앵커

anchor (link target in a document)
anchor (news reader)


훈가자

a semantically-adapted phonogram; in East Asia, a Chinese character which is used as a phonogram to write a non-Chinese language, and whose phonetic value derives from the native semantic equivalent of the Chinese character


은수저

the upper middle class or lower upper class


금수저

the high upper class, the wealthy and privileged


훈주음종

In Old Korean orthography, the tendency that a native Korean word is written by a combination of an initial logogram corresponding to the Chinese semantic equivalent, and a subsequent phonogram that denotes the word's final syllable or coda consonant


精神勝利

hanja form of 정신승리 (“mental gymnastics to justify a defeat”)


보라

purple, violet (an intermediate color between blue and red)


싸리

Especially, the shrubby bushclover (Lespedeza bicolor).

the suit of red bush clover in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of July


몇일

misspelling of 며칠 (myeochil, “how many days”)


희망고문

"torture by hope"; anguish due to being unable to give up false hope, or to cause someone such anguish


폐백

pyebaek (a traditional Korean wedding rite)


幣帛

hanja form of 폐백 (“pyebaek (traditional Korean wedding rite)”)


다부지다

to be stocky, to be robust, to be of solid build

to be firm, to be determined, to be sturdy


빤스

synonym of 팬티 (paenti, “briefs, underpants, panties, boxer shorts”)


빤스런

a panicked, humiliating flight or escape, as if running away in one's underwear


앞으로

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 앞 (ap), -으로 (-euro).


앞에서

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 앞 (ap), 에서 (eseo).


사철나무

the evergreen spindle (Euonymus japonicus), a small shrub-like tree native to East Asia


묵념

silent contemplation, a moment of silence (often in commemoration)


치기만만

Root of 치기만만하다 (chigimanmanhada, “to be full of childishness”). Rarely used alone.


비주얼 노벨

visual novel (mainly Japanese genre of interactive fiction)


비주얼노벨

alternative spelling of 비주얼 노벨 (bijueol nobel, “visual novel”)


終聲

hanja form of 종성 (“(phonology) final (final part of a syllable)”)


성진국

any country whose culture is perceived to be sexually open


여성혐오

misogyny (hatred of or prejudice against women)


널지다

alternative spelling of 널찌다 (neoljjida, “(Gyeongsang) to fall”)


널주다

alternative spelling of 널쭈다 (neoljjuda, “(Gyeongsang) to drop”)


김장

gimjang, the traditional process of preparation and preservation of kimchi; alternatively, the kimchi in such process

planting napa cabbage, radish, etc. for the purpose of making kimchi; alternatively, the napa cabbage, radish, etc. used in kimchi-making


김장

Chungcheong, Gangwon, Gyeongsang, and Jeolla dialect form of 간장 (ganjang)


카다

to say that; follows an explicit or implicit quotation


아즈텍

Aztec, Mexica (historical Mesoamerican people)


카더라

they say, it is said; retrospective declarative form of 카다 (kada, “to say”)


카더라

an unsubstantiated rumor, now especially one on the Internet


복병

a hidden army lying in ambush
an unwelcome surprise


복병

synonym of 배자루마디 (baejarumadi, “petiole of a bee or ant”)


아스테카

alternative form of 아즈텍 (ajeutek, “Aztec”)


사서오경

Four Books and Five Classics (chinese texts that serve as the authoritative works of Confucianism)


三段論法

hanja form of 삼단논법 (“(logic) syllogism”)


삼단 논법

alternative spelling of 삼단논법 (samdannonbeop, “syllogism”)


사잇소리

specifically, a Korean morpheme (historically /-s-/, now usually surfacing as a tensing or gemination of the subsequent consonant) which was once a genitive marker and is still used to form compound words


잼민이

a young person, especially an elementary schooler


발음법

pronunciation method
synonym of 발음규범 (bareumgyubeom)


롤

a roll, a roller (heavy cylinder in machinery)

a roll (oscillation of an airplane or drone)


시비

right and wrong
quarrel; dispute; argument


우렁이

river snail (freshwater snail for the family Viviparidae)


우렁각시

a heroine of a Korean folktale, a river snail which falls in love with a human farmer and prepares nightly meals for him while he is asleep


론쟁

North Korea standard form of 논쟁 (nonjaeng)


불청불탁

a word that refers to the common phonetic characteristics of the initial consonant system in Hunminjeongum: ㆁ (ㆁ, “ng”), ㄴ (n, “n”), ㅁ (m, “m”), ㅇ (', “ng”), ㄹ (l, “r”) and ㅿ (ㅿ, “z”) which corresponds to 疑母, 泥母, 孃母, 明母, 微母 and 喩母 in Chinese phonology.


청탁

clear and cloudy
a voiceless sound and a voiced sound


연탁

rendaku (voicing in Japanese compound words)


墺地利

hanja form of 오지리 (“Austria (obsolete)”)


거성불연삼

a Middle Korean tone sandhi process by which the penultimate syllable in an underlying sequence of three or more high-pitch syllables lowers to low pitch


펴낸이

synonym of 발행인(發行人) (“publisher (person)”).


거서간

a royal title of the ancient kings of Silla, used as the chief title of Hyeokgeose, the legendary founder of the kingdom


펴낸곳

synonym of 출판사(出版社) (“publisher (place)”).


파본

improperly manufactured book; defective book


居西干

hanja form of 거서간 (“title of the Silla kings”)


패치

a patch (adhesive drug-infused material)

synonym of 패치코드 (paechikodeu, “patch cord”)

a patch (artificial beauty mark worn by Early Modern European women)


마립간

a royal title of the ancient kings of Silla, used as the kings' chief title from the fourth or fifth to the sixth centuries and attested in various spellings into the tenth century


麻立干

hanja form of 마립간 (“title of the Silla kings”)


삼족

three generations (parents, siblings, and children)


동요

the class below 핵심(核心) (haeksim) and above 적대(敵對) (jeokdae)


밑지다

to make a loss, especially a financial one, compared to the money or effort put in (e.g. so that one has less money than they did beforehand) (in an enterprise, investment, etc.)

to be unprofitable for, to be disadvantageous for (especially in a materialistic sense)

to make a financial loss equivalent to such an amount


밑져야 본전이다

to have nothing to lose (said when beginning a new enterprise, etc.)


나라말

national language (used by people; not necessary official)


중세 국어

alternative spelling of 중세국어 (jungsegugeo, “Middle Korean”)


중세 한국어

synonym of 중세국어 (jungsegugeo, “Middle Korean”)


고대 국어

alternative spelling of 고대국어 (godaegugeo, “Old Korean”)


고대 한국어

synonym of 고대국어(古代國語) (godaegugeo, “Old Korean”)


아바지

Pyongan, Hwanghae, Hamgyong, and Yukjin form of 아버지 (abeoji, “father”)


막다르다

to be at an impasse, to be at a standstill


사족

four legs, four feet
four limbs, arms and legs


사족

a powerful aristocratic family or a scion of such a family


漢四郡

hanja form of 한사군 (“Four Commanderies of Han”)


두만강

Tumen (a river forming part of the border between Jilin, China and North Korea, and the border between Rasŏn, North Korea and Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia)


난치

intractability, being difficult to treat (of a disease)


인서울

In South Korea, the prestigious universities located in Seoul or its environs


스카이

Seoul, Korea, and Yonsei Universities, traditionally the three most prestigious universities in South Korea


여여하다

to be in a state of suchness, to be in a state of thusness (existence as it is)


여여

synonym of 진여(眞如) (“suchness, thusness”)


고사성어

chengyu, a Classical Chinese set phrase usually four characters long and with a story behind it, used commonly as idioms in Korean and other East Asian languages


백척간두

an extremely perilous situation, literally "atop a pole a hundred feet high"


오리무중

being up in the air; a very uncertain and unclear situation


팔랑귀

a credulous or gullible person; a person who is swayed easily by what others say


잠자코

quietly, implicitly, stilly, without speech or movement


사필귀정

everything eventually returns to its rightful state; good will prevail in the end


체용

Substance and Function: the underlying invariable essence of the cosmos, and its variable functions that form observable reality


만유

all that exists, everything in the world


眞心

hanja form of 진심 (“sincerity, earnestness”)


견성

kenshō: perceiving the true nature of the self


피안

pāramitā: the perfected character attained by enlightened ones, a goal of Buddhist adepts


클릭

click (the act of pressing a button on a computer mouse)


사유

reason, cause, grounds (for justification)


사유

private ownership or something under private ownership


왜국

Wa (an ancient Japanese kingdom, the first recorded state in Japanese history)


호러

horror (as a genre or element of fiction)


눈치채다

to notice; to become aware of the current social situation


미숫가루

flour made from steamed and stir-fried grain


이 뭣고

"What is this?"; one of the most popular questions (or koans) meditated on in contemporary Korean Buddhism


시심마

synonym of 이 뭣고 (i mwotgo, “What is this”, a Zen Buddhist koan)


생멸

birth and death; appearance and disappearance; production and annihilation


존나

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


생로병사

birth, old age, disease, and death, the destiny of all humanity


점입가경

the more you go, the more distasteful or repulsive it is

the more you go, the more interesting or appealing it is


인다라망

Indra's net (a metaphor of an infinite net full of jewels where one jewel reflects an infinite number of other jewels, used to illustrate points of Buddhist philosophy)


낙동강

the Nakdong River (the longest river entirely in Korea)


말나식

manas-vijnana: the seventh of the Eight Consciousnesses, characterized by incessant mental activity in the mind, creating the illusion of the ego


아뢰야식

storehouse consciousness or ālayavijñāna, the last of the Eight Consciousnesses, the ultimate source of mind and existence


가성비

price-performance ratio, value for money, cost-effectiveness


價性比

hanja form of 가성비 (“price-performance ratio, value for money, cost-effectiveness”)


삼매

samadhi (concentrated meditative consciousness)


북아일랜드

Northern Ireland (a constituent country and province of the United Kingdom, situated in the northeastern part of the island of Ireland)


북마케도니아

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


웨일스

Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


풀발

being very excited, angry, or agitated (not necessarily sexually)


벼르다

to look out for an opportunity (for), to wait in preparation (for)


아이와 늙은이는 괴는 데로 간다

The children and the old [alike] will go to where they are loved; (alternatively) the children and the old [alike] will go to the place they love (i.e. people will seek out love)


입내

the act of entering a castle, palace, etc.


진상

a distasteful, rude, or unseemly person, thing, or situation

a type of in-kind tax in dynastic Korea, consisting chiefly of foodstuffs for the royal court


진상

profane thoughts, distracting thoughts, materialistic thoughts


선심

generosity, kindness
a virtuous, benevolent state of mind


선심

a Zen mentality, a meditative state of mind


커버

cover (front and back of a book or a magazine)


노가리

idle chatter, chatting to kill time (usually with verb 까다 (kkada))

the sowing of seeds throughout a cultivated field

the sowing of seeds outside a greenhouse


노가리

the young of Gadus chalcogrammus, the Alaska pollock


데모하다

to demonstrate (to show how to use something)

to demonstrate (to participate in a demonstration (a public display of protest, etc.))


짬밥

synonym of 짬 (jjam, “seniority among army conscripts”)


고문관

a maladapted conscript, a conscript who cannot adapt to army life

a consulting official, an official advisor


폐급

military supplies that should be discarded due to low quality

a problematic army conscript, a conscript who causes trouble for others due to incompetence or malevolence


잘생겼다

formal non-polite (morphological) past of 잘생기다 (jalsaenggida); one is handsome.


온실 속의 화초

"flower in a greenhouse"; an excessively sheltered person who cannot cope with the real world


호사태랄리아

Australia (a continent and country in Oceania)


濠斯太剌利亞

hanja form of 호사태랄리아 (“Australia (obsolete)”)


머리끝

top of one's head
tip of one's head hair


장땡

a pair of 장 (將, jang, “general”) cards in the game of 투전 (鬪牋, tujeon)


커미션

commission (amount of money paid to a middleman)


프사

abbreviation of 프로필 사진 (peuropil sajin, “profile picture”)


기수열외

a form of hazing in the South Korean armed forces, in which soldiers purposefully ignore the seniority of another soldier


한국말은 끝까지 들어봐야 한다

"In the Korean language, one must listen until the end"; one should listen to everything that others have to say before responding or making judgments


까꿍

peekaboo! (in the game for small children)


눈 가리고 아웅

"peekaboo while covering one's eyes":
"peekaboo while covering one's eyes":


캥거루족

adult children who live off their parents' income without finding work


미친

past adnominal of 미치다 (michida, “to go mad, to be insane”); who has gone insane, who is insane.


