庚寅

hanja form of 경인 (“Metal Tiger, the twenty-seventh in the sexagenary cycle”)


庚申

hanja form of 경신 (“Metal Monkey, the fifty-seventh in the sexagenary cycle”)


壬子

hanja form of 임자 (“Water Rat, the forty-ninth in the sexagenary cycle”)


오르내리다

to go up and down, to ascend and descend


-거리다

Suffix deriving frequentative verbs from ideophonic terms

to say; to be like (attached directly to the quote)


生老病死

hanja form of 생로병사 (“birth, old age, disease, and death”)


어엿하다

to be respectable, decent, good, stately, imposing


人稱代名詞

hanja form of 인칭대명사 (“personal pronoun”)


솔로몬의 智慧

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 솔로몬의 지혜, “Wisdom of Solomon”.


업그레이드

upgrade (an improved component or replacement item)


내외

inside and outside
at home and abroad
married couple


겹치다

to overlap, to happen simultaneously, to accumulate


사로잡다

to catch (something) alive, to capture (someone)


災殃

hanja form of 재앙 (“disaster; catastrophe”)


虛無主義

hanja form of 허무주의 (“(philosophy) nihilism”)


미스터리

mystery (something secret or unexplainable)


천국

Dianthus chinensis, a species of flowering plant


正道

hanja form of 정도 (“right way; correct path”)


正色

hanja form of 정색 (“serious look; straight face”)


範例

hanja form of 범례 (“example, model case”)


솔

the suit of pine in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of January


솔

alternative form of 소울 (soul, “soul (music genre, etc.)”)


솔

a target, especially one constructed by suspending a large piece of cloth between two poles


솔

More information(MC reading: 率 (MC srwit))(MC reading: 窣 (MC swot))(MC reading: 蟀 (MC srwit))


蟲豸

hanja form of 충치 (“mean and worthless person”)


우러러보다

to look up to; to turn one's head upward to


노려보다

to stare fiercely at; to glare at; to look angrily at


紺色

hanja form of 감색 (“navy blue; dark blue”)


노리다

to glare (at), to stare fiercely (at)
to aim (at), to seek


노리다

to cut or slash (a person) breadthwise (with a sword)


더블유

The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.


해커

hacker (one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data)


뽑히다

to be pulled out, to be taken out
to be chosen


갖가지

abbreviation of 가지가지 (gajigaji, “various kinds of”)


갖가지

abbreviation of 가지가지 (gajigaji, “various kinds”)


갈수록

as time goes by, the more ... the more ...


리모컨

clipping of 리모트 컨트롤 (rimoteu keonteurol, “remote control”)


星群

hanja form of 성군 (“asterism (small group of stars)”)


追想

hanja form of 추상 (“reminiscence, recollection”)


動員令

hanja form of 동원령 (“mobilization order”)


禪宗

hanja form of 선종 (“(Buddhism) Zen Buddhism”)


神經傳導物質

hanja form of 신경전달물질 (“neurotransmitter”)


化學傳導物質

hanja form of 화학전달물질 (“chemotransmitter”)


中東呼吸器症候群

hanja form of 중동호흡기증후군 (“Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)”)


山海經

hanja form of 산해경 (“Classic of Mountains and Seas”)


戒律

hanja form of 계율 (“religious discipline; religious precept; commandment”)


尊崇

hanja form of 존숭 (“reverence; veneration”)


宿命論

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


判斷力

hanja form of 판단력 (“ability to judge; judgement”)


辛亥

hanja form of 신해 (“Metal Pig, the forty-eighth in the sexagenary cycle”)


熱度

hanja form of 열도 (“heat, temperature; enthusiasm”)


巨擘

hanja form of 거벽 (“thumb; authority; ace; star; expert”)


민병

a militia (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)


전관예우

Informal arrangement in the South Korean legal system whereby retired judges and public prosecutors who go on to become lawyers in private practice receive special treatment from their incumbent former colleagues.


