나무

A hophornbeam, in particular the East Asian hophornbeam (Ostrya japonica).


소인

a postal marking applied on a postage stamp to deface it


好戰的

hanja form of 호전적 (“(attributively) bellicose, aggressive, belligerent, warlike, hawkish”)


코다리

partially-dried pollock (명태 (myeongtae))


지배

rule, control, command
direction, management, governance
dominance


지배

the back of paper; the reverse side of paper


섕

Chaïm (French pronunciation of a Jewish male given name)


賤稱

hanja form of 천칭 (“contemptuous/derogatory/depreciatory term”)


창사

songs that a dancer sing in a dance in the imperial court


말일

the last day of a month in the Korean calendar


원산지

provenance; original place of production


차수

vice marshal (a superior rank in the Korean People's Army)


차수

order; the highest exponent in a polynomial


차수

greeting by clasping a hand over the other


次帥

hanja form of 차수 (“vice marshall (a high rank in the Korean People's Army)”)


차수하다

to grasp a hand over the other as a greeting


창씨개명

A 1939 Japanese government policy applied to then Korean colony which forced Koreans to change their surnames to Japanese-style surnames; abolished in 1945.


무게감

heaviness; feel of weight
weight, significance


藥劑學

hanja form of 약제학 (“pharmaceutics, pharmacology, pharmacy”)


보조동사

auxiliary verb (verb that broaden or limit the meaning by helping the main verb, which is the subject of the predicate in a sentence)


들어주다

to accept someone's wish and make it come true


례의

North Korea standard spelling of 예의 (yeui)


결승

final; the last round of a game or competition to determine the winner


駐韓

hanja form of 주한 (“stationing in South Korea”)


어줍다

dull, indecisive, lukewarm, inanimate
unskillful, awkward, clumsy
numb, asleep


신선로

an elaborate dish cooked in a rich broth in Korean royal court cuisine


불가사의

In the traditional Japanese number system, 10⁶⁴ or ten vigintillion of the American system.


마법소녀

magical girl (a girl or young woman with magical abilities and engaged in magical adventures)


선양

Shenyang (the provincial capital of Liaoning, China)


조선민족

(Especially North) Korean (Joseon) ethnicity


신문지

newsprint (paper on which newspaper is printed)


한물가다

to go to seed; to become less attractive, healthy or efficient


라자브

Rajab (the seventh month in the Islam calendar)


꼬스따리까

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


엘쌀바도르

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


니까라과

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


紫紅色

hanja form of 자홍색 (“purplish red (color)”)


긂

a drawing, usually artless or unskillful one


디읃

North Korea standard form of 디귿 (digeut, “digeut - the name of the third jamo, ㄷ (d) in hangul”)


마싸지

North Korea standard spelling of 마사지 (masaji, “massage”)


뇨도

North Korea standard spelling of 요도 (yodo, “urethra”)


이행하다

to shift, to transform, to move, to change over


우수

Rain Water (the second of twenty-four solar terms)


신세

one's life experience
favor, looking after


나무군

North Korea standard spelling of 나무꾼 (namukkun, “lumberjack, woodcutter”)


삼각관계

triangle relation, three-cornered relationship


평방

the second power of a number etc., square


춤군

North Korea standard spelling of 춤꾼 (chumkkun, “dancer”)


벼리

manipulation rope of the net
index, contents (of a book)


輸出品

hanja form of 수출품 (“exported goods; export”)


더그레

a long jacket worn by militarymen Joseon dynasty


전음기

megaphone, loudspeaker
hearing aid
electrophone


中古品

hanja form of 중고품 (“used item, secondhand merchandise”)


훼

虺:
(MC reading: 虺 (MC xweaj|xwoj|xjw+jX))


階段昇降機

hanja form of 계단승강기 (“(North Korea) escalator”)


대처

countermeasure; action taken to deal with something


대처

a transliteration of the English surname Thatcher


쌔다

contraction of 쌓이다 (ssaida, “to be stacked”)

contraction of 싸이다 (ssaida, “to be wrapped”)


국제선

international air route, international airline


매표소

ticket office, booking office, box office


스릴러

thriller (a suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction)


一般席

hanja form of 일반석 (“general admission seat”)


상가

family of the deceased, house of mourning


모리

A certain rhythm used in traditional shamanistic music (무속 음악 (musok eumak)).