이명

tinnitus (ringing in the ear without external source)


이명

different name, names different from one another


혼나다

to have a terrible experience; to have a hard time


양귀자

white devil; Western devil; foreign devil (term of abuse for Westerners)


눈팅

lurking (reading an Internet site without commenting or posting)


대나무숲

confessions page (social networking platform for anonymous confessions)


적나라

Root of 적나라하다 (jeongnarahada). Rarely used alone.


적나라하다

to be frank; to be explicit; to be stark; to be candid


自他共認

hanja form of 자타공인 (“something universally recognized”)


유전무죄 무전유죄

"the rich are innocent and the poor are guilty"; money buys off the law


強奪

hanja form of 강탈 (“extortion; robbery; taking by force”)


實存主義

hanja form of 실존주의 (“(philosophy) existentialism”)


運命論

hanja form of 운명론 (“(philosophy) fatalism”)


입이 가볍다

to be a bigmouth (to be someone who says things that should not be said)


고무신

a woman whose boyfriend has been conscripted into the army


정체

identity; true nature
true colour; true character


處身

hanja form of 처신 (“behaviour; demeanour”)


옹졸

Root of 옹졸하다 (ongjolhada). Rarely used alone.


壅拙

hanja form of 옹졸 (“Root of 옹졸하다 (ongjolhada). Rarely used alone.”)


복불복

a crapshoot; an uncertain or random venture or situation whose outcome is determined by luck

a game or program based solely on luck, especially in reality TV


감안

consideration (for a particular situation or circumstance)


勘案

hanja form of 감안 (“consideration (for a particular situation or circumstance)”)


감당

managing or coping (with a particular difficulty)


堪當

hanja form of 감당 (“managing or coping (with a particular difficulty)”)


僻字

hanja form of 벽자 (“a rare Chinese character”)


體軀

hanja form of 체구 (“body; physique; build; stature”)


迂廻

hanja form of 우회 (“roundabout; detour; circumlocution”)


뺑뺑이

a multicolored wheel spun around and hit with darts to select something randomly

a form of physical punishment or abuse in which one is forced to run in circles

a type of peasant dance involving marching in circles


攄得

hanja form of 터득 (“comprehension; learning”)


貶下

hanja form of 폄하 (“derogation; disparagement”)


기레기

trash journalist, presstitute (derogatory slang for journalists and reporters)


挾攻

hanja form of 협공 (“pincer movement; pincer attack”)


挾擊

hanja form of 협격 (“pincer movement; pincer attack”)


下剋上

hanja form of 하극상 (“mutiny (revolt against a senior)”)


세존

the World-Honored One, an honorific name for the Gautama Buddha

an indigenous agricultural deity often associated with the Buddha


방출

removal, release, dismissal (usually of a player from a team)


放黜

hanja form of 방출 (“removal; release; dismissal (usually of a player from a team)”)


발탁

selection; choice; picking out (among many)


拔擢

hanja form of 발탁 (“selection; choice; picking out (among many)”)


인턴

intern (student working to gain experience in a field)


아이가

Plain informal interrogative of 아이다 (aida, “to not be”); isn't it?


아이가

A phrase used to form tag questions, inviting the listener to agree.


형아

older brother of a boy
older sister of a girl


두절

interruption; stoppage (of traffic or communication)


杜絶

hanja form of 두절 (“interruption; stoppage (of traffic or communication)”)


厭世觀

hanja form of 염세관 (“pessimistic view of life; pessimism”)


오호

alas! (usually used with —라 (-ra), in the form of 오호라 (ohora))


너네

alternative form of 너희 (neohui, “you (plural)”)

alternative form of 너의 (neoui, “your; yours (singular)”)


삼춘

nonstandard form of 삼촌(三寸) (samchon, “uncle; male sibling of a parent”)


어줍잖다

to be laughably inappropriate for one's station

to be laughably irrelevant or low-quality


남돌

short for 남자 아이돌 (namja aidol, “boy band idol”)


여돌

short for 여자 아이돌 (yeoja aidol, “girl group idol”)


猪突

hanja form of 저돌 (“daringness; recklessness”)


怏宿

hanja form of 앙숙 (“bearing hatred against one another”)


음쓰

short for 음식물 쓰레기 (eumsingmul sseuregi, “food waste”)


綻露

hanja form of 탄로 (“exposure; disclosure; detection”)


답습

following; imitating (something that has been passed on, especially the way or method of the past; tradition)


백전백승

winning every battle; being ever-victorious


劫迫

hanja form of 겁박 (“threat; intimidation; coercion”)


揭揚

hanja form of 게양 (“hoisting; raising (a flag)”)


敎唆

hanja form of 교사 (“instigation; incitement”)


惡辣

hanja form of 악랄 (“viciousness; wickedness”)


간극

gap; interval
friction, discord between people


알현

audience with a superior, especially nobility


체스꼬

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


나포

arrest; seizure (of a neutral or enemy ship at sea)


拿捕

hanja form of 나포 (“arrest; seizure; capture”)


북한말

the North Korean language (from the South Korean perspective)


구적

a historic place; remnants; a place of interest (for tourism)


hoxy

alternative form of 혹시(或是) (“maybe, possibly, by any chance”)


인싸

social butterfly, well-connected person, person at the center of social life


分揀

hanja form of 분간 (“distinguishing; telling apart”)


船着場

hanja form of 선착장 (“dock; wharf; berth”)


아군

ally; our side (someone in the same team or group)


중지

stoppage; cessation
suspension; interruption


중지

wisdom of many people; insight from many sources


문란

disorder; confusion (of rules and morals)


쉽게

adverbial form of 쉽다 (swipda, “to be easy”): easily


誤打

hanja form of 오타 (“typo; typographical error”)


좌표를 찍다

to mark the coordinate point
to select as a target
to post a link to brigade


緩行

hanja form of 완행 (“going slowly; slow train; local train”)


직행

going direct
fast train; direct train; through train


進壘

hanja form of 진루 (“(baseball) advancement to the next base”)


군자

junzi; man of virtue; high-minded person; noble person


卽時

hanja form of 즉시 (“immediately, promptly”)


卽位

hanja form of 즉위 (“ascension to kingship”)


卽刻

hanja form of 즉각 (“immediately; at once”)


卽席

hanja form of 즉석 (“being impromptu; being on the spot”)


卽興

hanja form of 즉흥 (“improvisation; impromptu”)


전광판

electronic display; electronic noticeboard; electronic scoreboard


양해

agreement; consent
understanding; comprehension


撤收

hanja form of 철수 (“withdrawal; evacuation”)


게재

publication in a magazine, newspaper, etc.


揭載

hanja form of 게재 (“publication in a magazine, newspaper, etc.”)


뚧다

dialectal form of 뚫다 (ttulta, “to pierce a hole”)


無作爲

hanja form of 무작위 (“being random; randomness”)


고가

elevated; overhead (of lines, bridges, etc.)


짠지

radish kimchi
kimchi in general
spicy kimchi


默考

hanja form of 묵고 (“silent contemplation”)


深思熟考

hanja form of 심사숙고 (“careful consideration”)


덕후

fan, -holic
short for 오덕후 (odeokhu, “otaku; weeb”)


밀덕

somebody fascinated in the military, weaponry, etc.


미드

abbreviation of 미국 드라마 (Miguk deurama, “American TV drama”)


弘報

hanja form of 홍보 (“promotion; publicization; publicity”)


걸어오다

To walk, to come on foot, to come by walking.


누부

somewhat older female friend or acquaintance


누야

Vocative form of 누부 (nubu, “older sister of a male”); hey, sister

childish form of 누부 (nubu, “older sister of a male”)


누우

alternative form of 누부 (nubu, “older sister of a male”)


주전재

Pyongan, Hamgyong, and Gangwon form of 주전자(酒煎子) (“kettle, teakettle”)


물타기

bringing up an irrelevant topic or saying nonsense in order to distract from the facts or the original topic; (sometimes) whataboutism

inciting people; attempting to sway public opinion or change the focus of public discourse through unethical means


쏼라쏼라

while speaking in foreign gibberish, while speaking in an incomprehensible foreign language


천명

explanation, clarification (of one's opinion or position)


천명

one's destiny or fate (bestowed by Heaven); Providence


맹세하다

to swear; to vow; to pledge; to take oath


모냥

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


푸틴

a transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́тин (Pútin)


병먹금

not feeding the troll, ignoring any ignorant or inflammatory statement


레닌

a transliteration of the Russian surname Ле́нин (Lénin)


나발니

a transliteration of the Russian surname Нава́льный (Naválʹnyj)


만수르

a fabulously rich person, someone as rich as Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan


株價

hanja form of 주가 (“stock^(US)/shareᵁᴷ price”)


상아탑

university (especially as an abode of learning and wisdom)


조마조마하다

nervous; anxious; afraid; to be on pins and needles


자기소개서

cover letter, personal statement (introductory document submitted when applying for a school or a job)


자소서

short for 자기소개서(自己紹介書) (“cover letter; personal statement”)


자소설

"novel of personal introduction"; an exaggerated or misleading cover letter, resume, or personal statement


추모

mourning, remembrance, commemoration (of the deceased)


追慕

hanja form of 추모 (“mourning, commemoration”)


새벽감성

a sudden melancholy one feels while still awake at dawn


도록

catalogue (a book containing chosen paintings, photographs, etc.)


도록

A book or a list containing names of people or objects.


도록

plagiarism (stealing someone's work and publishing it under your own name)


진찰대

examination table or bed (at a doctor's office)


진찰하다

to examine (medically); to give a checkup


만신창이

a wreck; being in a state of failure or ruin


실연

practical demonstration
live performance


습성

The wetness; a moist or damp property of thing.

A wet subtype of certain stuff or phenomena, mainly medical.


虛勢

hanja form of 허세 (“brag; bluff; showing off”)


유치

Root of 유치하다 (yuchihada, “to be childish”). Rarely used alone.


行實

hanja form of 행실 (“behaviour; demeanour; conduct”)


사리사욕

of one's own greed and desire; of one's self-interest


私利私慾

hanja form of 사리사욕 (“of one's own greed and desire; of one's self-interest”)


몰리다

to be cornered, to be driven (into)
to flock, to gather


막상

really, actually, when you get around to doing it (often in opposition to a prior preconceived notion)


家庭敎師

hanja form of 가정교사 (“private teacher; tutor”)


뜬금포

something unexpected, something that catches one off guard


만회

recovery; restoration; revival; retrieval


실행

practice; implementation; fulfilment; carrying out


청사진

blueprint, a document used in construction and design

blueprint, a plan for the future, such as a blueprint for national recovery


훈춘

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


연길

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


훵크

alternative spelling of 펑크 (peongkeu, “(music) funk”)


民弊

hanja form of 민폐 (“(public) nuisance; annoyance”)


블록버스터

blockbuster (film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales)


일거수일투족

each and every individual action, every movement


一擧手一投足

hanja form of 일거수일투족 (“each and every individual action, every movement”)


一擧一動

hanja form of 일거일동 (“each and every individual action, every movement”)


쏘비에트 련방

(historical) Soviet Union (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries)


쏘비에트

a form of governing council in the former Soviet Union


數値

hanja form of 수치 (“figure; count; numerical value”)


巨軀

hanja form of 거구 (“(of a person) large build; large body”)


오린손

dialectal form of 오른손 (oreunson, “right hand”)


오룬손

Jeolla dialect form of 오른손 (oreunson, “right hand”)


흑우

alternative form of 호구(虎口) (“pushover, doormat, sucker”)


듕핵교

Yukjin form of 중학교(中學校) (“middle school”)


모질다

harsh; cruel; heartless
severe; intense; strong
stern; tough; tenacious


모시

some hour, a certain hour (often used to substitute a specific hour, either for anonymity or to generalize the situation)


모시

dialectal form of 모이 (moi, “feed for poultry”)


메이

Hwanghae form of 모이 (moi, “feed for poultry”)


멩이

Pyongan form of 모이 (moi, “feed for poultry”)


전번

abbreviation of 전화번호(電話番號) (jeonhwabeonho, “telephone number”)


승방

a priestess of Korean folk religion from the southern coastline of the peninsula


도사

wiz (exceptionally clever or gifted person)

person, often not affiliated with a specific religion, who meditates and practices East Asian spiritual exercises as to refine their inner self

male shaman; male priest of Korean shamanism, the indigenous religion of the country


도사

one who guides others to the Buddhist path; an honorific title for Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and monks

An honorific title for various deities in Korean folk religion


도사

In the Three Kingdoms of Korea, a regional governor in charge of individual towns and fortifications