永眠

hanja form of 영면 (“death, eternal sleep”)


딸딸이

a small vehicle (such as a bicycle or pedicab)


식다

to cool down, to get cold
to abate, to subside


大藏經

hanja form of 대장경 (“Chinese Buddhist canon; Tripitaka”)


自然死

hanja form of 자연사 (“natural causes; death from natural cause”)


製炭

hanja form of 제탄 (“charcoal production”)


고문

torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)


窈窕淑女

hanja form of 요조숙녀 (“reserved and beautiful young woman”)


金婚式

hanja form of 금혼식 (“golden anniversary”)


抑揚

hanja form of 억양 (“intonation, accent, modulation”)


안심해

Infinitive form of 안심하다 (ansimhada, “to be relieved”).


銀婚式

hanja form of 은혼식 (“silver anniversary”)


유술

jujitsu (method of self-defence established in Japan)


투명

transparency, the quality of being transparent


부담하다

to shoulder, to bear (a cost, responsibility, etc.)


多幸

hanja form of 다행 (“great happiness, good fortune”)


-ㄹ까

Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of -을까 (-eulkka)


-을까

In the intimate speech level, or with -요 (-yo) in the polite speech level, an interrogative suffix. Has a nuance of greater doubt or uncertainty.


謁見

hanja form of 알현 (“audience with a superior, especially nobility”)


友邦

hanja form of 우방 (“friendly state; ally”)


策動

hanja form of 책동 (“scheme, plotting, machination”)


講壇

hanja form of 강단 (“platform, rostrum, podium; (metonym) academia, the university milieu”)


對峙

hanja form of 대치 (“confrontation, standoff”)


빛내다

to make (something) shine
to give lustre to, to glorify


그믐

clipping of 그믐날 (geumeumnal, “last day of the month”)


총통

president, specifically the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)


성조

tone (pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning)


비리다

smelling of fish, fishy
stingy, miserly
nasty, disgusting


풋-

green, unripe
novice, inexperienced
first harvest of the year
shallow, light
poor, bad


풋내기

novice, new hand, beginner
rash person, hotspur


뛰어다니다

to jump about
to rush about, to hustle about


特派員

hanja form of 특파원 (“special correspondent”)


-답다

Attached after nouns or roots, to form adjectives expressing the sense of “to have the property/feeling of; (already) like a ...; typical of”. Forms p-irregular adjectives.


풋사랑

puppy love, young love
transient love, fleeting love


有機化學

hanja form of 유기화학 (“organic chemistry”)


無機化學

hanja form of 무기화학 (“inorganic chemistry”)


人工降雨

hanja form of 인공강우 (“rainmaking; cloud seeding; artificial rainfall”)


張家口

hanja form of 장가구 (“Zhangjiakou (a prefecture-level city of Hebei, China)”)


石炭酸

hanja form of 석탄산 (“(organic chemistry) phenol (caustic compound derived from benzene)”)


血氣

hanja form of 혈기 (“vigour; vitality; energy”)


汚水

hanja form of 오수 (“wastewater; dirty water”)


心緒

hanja form of 심서 (“emotion, state of mind”)


싸고돌다

to crowd around, to cluster around
to protect, to shield


獻詞

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


修辭

hanja form of 수사 (“rhetoric, figure of speech”)


광검

lightsaber (sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light)


賞狀

hanja form of 상장 (“certificate of merit”)


청와대

Blue House (executive office and residence of the President of the Republic of Korea in Seoul)

the South Korean presidency and its administration


예능

entertainment, performing arts
skills, accomplishments


짖다

to bark, to howl, to roar
to caw, to croak


부르짖다

to shout, to cry out
to advocate, to cry for


흥미진진하다

to be of great interest, to be very interesting


突發

hanja form of 돌발 (“accident; unforeseen incident”)


序跋

hanja form of 서발 (“preface and postscript”)


玄學

hanja form of 현학 (“deep complex theories”)


아파르트헤이트

apartheid (policy of racial separation in South Africa)


嚮導

hanja form of 향도 (“guide; guidance; fugleman”)