唯心聖教

alternative form of 唯心聖敎 (“The Holy Church of the Heart-Only”)


爲國

hanja form of 위국 (“(rare) for the country”)


為國

alternative form of 爲國 (“for the country”)


적출

child born in wedlock
child born to the royal family; issue


연합국

Allies (countries allied against the Axis Powers during World War II)

Allies (countries allied against the Central Powers during World War I)


잘나가다

to be socially successful; to gain popularity or success by doing something well


대련

Dalian (a subprovincial city of Liaoning, China)


대련

pair of poetry which adheres certain rules, often seen on home doors


배추김치

cabbage kimchi (kimchi made of fermented napa cabbage)


나박김치

watery kimchi made of sliced pickled radish and spices


나박나박

Describing a pattern of thinly sliced vegetables, such as radish or similar root vegetables, cut into flat, rectangular pieces and arranged in rows.


열무김치

kimchi made of fermented young summer radish


벨리제

Belize (an English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras)


우승하다

to become winner (in a tournament, championship etc.)


갓김치

kimchi made of brown mustard (Brassica juncea)


영남

[~지방(地方)] Yeongnam (a region that coincides with the historical Gyeongsang Province, which now belongs to South Korea)


무김치

kimchi made with daikon as the main ingredient


풋김치

kimchi made of newly harvested spring or fall daikon or young napa cabbage


동치미

dongchimi (a type of kimchi made of whole daikon that are salted, soaked in boiled salt water and left to ferment, often during the winter months)


겉절이

banchan where vegetables such as napa cabbage or lettuce are salted and consumed without fermentation, as opposed to kimchi


겉-

Indicating a certain appearance despite underlying reality: superficial(ly); facade

unpeeled, unhulled; without further preparation (of grains or fruit)


섞박지

kimchi made by mixing chopped salted napa cabbage, daikon and cucumber with various seasonings, pressing them into a jar, and fermenting them with a small amount of fermented fish sauce


리크

round-headed leek (Allium sphaerocephalon)


記錄映畫

hanja form of 기록영화 (“documentary (documentary film)”)


끼쁘로스

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


쐼

airing, aeration, exposing to the sun, sunbath


홍여새

Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Japanese waxwing (Bombycilla japonica)


즈

Gangwon form of 자기(自己) (jagi, “oneself”)


急造爆發物

hanja form of 급조폭발물 (“improvised explosive device”)


뱁새

Korean crow-tit; long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus caudatus)

vinous-throated parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana)


구장

sports field for ball games, especially ballpark


구장

synonym of 개장국 (gaejangguk, “dog meat soup”)


身廊

hanja form of 신랑 (“(architecture) nave”)


갑질

bullying, arrogance, high-handedness; domineering, overbearing behavior


관자

man who has undergone 관례(冠禮) (gwallye, “Confucian coming-of-age ceremony”), i.e. at the age of 20


관자

buttonlike ring attached to a 망건(網巾) (manggeon, “Korean male hairnet”); depending on the social status, materials such as gold, jade, amber, agate, tortoiseshell, horn, and bone were used


놀량

opening song of 경기입창 (京畿立唱, gyeonggiipchang, “Korean traditional stand-up song sung in Gyeonggi”), characterized by a slow, wide-ranging melody with a lot of high-pitched singing and falsetto, and an unremarkable introductory melody that sets the tone

opening song of 서도입창 (西道立唱, seodoipchang, “Korean traditional stand-up song sung in Hwanghae and Pyeong'an”), starting from the middle of the Gyeonggi counterpart and having a more refined rhythm and melody


돈채반

cooked rice mixed with seasoned vegetables


덜컥

suddenly startled or frightened, with one's heart sinking


도드리

the third 가락 (garak, “melodic line”) of the twelve sets of 농악(農樂) (nong'ak, “Korean farmer's music”)


낳음

birth, giving a birth, laying an egg, spawning


들어보다

Jeolla dialect form of 주워듣다 (juwodeutda, “to pick up (information) by listening”)