도사

a type of secretary in the Korean government that existed from 1275 to 1882, usually numbering between twenty and thirty


도사

In Korea under Japanese rule (1910–1945), a colonial administrator in charge of large islands


先入見

hanja form of 선입견 (“preconception; prejudice”)


先入觀

hanja form of 선입관 (“preconception; prejudice”)


법사

Buddhist monk, especially one famed for wisdom and learning

male priest of Korean shamanism (the indigenous religion of the country) whose specialization is in the recitation of scriptures, mantras, and incantations


법사

dharma heir; the inheritor in a dharma lineage


법사

In Joseon Korea (1392—1910), a grouping of various government agencies with judicial authority, most notably the Ministry of Justice


법사

synonym of 불사(佛事) (bulsa, “Buddhist ritual; Buddhism”)


무녀

shamaness, female shaman; female priestess of Korean shamanism, the indigenous religion of the country

miko; unmarried Shinto priestess or shrine maiden


무녀

female dancer, especially in traditional East Asia


선무당이 사람 잡는다

"the novice shaman kills the person [that they were trying to heal]"; a little knowledge is a dangerous thing


선무당

an inexperienced novice priest or shaman

someone who actually knows little or is incompetent, but believes themselves to be knowledgeable or competent


애동제자

a novice priest or shaman, who has just been initiated and is still being educated


신부모

a senior priest who mentors a novice, guiding them into their new vocation


신자식

a novice priest who is being mentored by a senior one


강신무

a type of shaman or priest in Korean shamanism (Korea's indigenous religion) traditionally found in northern Korea, who are personally directly selected by the gods to serve as their oracles in sessions of trance possession, in contrast to hereditary priests of the south who merely inherit their position and do not have any personal contact with the divine; today the dominant stream of shamanism even in South Korea


춘장

chunjang, an adaptation of tianmianjiang used in Korean-style Chinese food


존버

holding on or persevering despite difficult circumstances


귀하

dear; Sir; Madam; you (a polite form of address in letter addresses or similar)


貴下

hanja form of 귀하 (“dear; Sir; Madam; you (a polite form of address in letter addresses or similar)”)


-이여

O; vocative particle with exclamatory nuances, attaching to nouns and nominalized verbs.


-이여

and; connective particle for enumerating nouns.


-이시여

O honored... (vocative particle showing extreme respect.)


계림

a forest in western Gyeongju where the progenitor of the Kim clan, the ruling house of Silla, is said to have descended in a golden chest


계림

Guilin (a city in the Guangxi autonomous region, China)


류행

North Korea standard form of 유행 (yuhaeng, “fashion, vogue”)


빼들다

to take out or present as a means of offense


칼을 빼들다

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 칼 (kal), 을 (eul), 빼들다 (ppaedeulda).


니애미

fuck, fuck you; a highly profane expression, often used as an insult


이상 무

no abnormalities, all clear, everything is going well and normally


니콜라스

a transliteration of the English male given name Nicholas

a transliteration of the Spanish male given name Nicolás


그레고리오

a transliteration of the Italian male given name Gregorio


대역본

bilingual book; a book with translations printed side by side or on opposite pages


무우

the place or location where these sacrifices would be offered


갋다

to pick fights (to see who is better); to compete


미화

romanticization, idealization
beautification, glorification


노배

Chinese varieties of daikon, which are stouter than Korean ones


노배

A derogatory word used to refer to a despised group of people.


방어율

synonym of 평균자책점(平均自責點) (pyeonggyunjachaekjeom, “(baseball) ERA; earned run average”)


고의사구

intentional walk; intentional base on balls


故意四球

hanja form of 고의사구 (“(baseball) intentional walk; intentional base on balls”)


前歷

hanja form of 전력 (“one's history; one's record”)


袂別

hanja form of 몌별 (“regrettable separation”)


무꾸

Dialectal form of 무 (mu, “radish, daikon”)


무유

very flat chest, very undeveloped breasts; (metonymically) a woman who is such


사랑의 매

corporal punishment of a child (by a parent or teacher)


그女

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 그녀, “she”.


그女

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 그녀, “woman”.


야설

popular speculation or hearsay without official corroboration


영국 해협

English Channel (a sea in the North Sea)


죽다 살았다

to have come out safely from a painful or risky situation (literally, "to have been dying and then live")


한나라

Han dynasty (Chinese empire between 207 BCE and 220 CE)

various later Chinese polities with this character, most of them very short-lived; see Han on Wikipedia


한나라

Han, a major kingdom in the Central Plain during the Warring States period from 403 BCE to 230 BCE


무시

purposeful ignoring; disdain, disregard, disrespect


무시

the eternal without beginning; that which has always existed


무시

any time; a time which is not fixed; a time whose specifics are not important


무시

Gyeongsang and Jeolla dialect form of 무 (mu, “radish”)


무끼

Hamgyong form of 무 (mu, “radish, daikon”)


개봉

breaking-open of a seal
first airing of a movie


닭알

North Korea and China standard form of 달걀 (dalgyal, “hen's egg”)


반풍수가 집안 망친다

"half-learned feng shui brings the household to ruin"; a little knowledge is a dangerous thing


이망

in Joseon Korea (1392—1910), an occasion in which the Ministry of Personnel recommended only two candidates to fill an empty government office, in place of the customary three


이매

A foolish, crippled servant character in the mask-dance ritual of Hahoe, represented by a jawless mask


데망

alternative spelling of 대망 (daemang, “forehead”, Jeolla dialect)


알렉산더

Alexander, the Ancient Greek name most famously held by Alexander the Great

a transliteration of the English male given name Alexander


타대오

Thaddaeus (an apostle of the early Church)


헬레나

a transliteration of the English female given name Helena


루이

a transliteration of the French male given name Louis


루이스

a transliteration of the English male given name Louis

a transliteration of the English male given name Luis

a transliteration of the Spanish male given name Luis


프리드리히

a transliteration of the German male given name Friedrich


崩壞

hanja form of 붕괴 (“a fall; a breakdown; (a) collapse”)


갱빈

the bank of any large body of water: the seashore, the riverbank, etc.


좆문가

somebody who pretends or claims to be an expert in something when in reality they are not


윌리엄

a transliteration of the English male given name William


립법자

North Korea standard spelling of 입법자 (ipbeopja, “legislator, lawmaker”)


불쏘시개

kindling (twigs used to start a fire)
spark, trigger, catalyst
pot boiler book, low-quality book


내숭

playing coy; pretending to be especially kind, innocent, or naive, particularly to appeal to someone else (usually describing women)


자괴감

sense of shame; feeling of self-worthlessness


가다가

A sequential form of 가다 (gada, “to go”): while going; [was] going, and then


고르고

a conjunctive form of 고르다 (goreuda, “to choose”): [one] choose[s], and...


고르고

a conjunctive form of 고르다 (goreuda, “to be level”): [it] is level, and...


일코

hiding the fact that one belongs to the subculture; pretending to be a normie in public; hiding one's power levels


부덕의

synonym of 부도덕(不道德) (budodeok, “immorality”)


벼는 익을수록 고개를 숙인다

"the riper the rice plant, the more it bends its head":


곳간에서 인심 난다

"generosity is born from the storehouse": one must be wealthy to afford to be generous towards others; only the wealthy are generous


적법하다

to be in accordance with the law, to be in compliance with the law


아집

the belief that the ego exists, in opposition to the Buddhist concept of anattā or non-self

egotistic stubbornness, obsession that only one's own ideas are correct


라이트 노벨

light novel (short novel genre, originally from Japan but now popular in South Korea)


테크

clipping of 테크트리 (tekeuteuri, “tech tree”)


기차 떠나고 손 흔들다

"to wave after the train has left"; to be affected by l'esprit de l'escalier


떡밥

any issue, topic, or news which causes great discussion or controversy, but in particular also:

steamed rice used as stuffing in rice cakes


杖鼓

hanja form of 장고 (“Korean traditional drum”)


최애

bias (favorite member of the idol group)


疏外

hanja form of 소외 (“estrangement; alienation”)


未確認飛行物體

hanja form of 미확인비행물체 (“UFO: unidentified flying object”)


획수

stroke count (typically of a Chinese character)


문 닫고

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 문 (mun), 닫다 (datda).


궁예

a king of north-central Korea in the early tenth century who believed he possessed the supernatural ability to read minds, killing many innocent people out of paranoia


궁예

someone who assumes the worst of other people


춘천

[~시(市)] Chuncheon (the capital city of Gangwon Province, South Korea)


삼척

Samcheok (a coastal city in Gangwon Province, South Korea)


접두어

synonym of 접두사(接頭辭) (jeopdusa, “(linguistic morphology) prefix”)


컨셉

an artificial identity, personality or mannerism that one adopts before other people


썰

a story, episode, or anecdote, especially one told in a non-serious or humorous manner

nonfictional stories based on real events that are posted in online communities; sensational and provocative stories that are posted in online communities


-겄-

southern dialectal form of 겠 (get, “will, intend”)


어머이

Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Gangwon, and Chungcheong form of 어머니 (eomeoni, “mother”)


아구

alternative form of 아귀 (agwi, “monkfish”)


찌끄레기

dialectal form of 찌꺼기 (jjikkeogi, “dregs, remnants”)


할매

dialectal form of 할머니 (halmeoni, “grandmother”)


오삼춘

dialectal form of 외삼촌 (oesamchon, “maternal uncle”)


령서

North Korea standard form of 영서 (yeongseo, “Yeongseo”)


령동

North Korea standard form of 영동 (yeongdong, “Yeongdong”)


꾸꾸당하다

to be very crooked, to be very bent
to be proper


대원군

the Heungseon Daewongun, de facto ruler of Korea between 1863 and 1873 and major political figure until his death in 1898, both celebrated for his domestic reforms and criticized for his isolationist foreign policy


대원군

a title given to the non-royal birth father of a reigning king, for when the latter had acceded to the throne by being adopted by a previous king who had had no sons

a xenophobe, someone who does not like non-Korean things


한월어

Sino-Vietnamese (vocabulary, pronunciation, etc.)


설상가상

making matters worse, adding insult to injury


금사빠

someone who tends to fall in love at first sight (or otherwise very quickly)


誤審

hanja form of 오심 (“misjudgement; miscarriage of justice; mistrial”)


誤判

hanja form of 오판 (“misjudgement; miscarriage of justice”)


오심

misjudgement; miscarriage of justice; mistrial


애프터

a second date, especially after a blind date (in romantic relationships)


자만추

someone who prefers to date or find romance through acquaintances (instead of prearranged dates, blind dates, dating apps, etc.)


부지기수

something uncountably numerous or frequent


-걸랑

In the intimate style, introduces information new to the addressee.


觀衆

hanja form of 관중 (“spectators; audience”)


-을깝쇼

In the formal polite speech level, an interrogative suffix used to a superior, by e.g. a shopkeeper to a client or a servant to a master.


짝남

short for 짝사랑하는 남자 (jjaksaranghaneun namja, “the guy I have a crush on”)


짝녀

short for 짝사랑하는 여자 (jjaksaranghaneun yeoja, “the girl I have a crush on”)


관종

abbreviation of 관심종자(關心種子) (gwansimjongja, “(derogatory, neologism, slang) attention whore”)


감당되다

to be able to be coped with; to be manageable


감명하다

to leave a deep impression on; to deeply impress


강권하다

to recommend forcibly (against one's will)


개봉하다

to break open (a seal)
to first air (a movie)


개봉되다

(of a movie) to be aired for the first time


검색하다

to search; to browse; to surf; to look up


-붕이

A suffix designating a member of an Internet community website, generally attached to the first syllable of the website in question.


검찰하다

to inspect (ticket(s) on trains, airplanes, etc.)


검출하다

to detect (a chemical or microbe from a sample)


검출되다

(of a chemical or microbe from a sample) to be detected


게재하다

to publish (in a magazine, newspaper, etc.)


게재되다

to be published (in a magazine, newspaper, etc.)