고대교회슬라브어

Old Church Slavonic (the first literary and liturgical Slavic language)


캐릭터

fictional character, particularly in genre fiction and similar media, or as a personification of an institution

distinctive personality feature of a character

character (code representing a printing character or a control character)


密通

hanja form of 밀통 (“secret communication with the enemy; adultery”)


旅程

hanja form of 여정 (“itinerary; trip, journey”)


總動員

hanja form of 총동원 (“general mobilization”)


도마

chopping board (a sturdy board, upon which one chops and prepares food)


다리미판

ironing board (a long board on which one can iron)


종이접기

origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)


登攀

hanja form of 등반 (“climbing up; mountain climbing”)


攪亂

hanja form of 교란 (“disturbance; confusion”)


臆測

hanja form of 억측 (“speculation, conjecture”)


體罰

hanja form of 체벌 (“corporal punishment”)


誣告

hanja form of 무고 (“a false accusation, a false charge”)


ㄳ

기역시옷 (giyeoksiot), a jamo (letter) of hangul, the Korean writing system


ㄵ

A digraph of ㄴ (n) and ㅈ (j). Used in the verbs 앉다 (anda) and 얹다 (eonda) and their derivatives.


그레이트브리튼

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

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


ㄽ

A digraph of ㄹ (l) and ㅅ (s). Used in the nouns 곬 (gol) and 옰 (ol) and their derivatives.


ㄾ

A digraph of ㄹ (l) and ㅌ (t). Used in the verbs 핥다 (halda), 홅다 (holda) and 훑다 (hulda) and their derivatives.


ㄿ

A digraph of ㄹ (l) and ㅍ (p). Used in the verbs 읊다 (eupda) and 읊조리다 (eupjorida).


賤民

hanja form of 천민 (“person of the lowest social status; riffraff”)


騙取

hanja form of 편취 (“defrauding; swindling”)


放電

hanja form of 방전 (“electrical discharge”)


被告席

hanja form of 피고석 (“(law) dock (part of a courtroom where the accused sits)”)


庶人

hanja form of 서인 (“commoner (historical)”)


릴리스

release (distribution of a new product, software, movie, etc.)


프런트

reception, front desk (e.g. at a hotel)
front


리셉션

reception (social engagement)
reception (front desk)


接受處

hanja form of 접수처 (“reception, front desk”)


바게트

baguette, French bread, French stick (a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape)


原始林

hanja form of 원시림 (“virgin forest, old-growth forest”)


지주

pillar; supporting pillar
anchor; support; mainstay


지주

stock that one holds; stock that one owns


時局

hanja form of 시국 (“the current political situation”)


適量

hanja form of 적량 (“a suitable or appropriate amount”)


깡통따개

can opener (device used to open tin cans)


방구

alternative form of 방귀 (banggwi, “fart”)


勝算

hanja form of 승산 (“possibility of winning”)


守勢

hanja form of 수세 (“(military) defensive”)


-을 것이다

expresses the subject's desire; typically has a future meaning, similar to English "will"

expresses the speaker's hypothesis or supposition, about which the speaker is reasonably confident


百家姓

hanja form of 백가성 (“Baijiaxing (Hundred Family Surnames)”)


사창

government office of the 창부(倉部) (changbu) during the Silla dynasty, responsible for managing storage and supplies


사창

harvest barn in each village during the Joseon dynasty


攝取

hanja form of 섭취 (“intake (of nutrients)”)


고질병

A chronic disease, a disease that is not easily healed.


伸縮

hanja form of 신축 (“to stretch out and draw back; to expand and contract; to lengthen and shorten; to telescope; to be flexible; to be adjustable; to be elastic”)


저편

that side; a place that is far away but visible, yonder


劇作家

hanja form of 극작가 (“playwright, dramatist”)


구부러지다

to bend, to crook, to turn, to become bent


ㆆ

In contemporary Korean dialectology, used to represent an archiphoneme which tenses the subsequent consonant.

Used for the same purpose in New Korean Orthography, a brief-lived (1948—1954) spelling reform in North Korea.