주워듣다

to pick up information by hearing or listening


설다

unripe, green, undercooked, half-boiled, immature


멍멍탕

synonym of 보신탕(補身湯) (bosintang, “dog meat broth”)


막장

last of the fan rafters, either counted from next to the hip rafter or from perpendicular to the purlin


막장

short for 막장일 (makjangnil, “mining in a dead end”)


막장

simple fermented soybean paste made for eating with rice


막장

final stage of a person's life; person experiencing such stage


막장

nonstandard form of 끝장 (kkeutjang, “final situation”)


미련

lingering attachment, persistent affection


미련

the seventh and eighth lines of a 율시 (律詩, yulsi, “Chinese eight-line verse”)


무악

Korean court music played to match court dance


병맛

taste that is absurd, senseless or incomprehensible


신정

January 1, New Year's Day
New Year of the Gregorian calendar


신정

male virility; semen in one shot
kidney essence


사개

disease presenting with millet-like skin rash


사철탕

euphemistic form of 보신탕(補身湯) (bosintang, “dog meat broth”)


삼체

the three acts of pretense: pretending to know, acting superior, and pretending to own something


삼체

the three styles in Chinese painting with distinct degrees of faithfulness

the three script styles in Chinese calligraphy

the three tempos in Korean traditional music


상치쌈

nonstandard form of 상추쌈 (sangchussam, “lettuce wrap”)


상투

topknot usually worn by married men
the highest stock price


상투

method of putting tea in a teapot before pouring in hot water


새마을

town that has gone through modernization


새알심

saealsim; glutinous rice ball in the size of a sparrow's egg, usually served in red bean porridge


서방파

Seobang gang (former political mafia in South Korea, led by late Kim Tae-chon and active in the 1970s and 1980s)


수제비

Korean traditional food made by boiling hand-torn dough in clear broth or seaweed soup


수지하다

to receive adhisthana (to accept the Buddhist sutras or precepts and engrave them on one's mind)


숙수

plain-woven fabric made with plain silk yarn being the warp and degummed silk yarn being the weft, having a firm yet soft and glossy texture, and commonly used for lining garments particularly for women


숙수

person familiar or experienced with something


숙수

ritual form of 숭늉 (sungnyung, “scorched rice tea”)


순두부백반

meal served in a restaurant with white rice, silken tofu and several banchan


술국

soup served with alcohol in a Korean bar

synonym of 해(解)장국 (haejangguk, “hangover soup”)


북키프로스

Northern Cyprus (a geographic region and de facto unrecognized country comprising the northeastern part of the island of Cyprus, internationally recognized as part of the country of Cyprus)


성덕

attainment of virtue; virtuous character


성덕

innate virtue possessed by all living things


성덕

act of extolling the virtues of the monarch


쌀떡볶이

rice tteokbokki (stir-fried seasoned cake)


-이야말로

Topic marker expressing emphasis and confirmation: indeed is, really is, truly is


-야말로

Post-vowel allomorphic form of -이야말로 (-iyamallo, “indeed is”)


안나반나

anapanasati (meditation exercise involving mindful breathing)


안반

wooden board used for kneading dough or pounding tteoks (rice cakes)


조제

custom manufacturing, made-to-order production


조제

remembrance, condolence; memorial ceremony


약밥

synonym of 약식(藥食) (yaksik, “sweet steamed glutinous rice”)


열구자탕

synonym of 신선로(神仙爐) (sinseollo, “Korean royal hot pot”)


始作하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 시작하다, “to begin”.


詩作하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 시작하다, “to compose poems”.


유밀과

Korean confection made by deep-frying pieces of dried wheat or rice dough, soaking them in honey or 조청(造清) (jocheong, “rice syrup”), and sprinkling them with rice crispies, sesame seeds, and other toppings


윤선

dated form of 기선(汽船) (giseon, “steamship”)


음청류

nonalcoholic beverage including tea, herbal tea and soup


이조

interest portion; nominal interest
interest


이조

government office in charge of the selection and appointment of civil officials and the conferral of titles among the six ministries


이조

putting books or pictures into circulation