개마고원

Kaema Plateau (a highland in North Korea)


과거하다

to pass the civil service examination (in historical Korea, China, Vietnam)


구니되다

to be a target of absorption or obsession of someone


구류되다

to be arrested; to be put under detention


급여되다

to be allowed; to be granted; to be paid


묘향산

Mount Myohyang (a mountain in North Korea)


모감주나무

golden rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)


달마

daruma (hollow and round traditional Japanese doll)


난치하다

to be intractable; to be difficult to treat


남벌하다

to deforest recklessly; to fell trees indiscriminately


납량하다

to enjoy the cool; to cool oneself in the breeze


번호를 따다

to get someone's phone number to ask them out on romantic dates


빅토르

a transliteration of the French male given name Victor


로베르트

a transliteration of the German male given name Robert


경악하다

to become astonished; to become in shock (especially of something negative or undesirable)


고나리

synonym of 고나리질 (gonarijil, “micromanagement”)


엘베

short for 엘리베이터 (ellibeiteo, “elevator”)


알못

ignoramus (especially when falsely believing that one is knowledgeable)


청천강

Chongchon River (a river in North Korea)


스압

abbreviation of 스크롤 압박 (seukeurol apbak, “wall of text”)


쩔다

to become very salted or salty; stressed form of 절다 (jeolda)

to become very drenched (by sweat); stressed form of 절다 (jeolda)

to be amazing (either in a positive or negative way), to be extremely good or extremely bad


-갔-

northern and western Gyeonggi and western Gangwon form of -겠- (-get-, “will, intend, probably”)


레전드

something legendary, something amazing, something shocking (especially in a bad way)


벌거지

bug, insect (any small arthropod such as insects, spiders, etc.)


벌기

Gyeongsang form of 벌레 (beolle, “bug, insect”)


벌기

the period between logging of the same area, during which the trees recover


벌기

Verbal noun of 벌다 (beolda, “to make money”): making money, money-making


벌갱이

Communist filth, commie worm, vile leftist


總祕書

hanja form of 총비서 (“general secretary of North Korea”)


-더라

See -더- (-deo-, retrospective suffix) and -라 (-ra, declarative mood suffix).


라찰

North Korea standard form of 나찰 (nachal, “(Hindu mythology, Hinduism, Buddhism) rakshasa”)


-으니까

Emphatic form of -으니 (-euni, “since, because, as”)


ㅎㅎ

haha, lol; used to represent laughter, or simply added to soften the tone of the message


에바

something excessive, something that will not work

something not believable, something beyond belief


맨들다

Dialectal form of 만들다 (mandeulda, “to make, establish”)


문찐

someone who is not interested in or does not know much about pop culture, new trends, new fashions, etc.


미인계

honey trap; beauty trap; honeypot; sexual entrapment


ㄱㄱ

Used to urge someone to begin something or to go ahead, or to confirm that one can begin or go ahead.


ㅅㅅ

shot (when to do a good play in a sports event or video game)


엘리자베스

a transliteration of the English female given name Elizabeth


제인

a transliteration of the English female given name Jane


제니

a transliteration of the English female given name Jenny or Jennie


데니스

a transliteration of the English male given name Dennis


뒷북

doing or saying something after the fact; doing or saying something after the appropriate time for it has passed


허벅

alternative form of 허북 (heobuk, “belly (dialectal)”)


기미상궁

a royal court woman responsible for first tasting the food to be given to the king, as to avoid poisoning


노비

slave, servant (in traditional East Asia)


사과주

cider; alcoholic beverage made from fermented apples.


미미

Root of 미미하다 (mimihada). Rarely used alone.


東西古今

hanja form of 동서고금 (“all times and all places”)


질주하다

to dash; to sprint; to run at full speed


꼬막

blood cockle, blood clam (Tegillarca granosa)


都大體

hanja form of 도대체 (“on earth, the hell; not at all, unfortunately”)


더품

Pyongan, Hwanghae, Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Russia form of 거품 (geopum, “bubble”)


가찹다

Dialectal form of 가깝다 (gakkapda, “to be close; to be near”)


조지

a transliteration of the English male given name George


필립

a transliteration of the English male given name Philip

a transliteration of the French male given name Philippe


重要視

hanja form of 중요시 (“regarding as important”)


사바사

person-by-person basis (depending on the person)


피장파장

being no better than the other
tu quoque, whataboutism


트젠

short for 트랜스젠더 (teuraenseujendeo, “transgender”)


노조

abbreviation of 노동조합(勞動組合) (nodongjohap, “labour union”)


南阿共

hanja form of 남아공 (“Republic of South Africa”)


밥 뭇나

what's up; a casual greeting between friends


빠따

physical abuse involving hitting someone with a bat or club (in the military, gangs, etc.)


빠따

-th; position in order (with Sino-Korean numerals)


朝鮮東海

hanja form of 조선동해 (“(North Korea) Sea of Japan”)


드뎌

alternative form of 드디어 (deudieo, “finally; at last”)


학괴

Chungcheong, Gangwon, Jeolla dialect, Hamgyong, and Hwanghae form of 학교 (hakgyo, “school”)


남이사

Used in place of 남이야 (nam-iya, “as for other people”) when dismissing people who are too nosy, with a connotation of "none of your business".

alternative form of 남이야 (nam-iya, “as for other people”)


쎄요

informal polite present form of 쎄다 (sseda, “to be strong”): one is strong, is one strong?, etc.


쎄요

informal polite present (or imperative or hortative) form of 씻다 (ssitda, “to wash”): one washes, does one wash?, wash!, let's wash, etc.


발급

issuing (a document such as a passport or certificate); issuance


색칠

colouring (with a crayon); painting (with paint)


색칠되다

to be coloured, to be painted (in a certain colour)


존잘남

short for 존나 잘생긴 남자 (jonna jalsaenggin namja, “a guy who is handsome as fuck”)


파토

the cancellation of a turn (e.g. due to a mistake in card assignment)

unexpected cancelling of a prior arrangement


거둥둥하다

to be similar (of something that can be objectively compared)


소대가리

head of a cow, especially boiled as food


와전

spreading of misinformation; misrepresentation


짜다라

not in particular, not really
slightly many (but not very many)


지붕케

locative of 지붕 (jibung, “roof”): at the roof


철색

iron gray color
worried expression, worried face


허버허버

while gobbling ravenously
quickly, urgently


징거미

prawn; large shrimp (refers to different species, both marine and freshwater, in different areas of Korea)

Oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a freshwater shrimp about ten centimeters long


생우

dialectal form of 새우 (sae'u, “shrimp; prawn”)


誤認

hanja form of 오인 (“mistaking (for something else); misrecognition”)


오인

mistaking (for something else); misrecognition


速球

hanja form of 속구 (“(baseball) fastball”)


아 이름

something unimportant or worthless; used in rhetorical or sarcastic constructions


애 이름

Standard Korean form of 아 이름 (a ireum, “something worthless or not valuable”)


낑구다

alternative form of 찡구다 (jjingguda, “to insert, to fit into”)


장막

something that obscures or hides the inside


-시겨

Hwanghae and Northwestern Gyeonggi form of 세요 (seyo, “present tense declarative, an interrogative suffix that can indicate a suggestion or question”)


상구

constantly, continuously, keep... ing
very, extremely


속도위반

speeding, speeding violation (going above the permitted speed limit)

premarital pregnancy, especially one leading to a shotgun wedding


빼다지

alternative spelling of 빼닫이 (ppaedaji, “drawer, cabinet”)


재배

double prostration; bowing twice as a sign of respect

"yours sincerely...", "respectfully..." (in a letter to one's elder, written after one's name as a means of honoring them)


父女

hanja form of 부녀 (“father and daughter”)


月月山山

hanja form of 월월산산 (“departure of a friend”)


탈덕

exiting a fandom, leaving a fandom, quitting a fandom


덕통사고

entering a fandom unexpectedly as if it was an accident


덕통

abbreviation of 덕통사고 (deoktongsago, “(slang) entering a fandom”)


소비에트 사회주의 공화국 연방

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries; short form 소비에트 연방(聯邦) (Sobieteu yeonbang); abbreviation 소련 (Soryeon))


쏘비에트 사회주의 공화국 련방

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and 14 other countries; short form 쏘비에트 련방 (Ssobieteu ryeonbang); abbreviation 쏘련 (Ssoryeon))


濟州特別自治道

hanja form of 제주특별자치도 (“Jeju Special Self-Governing Province”)


꽃제비

kotjebi, homeless children in North Korea


어케

contraction of 어떡해 (eotteokhae, “what is one supposed to do?”)


우리 나라

North Korea and Yanbian standard spelling of 우리나라 (Urinara, literally “our country”)


-시꺄

Hwanghae and Seoul form of 습니까 (seumnikka, “Interrogative suffix for sentence-final verbs”)


창해상전

synonym of 상전벽해(桑田碧海) (sangjeonbyeokhae, “the vicissitudes of life”)


영혼 보내기

buying tickets for a movie, concert, or other cultural venue without actually attending, because one supports the social cause behind it despite not being interested on a personal level


연탄

A type of coal briquette used for heating. Made from lignite coal and a gluing agent. It was a popular method of heating in Korea from the 1920s up until the late 1980s.


호빵

hoppang (Korean steamed bun with red bean paste filling)


육덕

plumpness, chubbiness (in a positive way)


육덕

the six human virtues of the Zhou dynasty, later recognized throughout East Asia: 지 (知, ji, “knowledge”), 인 (仁, in, “benevolence”), 성 (聖, seong, “sagacity”), 의 (義, ui, “righteousness”), 충 (忠, chung, “loyalty”), and 화 (和, hwa, “harmony”)


肉德

hanja form of 육덕 (“plumpness, chubbiness”)


딥톡

deep conversation, conversation about serious personal matters


감송

spikenard, the plant Nardostachys jatamansi


침해

violation, infringement (of rights, etc.)


동성혼

marriage between two people with the same surname; this was considered nearly incestuous in Joseon Korea (1392—1910), even if the surnames were only coincidentally the same, and was not fully legalized until 2005


本座

hanja form of 본좌 (“the honorable I; the honorable me”)


本座

hanja form of 본좌 (“master (of a skill)”)


스드메

short for 스튜디오, 드레스, 메이크업 (seutyudio, deureseu, meikeueop, “studio, dress, makeup”)


鬼接

hanja form of 귀접 (“sexual intercourse with a ghost”)


영락

jade or pearl necklace, used to decorate statues and shrines


답습하다

to follow, to imitate (something that has been passed on, especially the way or method of the past; tradition)


돌파하다

to make a breakthrough
to pass, to surpass


두절하다

to interrupt, to stop (traffic or communication)


제곧내

Used as a filler for the content of a post when the title already says everything one wants to say.


ㅈㄱㄴ

initialism of 제곧내 (jegonnae, “see title”)


추파

any sort of romantic or suggestive move (now often with a negative nuance)

amorous glance (glance intended to get the attention of a romantic interest)

an adulatory or flattering act towards another in order to get what one wants

bright and clear eyes of a beautiful woman


秋播

hanja form of 추파 (“sowing seeds in autumn”)


홍대

short for 홍익대학교 (hong'ikdaehakgyo, “Hongik University”)


급행

express (quick mode of transportation, particularly of trains)


퀴퍼

short for 퀴어 퍼레이드 (kwieo peoreideu, “pride parade”)


次次雄

hanja form of 차차웅 (“title of the Silla kings”)


차차웅

a royal title of the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla, used in the early first century


䢘

This term is used in Korean place names from the first millennium and has also been attested in wooden tablets from the same period, where it apparently intervenes between the name of a gate or building and a personal name. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:


상그랍다

to be difficult to deal with
to be dangerous, to be unpropitious
to be disorienting
to be sharp


농력

the traditional lunisolar calendar of East Asia


엉뎅이

alternative form of 엉덩이 (eongdeong'i, “butt, buttocks”)


란소

North Korea standard form of 난소 (nanso, “ovary”)


별장

cottage, villa (a house used as a retreat)


색종이

coloured paper (usually one used for origami)


관능미

sexual beauty, beauty appealing to sexual desire


初球

hanja form of 초구 (“(baseball) first pitch”)


료리하다

North Korea, Yanbian, and Russia standard spelling of 요리하다 (yorihada)


료리사

North Korea standard spelling of 요리사 (yorisa)


캐서린

a transliteration of the English female given name Catherine


이웆

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Jeolla dialect, and Chungcheong form of 이웃 (iut, “neighbour, neighbouring”)


방년

Used as a descriptor for the age of a young woman.


한인회

overseas Koreans' local association; […] Korean Association


안아키

short for 약 안쓰고 아이 키우기 (yak ansseugo ai kiugi, “raising a child without the use of drugs”)


모솔

short for 모태솔로 (motaesollo, “a person who has never had a romantic partner”)


러브샷

love shot; shots taken by two people while arms are intertwined


아부지

Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, Gangwon, Hwanghae, Hamgyong, and Jeolla dialect form of 아버지 (abeoji, “father”)


샤먼

shaman (type of religious practitioner in certain cultures)


샤먼

Xiamen (a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China)


뭔

contraction of 무슨 (museun, “what, what kind of”)


육진방언

Yukjin dialect, the Korean dialect spoken in the historic Yukjin region of northeastern Korea.