語學

hanja form of 어학 (“linguistics; learning a foreign language”)


픽업

pickup (choice or selection)
pickup (truck)


만주

Manchuria (a historical region of northeastern China comprising the three provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang and the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia)


毒液

hanja form of 독액 (“poisonous liquid, venom”)


반립자

North Korea standard spelling of 반입자 (banipja, “antiparticle”)


凄切

hanja form of 처절 (“being very pitiable and sad”)


크래시

crash (vehicle accident)
computer crash (computer malfunction)


料金所

hanja form of 요금소 (“toll booth, tollgate, tollhouse”)


酒宴

hanja form of 주연 (“banquet; feast; drinking bout”)


重罪

hanja form of 중죄 (“(law) serious crime; felony”)


回生

hanja form of 회생 (“revival; revitalization”)


락하산

North Korea standard spelling of 낙하산 (nakhasan, “parachute”)


계사

The thirtieth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Water Snake" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


시조조

synonym of 시조새 (sijosae, “archeopteryx”)


遺訓

hanja form of 유훈 (“deathbed instructions”)


涕泣

hanja form of 체읍 (“crying; weeping; wailing”)


독재

dictatorship (a government led by a dictator)


촌

village
countryside; country; rural area


촌

synonym of 치 (chi): the chi or Korean inch.

synonym of 돈 (don): the don, a small unit of weight.


總領事館

hanja form of 총영사관 (“consulate general”)


翼龍

hanja form of 익룡 (“winged dragon; pterosaur”)


활동가

activist (one who is politically active)


硅藻土

hanja form of 규조토 (“(inorganic chemistry) diatomaceous earth”)


驅魔

hanja form of 구마 (“to dispel demons; to exorcise”)


隱語

hanja form of 은어 (“jargon, argot, slang”)


草本植物

hanja form of 초본식물 (“herbaceous plant(s)”)


斷層

hanja form of 단층 (“fault; geology fracture in rock”)


厄運

hanja form of 액운 (“misfortune; bad luck”)


封神演義

hanja form of 봉신연의 (“Investiture of the Gods”)


도깨비

dokkaebi (mythical being in Korean folklore or fairy tales)


彌留

hanja form of 미류 (“(literary, of an illness) lasting long without recovery”)


한턱내다

to treat (somebody to something), to buy a round of drinks


富農

hanja form of 부농 (“rich peasant; kulak”)


湖畔

hanja form of 호반 (“lakeside; lakeshore”)


急降下

hanja form of 급강하 (“steep descent, dive”)


戒嚴令

hanja form of 계엄령 (“order declaring martial law”)


護身術

hanja form of 호신술 (“the art of self-defense”)


眉宇

hanja form of 미우 (“(rare, literary) forehead”)


儒林外史

hanja form of 유림외사 (“The Scholars; Unofficial History of the Scholars (Qing-dynasty novel)”)


長音

hanja form of 장음 (“(phonetics) long vowel”)


돋다

to rise, to come up
to bud, to sprout, to shoot
to come out, to erupt, to come out
to be stimulated
to become angry


批評家

hanja form of 비평가 (“a critic; reviewer”)


중2병

chuunibyou; a "sickness" in teenagers characterized by sophomoric, edgy, and pretentious behavior


長篇

hanja form of 장편 (“longform work; long novel”)


박하

In particular, the East Asian wild mint (Mentha canadensis).


嚴冬

hanja form of 엄동 (“severe winter; harsh winter”)


無盡

hanja form of 무진 (“endlessly; inexhaustibly”)


반올림

rounding off (to an integer or a decimal place)


一壘

hanja form of 1루 (“(baseball) first base”)


二壘

hanja form of 2루 (“(baseball) second base”)


三壘

hanja form of 3루 (“(baseball) third base”)


內野手

hanja form of 내야수 (“(baseball) infielder”)


一壘手

hanja form of 1루수 (“(baseball) first baseman”)


本壘

hanja form of 본루 (“(baseball) home base”)


赤裸裸

hanja form of 적나라 (“Root of 적나라하다 (jeongnarahada). Rarely used alone.”)