뜨거운 감자

hot potato (awkward or delicate problem)

a hotly debated or discussed issue/topic; something that has become the centre of attention


광둥어

synonym of 광동어(廣東語) (gwangdong'eo, “Cantonese”)


접신

entering a state of trance possession; entering a state of communion with the divine world


륙각형

North Korea standard spelling of 육각형 (yukgakhyeong, “hexagon”)


원주률

North Korea standard spelling of 원주율 (wonjuyul, “pi”)


주기률표

North Korea standard spelling of 주기율표 (jugiyulpyo, “periodic table”)


兄님

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 형님, “(honorific) older brother of a male”.


현우

wisdom and folly; the wise and the foolish


귀빈

In early and mid-first millennium China, the second-highest rank of court women


꼴리다

(specifically, prescribed) to get an erection


터울

age difference between siblings
any age difference between two people


골칫거리

trouble, headache (an inconvenient problem); nuisance; scourge


베이스

short for 베이스 기타 (beiseu gita, “bass guitar”)


삼공

three highest-ranking civil officials in the imperial court


동상이몽

not getting along; being in discord
having different opinions and plans


빌미

a pretext, reason, or cause (typically for something bad to happen)


신물

sense of displeasure, disgust, weariness


소급

applying or being done retroactively; retroactivity


악센트

accent (stronger articulation)
accent, emphasis, stress


온화하다

to be gentle, to be affable
to be mild, to be temperate
to be tame, to be mild


餘念

hanja form of 여념 (“thinking of something else”)


쌩까다

to purposely ignore (someone's words or opinions; someone by pretending to be a stranger; etc.)


아래아

the Korean vowel ㆍ, found in modern Jeju but otherwise obsolete


집안일

family/domestic affair, household affair


병기

signs from the effects/symptoms of a sickness


헥토르

Hector, the Trojan prince and hero in Homer's Iliad


독불장군

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


獨不將軍

hanja form of 독불장군 (“stubborn, obstinate fellow; lonely outcast”)


각목

lumber; piece of lumber; any long, angled piece of wood

being robbed by a sex worker's acquaintances or accomplices before even meeting her


角木

hanja form of 각목 (“lumber; angled wood”)


차고 넘치다

to be overflowing, to be extremely numerous, to be endless


싸불

short for 사이버불링 (saibeobulling, “cyberbullying”)


결단코

definitely, absolutely, by all means
never (in any case)


폴

Gyeongsang, Hamgyong, and Jeolla dialect form of 팔 (pal, “arm”)


륙진방언

North Korea standard form of 육진방언 (yukjinbang'eon, “Yukjin dialect”)


거두절미

cutting to the chase; saying only the essentials; saying only what ought to be said

removing the context of something said; reporting something in a partial way

severing the head and tail; severing the tips (in cooking)


去頭截尾

hanja form of 거두절미 (“cutting to the chase, etc.”)


화려

Root of 화려하다 (hwaryeohada). Rarely used alone.


공강

break between lectures
day with no lectures


국룰

an unwritten rule or unspoken rule, usually lighthearted or non-serious

an obvious choice; something obvious; a trend


혼쾌히

misspelling of 흔쾌히 (heunkwaehi, “readily; gladly; willingly”)


조한

Koreans and Han Chinese
the Korean and Chinese languages


쇠뜨기

horsetail (plant of the order Equisetales)

field horsetail, common horsetail; Equisetum arvense


뱀밥

the non-photosynthetic, spore-bearing stem of the horsetail plant


혼밥

eating by oneself; eating alone; eating without friends


혼술

drinking alcohol by oneself; getting drunk alone


왕눈이

person or animal with huge eyes
tiger
cattle


유콘

[~준주(準州)] Yukon, Yukon Territory (a territory in northern Canada)


노스웨스트 준주

Northwest Territories (a territory in northern Canada)


누나부트

[~준주(準州)] Nunavut (a territory in northern Canada)


고갈

depletion, exhaustion (of water, resources, etc.)


枯渴

hanja form of 고갈 (“depletion, exhaustion (of water, resources, etc.)”)


회손

misspelling of 훼손(毁損) (hweson, “damage, harm; defamation”)


역활

misspelling of 역할(役割) (yeokhal, “a role or part”)


사사롭다

to be personal
to be private (as opposed to public)


助敎

hanja form of 조교 (“assistant teacher, assistant instructor”)


집중력

ability to concentrate; strength to concentrate


아다

virgin (someone who has never had sex; also attributive)


합서

alternative form of 협서(陜西) (Hyeopseo, “Shaanxi (proscribed, nonstandard)”)


自畵自讚

alternative form of 自畫自讚 (“self-praise”)


협서

nonstandard form of 섬서(陝西) (Seomseo, “Shaanxi (a province of China)”)


신병

divine soldiers; heavenly troops
a powerful army that cannot be defeated


정주행

binge watching (a tv/movie series from start to finish); reading through (a whole book/comic series)


분별

classification, differentiation
distinction, discernment


분별하다

to distinguish; to differentiate
to discern


분별되다

to be distinguished; to be differentiated


내무

internal affairs; home affairs; domestic affairs


첫가끝

"beginning, middle, and end", separate combining characters that form a hangul syllable


치팅 데이

cheat day; a day where a person puts aside their diet


熱辯

hanja form of 열변 (“fervent/impassioned speech; harangue”)


저물다

to get dark
to go down (about the sun)
to end (of a day or a year)


절제

moderation; temperance; self-control
abstinence
Temperance (Tarot card)


유린

violation; flagrant violation; terrible violation (of human rights, etc.)


매만지다

to adjust, to tidy with the hand (of clothes, etc.)


장광설

long-winded story, long-winded yarn
the eloquent tongue of the Buddha


장담

guarantee, assurance; confident statement


파이다

to be dug into; to become dug
to be engraved; to be carved
to be cut low


파이다

to be unsatisfactory; to be of poor quality; to be bad


용맹하다

to be brave, to be courageous, to be gallant


묵살

disregarding or ignoring someone's opinion or suggestion


默殺

hanja form of 묵살 (“disregarding or ignoring someone's opinion or suggestion”)


북벌

northern conquest; conquest of a northern region

various aborted plans by seventeenth-century Koreans to attack Qing China, most seriously considered during the reign of Hyojong (1649−1659)

the Northern Expedition (military campaign launched in 1926 by the Chinese Kuomintang government against various forces in North China)


성전사

holy warrior (especially in Abrahamic religions)


해당되다

to correspond, to be applicable
to be equivalent


전집

complete works (of a writer, artist, or other such person)


발상하다

to conjure up an idea; to conceive an idea


참신하다

to be fresh, to be novel, to be original


울창

Root of 울창하다 (ulchanghada). Rarely used alone.


攝生

hanja form of 섭생 (“maintenance of health through caution in one’s diet and living habits”)


자연사

natural causes; death from natural cause


야동

abbreviation of 야한 동영상 (yahan dong'yeongsang, “porn, pornographic video”)


야동

country child (child who lives in the country)


푸코

a transliteration of the French surname Foucault


커닝

alternative form of 컨닝 (keonning, “cheating on a test”)


커닝하다

alternative form of 컨닝하다 (keonninghada, “to cheat on a test”)


구보

run, running (as part of training, etc.); (more specifically) double time pace


박수갈채하다

to clap and cheer; to give wild applause


역력

Root of 역력하다 (yeongnyeokhada, “(of a clue or sign) to be clear; to be obvious”). Rarely used alone.


대낮

midday, the middle of the day; broad daylight


겨란

dialectal form of 계란(鷄卵) (gyeran, “chicken egg”)


쏠리다

to move towards one side because of a tilt


시알코트

Sialkot (a city in Sialkot district, Punjab, Pakistan)


어벙하다

to be dumbish, to be stupidish
to be incompetent


북자이

bukjai, A type of doenjang jjigae made by Koryo-Saram


흘림

verbal noun of 흘리다 (heullida, “to spill”): spilling


모둠

team or group in a school teamwork project (not in universities; usually around four students, typically determined by seating arrangements)


모둠

a hut where ginseng-harvesters would sleep in while digging in the mountains


나그푸르

Nagpur (a large city, the winter capital of Maharashtra, India)


회자

popular topic, talk of the town (whether positive or negative)


慶事

hanja form of 경사 (“happy event; auspicious occasion”)


뇌리

head, mind, consciousness (as a setting for thoughts, memories, knowledge, etc.)


腦裏

hanja form of 뇌리 (“mind, consciousness”)


웅크리다

to crouch; to cause to crouch (a body part)

to exist in a suppressed or hidden state (usually as 웅크리고 있다 (ungkeurigo itda))


위풍당당하다

to be dignified, to be stately, to be majestic


威風堂堂

hanja form of 위풍당당 (“being majestic, being stately”)


에피타이저

alternative spelling of 애피타이저 (aepitaijeo, “appetizer”)


전채

appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre (small, light first course)


-에기

Attached to nouns or verb stems to derive related or synonymous nouns, often with a pejorative effect.


찌뿌둥하다

to be murky; to feel about to rain
to be dark, to be discontent
to ache, to hurt


묘연하다

to be faint, to be distant, to be dim
to be unknown, to be lost
to be indistinct, to be blurry


묘연

Root of 묘연하다 (myoyeonhada). Rarely used alone.


소슬

Root of 소슬하다 (soseulhada). Rarely used alone.


소슬하다

to be bleak, to be desolate
to be chilly, to be dreary


애월하다

to love the Moon; to adore the beauty of the Moon


지완

Root of 지완하다 (jiwanhada). Rarely used alone.


상쾌

Root of 상쾌하다 (sangkwaehada). Rarely used alone.


보필

assisting a superior (typically a ruler)


보필하다

to assist a superior (typically a ruler)


銃알

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 총알, “bullet”.


서늘하다

to be beautiful in a pure, austere sort of way


흐느적거리다

to sway or wave slowly, gently, placidly

to move or walk limply; to drag, progress slowly; to wander, vacillate, falter


마찰하다

to rub
to be rubbed together
to conflict, to cause friction


만회하다

to recover; to restore; to revive; to retrieve


만회되다

to be recoverd; to be restored; to be revived; to be retrieved


三教

alternative form of 三敎 (“Three teachings”)


暴投

hanja form of 폭투 (“(baseball) wild pitch”)


애사심

loyalty towards one's company (workplace)


소아과

paediatrics (branch of medicine that deals with treatment of children)


순조

Root of 순조롭다 (sunjoropda, “to go swimmingly, to go smoothly”) / 순조로 (sunjoro, “swimmingly, smoothly”). Rarely used alone.


차선책

the best alternative; second best solution


최선책

the best plan/scheme; the best course of action


패전하다

to lose, to be defeated (in a war or sporting event)


승전하다

to win, to come out victorious (in a war or sporting event)


허무맹랑

Root of 허무맹랑하다 (heomumaengnanghada, “to be ludicrous”). Rarely used alone.


교묘

Root of 교묘하다 (gyomyohada, “to be skillful and clever”). Rarely used alone.


공략

attack (usually on an entrenched position)


교착

agglutination, adhesion
deadlock, stalemate, impasse


분쇄

smashing, pulverizing
defeating, dismantling


할인가

discounted price (as opposed to the regular price)


침울하다

to be down, to be dismal, to be depressed


침울

Root of 침울하다 (chimulhada). Rarely used alone.


해수욕장

swimming beach, bathing resort, seaside resort


강퇴

kicking out or banning someone from an internet chatroom or community


강화

strengthening, reinforcement, intensification (in general); consolidation (of power or authority)


가체

gache, a traditional Korean wig worn by women


加髢

hanja form of 가체 (“gache, traditional Korean wig”)


승탑

small stupa for storing sarira, scriptures and other religious items


滿壘

hanja form of 만루 (“(baseball) bases loaded”)


하지

summer solstice (one of the solar terms, around June 21st)


토이기

synonym of 튀르키예 (Twireukiye, “Turkey (a country in Europe and Asia)”).


기동

starting up (a computer, machine, engine, etc.)


음수

synonym of 음용수(飮用水) (eumyongsu, “drinking water”)


오행

wuxing (the five elements of traditional East Asian cosmology)


컬러

having colour (as opposed to being black-and-white)

characteristic, individuality, distinguishing feature


할라카

Halacha: Jewish law, taken as a whole.
Halacha: a Jewish law.


예기

The Book of Rites or Classic of Rites (a classic Confucian text describing the social forms, administration, and ceremonial rites of the Zhou dynasty)


분서갱유

"Burning of books and burying of scholars", anti-intellectual event during the Qin Dynasty


부신피질

adrenal cortex (the outer portion of the adrenal glands that produces hormones essential to homeostasis)


現代國語

hanja form of 현대국어 (“Contemporary Korean”)


서경

the Book of Documents (a collection of documents and speeches alleged to have been written by rulers and officials of the early Zhou Dynasty and before)


통닭

whole chicken, cooked or uncooked
whole chicken, cooked or uncooked


문묘

Confucian temple; temple honoring Confucius and housing schools and testing facilities.


오륜

five cardinal relationships:
five cardinal relationships:
five cardinal relationships:
five cardinal relationships:
five cardinal relationships:


악경

Classic of Music (Confucian classic text lost by the time of the Han dynasty)


정부군

government army (generally in a civil war)


동궁

the Eastern Palace (palace where the crown prince lived in historical East Asia)


동궁

synonym of 겨울궁전 (gyeoulgungjeon, “Winter Palace”).


강희자전

the Kangxi Dictionary (dictionary and cross reference of Chinese characters, first published in 1716 at the behest of the Kangxi emperor, and used to the present day).


뇌졸증

synonym of 뇌졸중(腦卒中) (noejoljung, “stroke”)


변덕스럽다

to be fickle, to be mercurial, to be capricious


창백

Root of 창백하다 (changbaekhada). Rarely used alone.


뻘줌하다

alternative form of 뻘쭘하다 (ppeoljjumhada, “(colloquial) to be awkward and embarrassing”)


뻘쭘

Root of 뻘쭘하다 (ppeoljjumhada). Rarely used alone.


아산

Asan (a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea)


확고하다

to be firm, to be staunch, to be adamant


콩밥

steamed rice mixed with soybeans
prison food


조선족

synonym of 조선민족(朝鮮民族) (joseonminjok, “Korean people; Korean ethnicity”)


북풍

the use of often exaggerated news about North Korea for domestic political purposes


둔갑

making something seem like something it is not


遁甲

hanja form of 둔갑 (“shapeshifting; transformation; making something seem like something it is not”)


이팔분쟁

short for 이스라엘·팔레스타인 분쟁 (iseura'el·palleseutain bunjaeng, “Israel-Palestinian conflict”)


우파

Ufa (the capital and largest city of Bashkortostan, Russia)


당첨

winning (in a lottery, draw, raffle, etc.)


當籤

hanja form of 당첨 (“winning (in a lottery, draw, raffle, etc.)”)


당선

being selected/chosen (in a contest, competition, exhibition, etc.)


鎭火

hanja form of 진화 (“extinguishing/putting out fire”)


사수

shooter; bowman; gunman; marksman; archer


황당

Root of 황당하다 (hwangdanghada, “to be absurd”). Rarely used alone.


감지

Pyongan, Hwanghae, Gangwon, Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Russia form of 감자 (gamja, “potato”)


크게

adverbial form of 크다 (keuda, “to be big, to be great”): greatly


政府軍

hanja form of 정부군 (“government army in a civil war”)


王政復古

hanja form of 왕정복고 (“restoration of monarchy”)


부적절

Root of 부적절하다 (bujeokjeolhada). Rarely used alone.


인구어족

synonym of 인도유럽어족 (Indoyureobeojok, “Indo-European languages”)


꿀떡

a colorful rice cake with honeyed or sugary stuffing


쌈

A verbal noun of 싸다 (ssada, “to wrap up”).

food wrapped in leafy vegetables; vegetable wrap


개소주

a sort of dog meat broth with herbs added, used as medicine


휘두르다

to brandish, to wield (a melee weapon (e.g. a sword)); to swing, to flail (one's arm, fist, etc.)

to exert, to wield (in a negative way); to abuse


로비

lobby (entryway or waiting area; vestibule)

lobby (group of people who try to lobby)


모태솔로

a person who has never had a romantic partner


巨文島

hanja form of 거문도 (“Geomundo; Komundo; Port Hamilton”)


거문도

Geomundo (a small group of islands in the Jeju Strait off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula)

the largest island in this group, more often called 고도(古島) (Godo)


기름장

a dipping sauce for meat, a mixture of sesame oil and salt


스트레칭

stretching (of limbs or a form of exercise)


차분하다

to be calm, to be composed, to be nonchalant


충전하다

to charge or recharge (a battery or an electronic device)


개선문

a triumphal arch; in particular, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris


아전인수

interpreting a situation solely to one's own advantage, regardless of the facts


악화

deterioration, degeneration, aggravation, exacerbation


악화하다

to worsen, to deteriorate, to degenerate, to take a turn for the worse

to make worse, to aggravate, to exacerbate


호전하다

to improve; to take a turn for the better


호전되다

to improve, to get better, to take a turn for the better


발광

sudden derangement, dementedness, raving lunacy


번호판

licence plate/number plate (on a vehicle)

number pad (on a phone, calculator, etc.)


延坪島

hanja form of 연평도 (“Yeonpyeong Island; Yeonpyeongdo”)


권선징악

rewarding the good and punishing the wicked


상선벌악

God rewarding the good and punishing the wicked


옹진

Ongjin (a county of Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea)

Ongjin (a county of South Hwanghae Province, North Korea)


연평도

Yeonpyeong Island, Yeonpyeongdo (a group of South Korean islands in the Yellow Sea)


入國

hanja form of 입국 (“entry into a country”)


미행하다

to follow, to trail, to shadow (a person)


크낙새

The Tristram's woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis richardsi.


갈색머리흑조

The brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater.


애견

love for dogs (usually as part of a compound)


애묘

love for cats (usually as part of a compound)


애조

love for birds (usually as part of a compound)


閨怨

the lonesome and resentful feeling when one's husband is not around


성급

Root of 성급하다 (seonggeuphada). Rarely used alone.


錄畫

hanja form of 녹화 (“recording (a video)”)


畵質

hanja form of 화질 (“picture quality; resolution”)


農機

hanja form of 농기 (“agricultural machinery”)


傀儡政權

hanja form of 괴뢰 정권 (“puppet government; puppet state”)


감쇄기

synonym of 감쇠기(減衰器) (gamsoegi, “attenuator”)


우모

synonym of 깃털 (git'teol, “feathers, plumage”)


철원

Cheorwon (a county of Gangwon Province, South Korea)

Chorwon (a county of Kangwon Province, North Korea)


횡성

Hoengseong (a county of Gangwon Province, South Korea)


백두

short for 백두산(白頭山) (Baekdusan, “Paektu Mountain (on the China-North Korea border)”)


適材適所

hanja form of 적재적소 (“using the right person in the right place”)


적재적소

using the right person in the right place


좌빨

a left-winger (implying that they are communist)


분납

instalment payment; paying in instalments


복모음

synonym of 이중모음(二重母音) (ijungmo'eum, “(phonetics) a diphthong”)


넌즈시

alternative form of 넌지시 (neonjisi, “discreetly”)


은밀하다

to be secret, to be covert, to be clandestine


은밀

Root of 은밀하다 (eunmilhada). Rarely used alone.


쇼트

synonym of 유격수(遊擊手) (yugyeoksu, “(baseball) shortstop”)

synonym of 합선(合線) (hapseon, “short circuit”)


열렬하다

to be enthusiastic, to be vehement, to be ardent


열렬

Root of 열렬하다 (yeollyeolhada). Rarely used alone.


월귀탄

traditional hairpin shaped like an earpick


축지법

warping or teleportation (as a magical ability)


타석

plate appearance; at-bat
the batter's box


타수

official at-bat
stroke
number of keystrokes


타격수

synonym of 타수(打數) (tasu, “(baseball) official at-bat”)

synonym of 타수(打數) (tasu, “(golf) stroke”)


縮地法

hanja form of 축지법 (“warping or teleportation (as a magical ability)”)


386 세대

386 Generation (those born in the 1960s, the politically and economically dominant age cohort in South Korea in the early twenty-first century)


short for 386세대 (386sedae, “386 Generation”)


외퀴

a foreign (non-Korean) K-pop fan, especially one who is oblivious to Korean culture


병리

short for 병리학 (byeongnihak, “pathology”)


소다

short for 소다수 (sodasu, “soda water”): soda (carbonated water)


식은 죽 먹기

doing something easily and without hesitation; taking candy from a baby; a piece of cake; a cakewalk


쬐다

to shine, to glare
to bask (in the sun, by a fire, etc.)
to irradiate (a beam, wave, etc.)


인부

labourer; worker (especially in construction work, delivery work, and other manual labor)


꼬다

to twist, to squirm, to writhe (one's body); to cross (one's legs)


부시다

to be glaring, to be blinding, to be dazzling


부시다

alternative form of 부수다 (busuda, “to break; to smash”)


고단수

quick-witted, cunning person
cunning artifice


나뉘다

contraction of 나누이다 (nanu'ida, “to be divided”)


골로 가다

to croak, to die
to be in trouble, to be doomed


여의다

to lose, to be bereaved of (one's parent, loved one, spouse); to be widowed


중하다

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


벨튀

prank in which you ring a stranger's doorbell and run away


일면식

slight acquaintance of someone; shallow acquaintance of someone (typically in the negative)


마실

casually leaving home (to have a look around, to visit a neighbor, etc.)

dialectal form of 마을 (ma'eul, “village, neighbourhood”)


갈고닦다

to hone, to cultivate, to develop, to improve (a skill, talent, ability, etc.)


갈닦다

synonym of 갈고닦다 (galgodakda, “to hone, to cultivate, to develop, to improve (a skill, talent, ability, etc.)”)


갈아대다

to replace, to renew (for something that is continuously replaced)


갈아들다

to replace something previous, to serve as replacement


갈아매다

to rewind, to retie, to restring with another


엎친 데 덮치다

to make matters worse/add insult to injury; for one bad event/misfortune to follow another; it never rains but it pours


화이트

white-out; correction fluid, correction tape


육봉

being landlocked (spending their entire lives in freshwater, without the typical migration to the ocean)


어불성설

something preposterous and illogical; nonsense


語不成說

hanja form of 어불성설 (“something preposterous and illogical; nonsense”)


손잡이

handle; grip (in general)
knob; doorknob
haft, shaft; hilt (of a sword)


만연하다

to spread, to pervade, to grow rampant, to become rife (with)


새호리기

alternative form of 새홀리기 (saeholligi, “the Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo”)


승복

acceptance, acknowledgement, concession (to a verdict, a result, a conclusion)


僧服

hanja form of 승복 (“Buddhist monk's robes”)


民族社會主義

hanja form of 민족사회주의 (“National Socialism”)


國民社會主義

hanja form of 국민사회주의 (“National Socialism”)


감지하다

to sense, to perceive, to distinguish, to become aware


재승덕박

being talented but morally problematic; being unscrupulously competent


청량제

food or medicine that freshens the mouth (e.g. jintan)


둔하다

to be dull, slow, inert, obtuse, dim-witted


기모찌

A "memey" interjection expressing something feeling nice.


보호자

guardian; protector, a person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis) or an incompetent person


保管人

hanja form of 보관인 (“custodian; trustee”)


靜電氣

hanja form of 정전기 (“static electricity”)


遭遇戰

hanja form of 조우전 (“meeting engagement”)


데오도란트

deodorant (odour-controlling cosmetic for the underarm)


光復節

hanja form of 광복절 (“National Liberation Day of Korea”)


계기판

instrument panel, especially in a car or another vehicle


計器板

hanja form of 계기판 (“dashboard, instrument panel”)


은은

Root of 은은하다 (euneunhada, “to be faint, to be indistinct, to be subtle”). Rarely used alone.


은은

Root of 은은하다 (euneunhada, “to be loud, to be roaring”). Rarely used alone.


은은하다

to be faint, to be indistinct (typically in a beautiful way)


소도구

tool; a hand tool; gadget
prop; stage property


항렬

generation in a descent group (how distantly one is descended from a common ancestor, i.e. a great-grandson of somebody has a "higher" 항렬 (hangnyeol) than a great-great-grandson regardless of their actual age; generally, people of the same 항렬 (hangnyeol) share a character in their name, no matter how distantly related)


주작

Vermilion Bird (one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations)


재상

chancellor, chief minister (in historical East Asia)


어조사

a Classical Chinese grammatical particle (焉 (yān), 也 (yě), 於 /于, 矣, etc.)


잠을 청하다

to try and fall asleep; to lull oneself to sleep


논길

paddy path; footpath between each sections of the field


클릭하다

to click (press and release (button on a mouse))


냅다

acrid, burning feeling in eyes or throat due to smoke


냅다

swiftly, with force, forcefully, right away


휘다

to be bent, to be curved
to bend, to curve


명료

Root of 명료하다 (myeongnyohada). Rarely used alone.