種馬

hanja form of 종마 (“horse used for breeding”)


舵輪

hanja form of 타륜 (“helm, steering wheel (usually of a boat or ship)”)


빙빙

round and round; while repeatedly circling a relatively large area


신수

complexion as an indication of one's health


展示會

hanja form of 전시회 (“exhibition (large scale public showing of objects or products)”)


沙陀

hanja form of 사타 (“Shatuo (a Turkic tribe that influenced northern Chinese politics from the late 9th century through the 10th century)”)


獵奇

hanja form of 엽기 (“seeking the bizarre”)


꺼지다

to be extinguished
to go out
to be turned off
to go out, to go off
to stall


꺼지다

to sink, to cave in
to become sunken, to become hollow
to fade away


直感

hanja form of 직감 (“intuition, instinct”)


먹방

mukbang: an online video broadcast in which a person eats while interacting with their audience


힘주다

to use force, to exert strength
to stress, to emphasise
to be puffed up, to be haughty


私娼

hanja form of 사창 (“an unlicensed prostitute, streetwalker”)


악수하다

to shake hands (grasp another person's hands)


토란

Taro, a tropical food plant, Colocasia esculenta


無限大

hanja form of 무한대 (“(mathematics) infinity”)


절다

to be doused, to be drenched
to be salted, to be pickled


절다

to limp, to hobble
to stutter, to get your tongue twisted


墓石

hanja form of 묘석 (“tombstone; gravestone”)


딱딱하다

to be hard, firm (resistant to pressure)


단단하다

to be hard, solid, firm (resistant to pressure)


너비아니

neobiani; seasoned beef sliced and grilled


뒤떨어지다

to be in arrears of (the times), to fall behind


三葉蟲

hanja form of 삼엽충 (“trilobite (extinct arthropod)”)


존

尊: respect
(eumhun reading: 높을 존 (nopeul jon))
(MC reading: 尊 (MC tswon))


찢다

to irritate (the ear), to be ear-piercing

(마음을 ~) to be heartbroken, to be heartstricken


거르다

to sift out, to filter out
to strain
to skip, miss


軍令

hanja form of 군령 (“military order; command”)


마무리하다

to finish, to complete, to conclude, to settle


고맙습니다

thank you; formal polite indicative non-past of 고맙다 (gomapda, “to be thankful”)


자업자득

making one's bed and lying in it, reaping what one sows


국화

the suit of chrysanthemum in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of September


미음

mieum - the name of the fifth jamo, ㅁ (m) in hangul


비읍

bieup - the name of the sixth jamo, ㅂ (b) in hangul


치읓

chieut - the name of the tenth jamo, ㅊ (ch) in hangul


엿

yeot: a kind of Korean traditional confectionery


광화문

Gwanghwamun (main gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, in Seoul, South Korea)


狂想曲

hanja form of 광상곡 (“rhapsody, capriccio”)


불장난

playing with love, having an idle love affair


선창

taking the lead in advocating something
leading a chant, slogan or song


선창

skin disease caused by dermatophytes, including dry and wet forms and mainly involving the face


대기하다

to stand by, to be on standby, to be on call


說明書

hanja form of 설명서 (“instruction manual”)


부닥치다

to face, to encounter
to run into, to bump into


美帝

hanja form of 미제 (“American imperialism”)


真如

alternative form of 眞如 (“(Buddhism) suchness”)


眞如

hanja form of 진여 (“(Buddhism) suchness”)


찌푸리다

to frown, to scowl, to wrinkle up
to become cloudy, to cloud over


모과

quince, specifically the Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) or plants in the genus Chaenomeles


수납장

storage unit, such as a cabinet or chest of drawers


부젓가락

metal chopsticks for handling live charcoals, tongs


미역국

miyeok-guk or seaweed soup, usually consumed by postpartum women or people celebrating birthdays


얼

abbreviation of 언걸 (eon'geol, “undeserved affliction”)


분수

limit (with the verb 있다 (itda, “to be”))


雰圍氣

hanja form of 분위기 (“mood; air; atmosphere”)


헷갈리다

to be mixed (confusedly), to be hardly distinguishable

to be thrown into confusion, to be confused


交椅

hanja form of 교의 (“chair (dated or archaic)”)


제동기

brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)


監守

hanja form of 감수 (“(law) guarding over the property of a bankrupt person (in order to prevent intentional destruction, etc.)”)