명료하다

to be clear, to be apparent, to be lucid, to be perspicuous


타당

the other (political) party; another (political) party


타당

Root of 타당하다 (tadanghada). Rarely used alone.


타당하다

to be right, to be proper, to be appropriate


청구하다

to make a demand on the basis of some authority, to make a claim


자상

a cut, a stab, stab wound, puncture wound


자상

Root of 자상하다 (jasanghada). Rarely used alone.


자상하다

to have a heart, to be considerate, to be thoughtful


사성음

Standard Mandarin reading of a character


에우다

to encircle
to cross out (on a list, etc.)
to make do for


삼가 고인의 명복을 빕니다

"I reverently wish for the happiness of the deceased in the next world"; rest in peace (a conventional phrase said at funerals, etc.)


화란

synonym of 네덜란드 (Nedeollandeu, “Netherlands”)


좋은 곳

a better place (said when expressing condolences for a death)


가불기

barrage of indefensible attacks (actions)


Indicates an absence of an initial consonant letter; sometimes appears in a typo in modern language.


삐다

(for a body part, especially the eyes) to be not aligned properly, to be cross-eyed

to sprain or twist (one's ankle, wrist, etc.)


皇朝

hanja form of 황조 (“imperial court; imperial government”)


안직

dialectal form of 아직 (ajik, “still; not yet”)


일천하다

to be new; to be in the early days of; to be of insufficient duration


여포

aggressive player in video games; (by extension) aggressive person on the offensive


呂布

hanja form of 여포 (“Lü Bu; (Internet slang) aggressive video game player; person on the offensive”)


방구석 여포

someone who is timid in real life but very aggressive online


맥을 보다

to check someone's pulse
to gauge someone's intentions


적재

loading, embarking (on a vehicle, a vessel, etc.)


시혜

generosity; charity; the dispensing of generosity or charity


말레이

Malay
Malaya
short for 말레이시아 (Malleisia, “Malaysia”)


모다

contraction of 모으다 (mo'euda, “to gather, to collect”)


뫼다

contraction of 모이다 (moida, “to be gathered or collected together”)


장자

wealthy patron of Buddhism (especially in ancient India)

a rich and avaricious man, an archetype in Korean folktales


장자

Zhuangzi (an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period)

Zhuangzi (an ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, traditionally attributed to the philosopher)


공칠과삼

more good than bad; overall beneficial, despite serious flaws


功七過三

hanja form of 공칠과삼 (“more good than bad; overall beneficial, despite serious flaws”)


현대사

contemporary history (conventionally after the end of World War II)


포고

proclamation, promulgation, announcement, notification, declaration


明若觀火

hanja form of 명약관화 (“being clearly evident”)


聞一知十

hanja form of 문일지십 (“being quick on the uptake; understanding the whole situation from just a few clues”)


징역

imprisonment (as punishment for a crime); prison sentence


각골난망

cherishing forever the memory (of a benefactor); forever preserving gratitude


刻骨難忘

hanja form of 각골난망 (“cherishing forever the memory (of a benefactor); forever preserving gratitude”)


버뮤다

Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)


범하다

to commit (a wrong)
to violate (a rule, a taboo, etc.)
to ravish, to violate (a woman)


顚覆

hanja form of 전복 (“flipping, overthrow”)


억강부약

supporting the weak and protecting them from the strong


抑強扶弱

hanja form of 억강부약 (“restraining the strong and assisting the weak”)


살처분

mass cull of livestock for disease control purposes


사체

carcass (of an animal)
corpse, cadaver (of the victim)


벨지끄

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


쉴드치다

to defend, to shield (in an argument, etc.)


극적

dramatic (relating to theater)
dramatic, striking


특사

envoy, emissary (usually in modern times); special ambassador


블로거

blogger (a person who regularly writes material for a blog)


개척하다

to reclaim, to cultivate, to develop
to explore


長打

hanja form of 장타 (“(baseball) extra base hit”)


주리다

to thirst for, to hunger for (e.g. love)


응분

that which is deserved or merited; deserts


난무

wild dance; dance without a choreography


석존

the honored Shakyamuni (i.e. the historical Buddha)


釋尊

hanja form of 석존 (“(honorific, Buddhism) the honored Shakyamuni (the historical Buddha)”)


반감

hostility; antagonism; animosity; antipathy


시해

killing/murdering of a superior or ruler (e.g. a president or king)


상징하다

to symbolise; to represent, to stand for


미적

short for 미적분(微積分) (mijeokbun, “(mathematics) calculus”)


가래다

to dispute right and wrong
to harass; to harm


빠뜨리다

to drop
to omit, to leave out
in expressions


해지다

contraction of 해어지다 (haeeojida, “to become worn out”)


해지다

forms passive verbs or verbs in the sense "to become a certain way"


마마보이

momma's boy, mummy's boy, mama's boy (male overly attached to his mother)


팔자

formal non-polite hortative of 팔다 (palda, “to sell”)


아유르베다

Ayurveda (traditional Hindu alternative medicine)


토막

a cave dwelling, dugout, earth-house, mud hut, yaodong, zemlyanka


방생

freeing captive animals; returning captive animals back to nature

buying captive fish or birds to set them free (an act of charity in Buddhism)


다마

something small and round; ball, orb, sphere, in particular:


신점

divination; one's destiny as accurately divined by a shaman or priest


神占

hanja form of 신점 (“divination; one's destiny as accurately divined by a shaman or priest”)


구미

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


백지

white paper, paper of white color
blank sheet of paper
square one
blank slate, tabula rasa


백지

only used in 백지(白地)로 (baekjiro, “(dialectal) in vain, to no avail, pointlessly”).


백지

Angelica dahurica (a herb used in medicine), or the root thereof


연소

Root of 연소(年少)하다 (yeonsohada, “to be young”). Rarely used alone.


감긔

obsolete spelling of 감기 (gamgi, “cold (mild illness)”)


占領軍

hanja form of 점령군 (“occupying force; occupation troops”)


불감청 고소원

something which one desires but dares not to request


不敢請固所願

hanja form of 불감청 고소원 (“something which one desires but dares not to request”)


훈훈하다

to be comfortably warm
to be heartwarming
to be hot; to be handsome


-을

The accusative particle, indicating the direct object of a verb.

In "long negation" constructions with -지 (-ji), attaches to the negated verb to add emphasis.

Indicates the indirect object of a verb.


-을

A verbal and adjectival irrealis adnominal suffix; generally equivalent to English "that [one] will" or "who [one] will", but not always with a future meaning; indicates the future intention of the subject, the inference of the subject about an event (whether past, present, or future), a general timeless fact, something that ought to be done, etc.


불길하다

inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, sinister


극단 선택

alternative form of 극단적 선택(極端的選擇) (geukdanjeok seontaek, “(euphemistic) suicide”)


발트해

Baltic Sea (a sea in Northern Europe, an arm of the Atlantic enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden)


먹사

corrupt Protestant pastor (especially right-wing Evangelicals)


혼내다

to scold, to rebuke
to teach someone a lesson


기리다

to extol, to praise, to honour, to admire


쾅

bang, boom (of something relatively light)


차감

deduction (in order to make up for something)


이문

profit margin. the amount of money left as profit.


舍廊

hanja form of 사랑 (“salon, hall in a traditional Korean house”)


솔나무

alternative form of 소나무 (sonamu, “pine tree”)


丹楓

hanja form of 단풍 (“autumn leaves, maple”)


슬라이드

slide (transparent image for projecting)

A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.


을해자

"1455 type", a Joseon-era set of movable bronze type


대자

formal non-polite hortative of 대다 (daeda)


뉴펀들랜드 래브라도

[~주(州)] Newfoundland and Labrador (a province in eastern Canada)


노바스코샤

[~주(州)] Nova Scotia (a province in eastern Canada)


프린스에드워드아일랜드

[~주(州)] Prince Edward Island (a province and island in eastern Canada)


뉴브런즈윅

[~주(州)] New Brunswick (a province in eastern Canada)


퀘벡

[~주(州)] Quebec (a province in eastern Canada)

[~시(市)] Quebec, Quebec City (the capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada)


온타리오

[~주(州)] Ontario (a province in eastern Canada)


매니토바

[~주(州)] Manitoba (a province in western Canada)


서스캐처원

[~주(州)] Saskatchewan (a prairie province in western Canada)

Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan River (a major river in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada)


앨버타

[~주(州)] Alberta (a province in western Canada)


알버타

[~주(州)] alternative form of 앨버타 (Aelbeota): Alberta (a province in western Canada)


브리티시컬럼비아

[~주(州)] British Columbia (a province in western Canada)


마니토바

[~주(州)] alternative form of 매니토바 (Maenitoba, “Manitoba (a province of Canada)”)


편대

formation (of warships, warplanes, etc.)


가티노

[~시(市)] Gatineau (a city in Quebec, Canada)


뉴햄프셔

[~주(州)] New Hampshire (a state of the United States)


버몬트

[~주(州)] Vermont (a state of the United States)


매사추세츠

[~주(州)] Massachusetts (a state of the United States)


코네티컷

[~주(州)] Connecticut (a state in the northeastern United States)


뉴저지

[~주(州)] New Jersey (a state in the northeastern United States)


펜실베이니아

[~주(州)] Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)


펜실베니아

[~주(州)] alternative form of 펜실베이니아 (Pensilbeinia): Pennsylvania (a state of the United States)


델라웨어

[~주(州)] Delaware (the first state of the United States)


델러웨어

[~주(州)] alternative form of 델라웨어 (Dellaweeo, “Delaware (a state of the United States)”)


매릴랜드

[~주(州)] alternative form of 메릴랜드 (Merillaendeu, “Maryland (a state of the United States)”)


점점점

little by little by little, step by step by step


웨스트버지니아

[~주(州)] West Virginia (a state of the United States)


미시건

[~주(州)] alternative form of 미시간 (Misigan, “Michigan (a state of the United States)”)


인디애나

[~주(州)] Indiana (a state of the United States)


인디아나

[~주(州)] alternative form of 인디애나 (Indiaena, “Indiana (a state of the United States)”)


켄터키

[~주(州)] Kentucky (a state of the United States)

clipping of 켄터키 프라이드 치킨 (kenteoki peuraideu chikin, “Kentucky Fried Chicken”)


노스캐롤라이나

[~주(州)] North Carolina (a state of the United States, situated on the east coast of the North American mainland north of South Carolina and south of Virginia)


노스캐럴라이나

[~주(州)] alternative form of 노스캐롤라이나 (Noseukaerollaina, “North Carolina (a state of the United States)”)


사우스캐롤라이나

[~주(州)] South Carolina (a state of the United States)


사우스캐럴라이나

[~주(州)] alternative form of 사우스캐롤라이나 (Sauseukaerollaina, “South Carolina (a state of the United States)”)


테네시

[~주(州)] Tennessee (a state of the United States)


테니시

[~주(州)] alternative form of 테네시 (Tenesi, “Tennessee (a state of the United States)”)


미시시피

[~주(州)] Mississippi (a state of the United States)


미시사가

[~시(市)] Mississauga (a city in Ontario, Canada)


미시소가

[~시(市)] alternative form of 미시사가 (Misisaga, “Mississauga (a city in Ontario, Canada)”)


앨러배마

[~주(州)] alternative form of 앨라배마 (Aellabaema, “Alabama (a state of the United States)”)


죠지아

[~주(州)] alternative form of 조지아 (Jojia, “Georgia (a state of the United States)”)


플로리다

[~주(州)] Florida (a state of the United States)


루이지아나

[~주(州)] alternative form of 루이지애나 (Ru'ijiaena): Louisiana (a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States)


아칸소

[~주(州)] Arkansas (a state in the South Central region of the United States)


위스콘신

[~주(州)] Wisconsin (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)


위스컨신

[~주(州)] alternative form of 위스콘신 (Wiseukonsin, “Wisconsin (a state of the United States)”)


미네소타

[~주(州)] Minnesota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)


아이오와

[~주(州)] Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)


노스다코타

[~주(州)] North Dakota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)


사우스다코타

[~주(州)] South Dakota (a state in the Upper Midwest region of the United States)


네브래스카

[~주(州)] Nebraska (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)


네브라스카

[~주(州)] alternative form of 네브래스카 (Nebeuraeseuka, “Nebraska (a state of the United States)”)


캔자스

[~주(州)] Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)


캔사스

[~주(州)] alternative form of 캔자스 (Kaenjaseu, “Kansas (a state of the United States)”)


오클라호마

[~주(州)] Oklahoma (a state in the central United States, formerly a territory)


텍사스

[~주(州)] Texas (a state in the south-central region of the United States)


뉴멕시코

[~주(州)] New Mexico (a state in the southwestern United States)


콜로라도

[~주(州)] Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state)


와이오밍

[~주(州)] Wyoming (a state of the United States, formerly a territory)


몬태나

[~주(州)] Montana (a state in the Mountain West region of the United States, formerly a territory)


몬타나

[~주(州)] alternative form of 몬태나 (Montaena, “Montana (a state of the United States)”)


아이다호

[~주(州)] Idaho (a state in the western United States)


유타

[~주(州)] Utah (a state in the western United States)


애리조나

[~주(州)] Arizona (a state in the southwestern United States, established 1912)


아리조나

[~주(州)] alternative form of 애리조나 (Aerijona, “Arizona (a state of the United States)”)


캘리포니아

[~주(州)] California (the most populous state of the United States)


오레건

[~주(州)] alternative form of 오리건 (Origeon, “Oregon (a state of the United States)”)


알래스카

[~주(州)] Alaska (a state of the United States, formerly a territory)


하와이

[~주(州)] Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory)


整地

hanja form of 정지 (“(construction) flattening the earth”)


일용품

daily necessities; goods for every day use


세인트존스

[~시(市)] St. John's (the capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)


이칼루이트

[~시(市)] Iqaluit (the capital city of Nunavut, Canada)


옐로나이프

[~시(市)] Yellowknife (the capital of and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada)


화이트호스

[~시(市)] Whitehorse (the capital city of Yukon, Canada)


爾時

hanja form of 이시 (“(literary) (at) this time, (at) that time”)


에드먼턴

[~시(市)] Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)


리자이나

[~시(市)] Regina (the capital city of Saskatchewan, Canada, with a metropolitan population of about 250,000)


위니펙

[~시(市)] Winnipeg (the capital city of Manitoba, Canada)


프레더릭턴

[~시(市)] Fredericton (the capital city of New Brunswick, Canada)


대대

from generation to generation, down through the generations


대대

belt in traditional East Asian court robes


샬럿타운

[~시(市)] Charlottetown (the capital city and county seat of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada)


려단

North Korea standard form of 여단 (yeodan, “(military) brigade”)


빈터

glade, clearing
vacant land; empty space


강단

decisiveness, resolve, resoluteness
tenacity, persevering spirit


강단

platform, rostrum, podium (e.g. at universities)


컴터

contraction of 컴퓨터 (keompyuteo, “computer”)


켄트

[~시(市)] Kent (a city in Washington, United States)


린우드

[~시(市)] Lynnwood (a city in Washington, United States)


벨뷰

[~시(市)] Bellevue (a city in Washington, United States)


타코마

[~시(市)] Tacoma (a city in Washington, United States)


페더럴웨이

[~시(市)] Federal Way (a city in Washington, United States)


쇼어라인

[~시(市)] Shoreline (a city in Washington, United States)


격파하다

to defeat, to trounce (an opponent or enemy)


승학연

banquet held to celebrate a student's advancement in their studies (as well as thank the teachers for their dedication)


쇠하다

to wane, to wither, to decline, to ebb away


마고

Magu, an immortal woman
[~할미] Mago, a primordial giantess


필수품

necessaries, a necessary item, necessity, essential goods


갤마다

only used in 갤마주다 (gaelmajuda, “to teach (something) to”).


四輪車

hanja form of 사륜차 (“a four-wheeled vehicle, automobile, car”)


재가승

a monk not residing in a monastery (considered heterodox)

a former community of insular villagers in the Tumen River area, sometimes considered descendants of Jurchens


염라

[~왕(王), 대왕(大王)] Yama (god of the underworld)


갈애

craving; taṇhā
fervent craving, fervent desire


渴愛

hanja form of 갈애 (“(Buddhism) craving; taṇhā”)


提婆達多

hanja form of 제바달다 (“Devadatta (cousin and enemy of the Buddha)”)


시도 때도 없이

adverbial form of 시(時)도 때도 없다 (sido ttaedo eopda, “to be recurrent”): recurrently


한도 끝도 없다

to be endless; to be limitless; to be uncountable


건늠길

crosswalk, pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing


까마귀 고기를 먹었나

Used to criticize or tease someone for forgetting something.


가마괴

archaic form of 까마귀 (kkamagwi, “crow, raven”)


夢魂

hanja form of 몽혼 (“(literary) one's soul while in a dream; dream-soul (once believed to leave the body during dreams)”)


부음

verbal noun of 붓다 (butda, “to swell up”)


등송

sending a reproduction; sending a copy (usually of an official document)


등송하다

to send a reproduction; to send a copy (usually of an official document)


謄送

hanja form of 등송 (“(archaic) sending a reproduction; sending a copy”)


논제

subject of discussion, thesis (statement supported by arguments)


테제

thesis; a statement or argument about a topic

a doctrine or platform for a political movement


전단

outbreak of war
cause for war; casus belli


전단

sandalwood (commonly used in Buddhist carving and woodwork)


외인부대

foreign legion; army unit composed of foreigners


재일한국어

Zainichi Korean; the Korean dialect spoken in Japan


옵션

option, a choice freely available to one


選擇權

hanja form of 선택권 (“(right of) choice, option”)


식해

Sikhae, a salted, fermented food from the eastern coast of Korea that is made generally from flounders, but also other fish and grains.


백서

white paper (document introducing government policy)


디대

a northerner, especially a local of the historical Pyongan and Hamgyong regions.

what is historically the regions of Pyongan and Hamgyeong in North Korea (Regions north of Kaesong).


고둥

standard form of 고동 (godong, “conch (shellfish)”)


성독

traditional Korean method of cantillating Literary Chinese, which adds 현토 (懸吐, hyeonto, “Korean grammatical particles”) in natural breaks in the text to aid comprehension while retaining the Sinitic vocabulary and word order


성독

Lectio Divina (monastic method of scripture-reading)


聲讀

hanja form of 성독 (“traditional Korean method of cantillating Literary Chinese”)


부양하다

to support, to provide for (dependents such as family)


부양하다

to buoy up, to stimulate (e.g. the economy)


부지깨

a poker, used to place wood and coal into an oven.


가슬

alternative form of 가을 (ga'eul, “fall, autumn”)


안즉

dialectal form of 아직 (ajik, “still; not yet”)


소래

dialectal form of 소라 (sora, “sea snail”)


댕기다

alternative form of 땡기다 (ttaenggida, colloquial form of 당기다 (danggida, “to pull, to draw”))


댕기다

to go back and forth
to go for a certain purpose
to attend; to commute


-슴다

Colloquial version of 습니다 (seumnida), a declarative suffix in the 하십시오체 (hasipsioche, “formal polite”) speech level.

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


놀토

a Saturday on which school classes are not held


누르술탄

Nur-Sultan (former name of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan)


양산

creation en masse; (in industrial contexts) mass production


양산

[~시(市)] Yangsan (a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)


장병

officers and soldiers considered collectively; military personnel


諸元

hanja form of 제원 (“(manufacturing, military) numerical data”)


감수

sensation; sensory reception
vedanā (sensation in Buddhist thought)


감수

sweet water
something sweet and desirable


감수

guarding over the property of a bankrupt person (in order to prevent intentional destruction, etc.)


감수

recession of water; depression of water levels


감수

the kansui (Euphorbia kansui), or the root thereof (used in medicine)


유보

deferral, delaying; reservation (of a decision)


추후

later on; later time (with reference to some earlier event)


추후

later on, at a later time (with reference to some earlier event)


송자

Honorific title of 송시열(宋時烈) (Song Siyeol, “Song Si-yeol”).


世變

hanja form of 세변 (“unforeseen change in society; change in the way of things”)


-ㅁ

Post-vocalic and liquid allomorphic form of -음 (-eum, “-ing, -ment”, substantive-deriving verbal suffix)


-음

-ness; -tion; -ment (noun-deriving suffix for verbs and adjectives)

the act of, the process of, -ing, being […] , to be […] (gerund- or noun clause-forming suffix for verbs and adjectives)

A formality-neutral sentence ender used in certain contexts when one desires to avoid formality distinctions, such as in formal reports or Internet conversations.


-ㅅ

a sentence-final emphatic particle, most common among younger speakers


-사

Gyeongsang, Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Jeolla dialect form of -야 (-ya, idiomatic emphatic particle)


-사

Post-vocalic and liquid allomorphic form of -으사 (-eusa)


-사

See the entry at 사(社) (sa, “company”).
See the entry at 사(史) (sa, “history”).


-으사

archaic form of -으셔 (-eusyeo, contraction of 으시어 (-eusi-eo, “honorific infinitive”))


새-

deep, strong, vivid (used before adjectives beginning with an obstruent followed by a yang-vowel)


-아

Yang-vowel form of -어 (-eo, versatile verbal infinitive suffix)


-아

hey; vocative particle for those of lower or equal status than the speaker, such as children; used after consonants.


반시간

half-hour (a period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour)


半時間

hanja form of 반시간 (“half-hour (a period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour)”)


에기

meh, eh; an interjection conveying frustrated resignation.


-어

The "infinitive" suffix, connecting verbs and adjectives.

In the "intimate" speech level used between friends, by superiors to inferiors, etc., a general-purpose sentence-ending suffix attached to verbs and adjectives:


-짜리

Suffix attached to quantified sums (price, value, age, number, weight, etc.) to denote an equivalence.

Suffix denoting a person dressed in a certain attire.


-는-

A present tense-marking suffix for verbs; it attaches directly to the stem, including the honorific -으시- (-eusi-), and precedes another verbal suffix.


-는

that is..., that [one] is..., -ing, etc.; suffix attached to the stem of verbs or the existential adjectives 있다 (itda) and 없다 (eopda) to turn the clause into a dependent one in the present tense.


-는

post-vowel allomorphic form of -은 (-eun, topic marker)


-는

Seoul form of -느냐 (-neunya, “plain-style interrogative suffix”)


드러냄

exposing (something)
revealing (something)


-은

The Korean topic marker, with various nuances according to context:


-은

that, which; past adnominal suffix for verbal stems, often carries a perfect meaning.

Realis adnominal suffix for adjectival stems.


-ㄴ

colloquial post-vowel allomorphic form of -은 (-eun, topic marker)


-ㄴ

post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic form of -은 (-eun, past or realis adnominal suffix)


-ㄴ

only used in 온 (on, “(endearing) come here!”).


-나

An interrogative marker in the familiar speech level; with -요 (-yo), also used in the polite speech level.

Conveys a question addressed to oneself.

In the plain speech level, an interrogative marker denoting polar (yes-or-no) questions.


-나

Post-vowel allomorphic form of -이나 (-ina)


-나

Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of -으나 (-euna)


-으나

Used as an emphatic interfix between certain reduplicated adjectival stems.


-으냐

alternative form of -느냐 (-neunya, dated form of -냐 (-nya)); see -느냐#Usage notes


-네

In the familiar style, a declarative suffix.

In the intimate style, the polite style, or when talking to oneself, an exclamatory suffix conveying a sudden realization.


-네

Forms the plural of certain pronouns.
family of..., -'s folks...
people, folks


-네

Pyongan form of -니 (-ni, “a plain-style interrogative suffix”)


-느니

rather; marks the following clause as a preferable choice.


-느니

saying... and saying...; conveys a dispute between opposing viewpoints.


-느니

In the familiar style, a declarative suffix introducing a general truth or maxim.


-니

A plain-style interrogative suffix, with a more friendly tone than -냐 (-nya).


-니

With an indirect quote, equivalent to a short form of 고 하니 (-go ha-ni, “does [one] say that...”)

With an indirect quote, equivalent to a short form of 고 하다니 (-go ha-dani, “how can [one] say that...”)


-니

Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으니 (-euni, “because, since”)


-니

In an indirect quote, equivalent to a short form of 고 하니 (-go ha-ni, “since [one] says that...”)


-니

Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of -으니 (-euni, alternative form of -느니 (-neuni))


안도라라베야

Andorra la Vella (the capital city of Andorra)


-면

Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of -으면 (-eumyeon, “if, when”)


-으니

because, since, as; used to convey a cause, a proof, or a premise.

as; used to convey a relevant fact, such an immediately antecedent action which enables the subsequent clause.


-으니

alternative form of -느니 (-neuni); see Usage notes in that entry.


-자

as: Suffix attached to verbs expressing that one action happened after another finished, which also sometimes acts as a reason for the following action.


-ㄹ

colloquial post-vowel allomorphic form of -을 (-eul, accusative case marker)


-ㄹ

post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic form of -을 (-eul, irrealis adnominal suffix)


-ㄹ래

Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of -을래 (-eullae)