太祖

hanja form of 태조 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors who founded a particular dynasty, or Korean monarchs who founded the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties”)


겨루다

to compete (with), to pit (one's skills against)


한겨레

The Hankyoreh, a daily newspaper in South Korea


編隊

hanja form of 편대 (“(military) formation”)


다녀가다

to drop in for a short visit, to drop by


戰鬪

hanja form of 전투 (“battle; combat; fight”)


그제

contraction of 그저께 (geujeokke): day before yesterday, ereyesterday


소꿉친구

synonym of 소꿉동무 (sokkupdongmu, “childhood friend”)


스테이플러

a stapler (device which binds together paper)


신비

mystery (something secret or unexplainable)


家猫

hanja form of 가묘 (“domestic cat; house cat”)


聯立

hanja form of 연립 (“coalition, alliance”)


防塵

hanja form of 방진 (“protection from dust”)


오세아니아

Oceania (a continent or continental region composed of Australia, New Zealand and the islands of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia)


多發

hanja form of 다발 (“(chiefly attributive) frequently occurring”)


萬萬歲

hanja form of 만만세 (“to long live (in exclamations)”)


絶叫

hanja form of 절규 (“shriek; scream at the top of one's lungs”)


防水布

hanja form of 방수포 (“waterproof cloth, tarpaulin”)


선술집

a stand-up bar, a pub with no seats, a roadside alcohol stall


棒高跳

hanja form of 봉고도 (“(athletics) the pole vault”)


走高跳

hanja form of 주고도 (“(athletics) the high jump”)


鍵盤樂器

hanja form of 건반악기 (“keyboard instrument”)


태양절

Day of the Sun, an annual public holiday in North Korea on 15 April, the birth anniversary of the country's founder Kim Il Sung.


남친

abbreviation of 남자친구 (namjachin'gu, “boyfriend”)


여친

abbreviation of 여자친구 (yeojachin'gu, “girlfriend”)


남사친

platonic male friend (of a girl, as opposed to her boyfriend)


여사친

platonic female friend (of a guy, as opposed to his girlfriend)


솔까말

frankly speaking, speaking honestly, to be honest (TBH)


영성

nature (the nature of the spirit)
spirituality


영성

absorption (being engrossed in something)


紅塵

hanja form of 홍진 (“dust, bustling places”)


阿附

hanja form of 아부 (“to fawn on and echo; to toady to and chime in with”)


東吳

hanja form of 동오 (“Eastern Wu (229–280)”)


孫吳

hanja form of 손오 (“Eastern Wu (229–280)”)


剛愎

hanja form of 강퍅 (“obstinacy; stubbornness”)


生得

hanja form of 생득 (“one's nature or personality; inherent; innate”)


마크

short for 마인크래프트 (Mainkeuraepeuteu, “Minecraft”); Mark


協約

hanja form of 협약 (“convention; agreement; treaty”)


행

movement; going
behaviour; conduct
line; row


勞動節

hanja form of 노동절 (“May Day; Labor Day”)


등불

lamp, lamplight
light, (figuratively) hope


特赦

hanja form of 특사 (“special pardon; special amnesty”)


決定論

hanja form of 결정론 (“(philosophy, ethics) determinism”)


肝移植

hanja form of 간이식 (“liver transplantation”)


體外射精

hanja form of 체외사정 (“coitus interruptus”)


烏桓

hanja form of 오환 (“Wuhuan, an ancient ethnic group in China”)


靺鞨

hanja form of 말갈 (“Mohe, an ancient ethnic group of northeast China, far east Russia, and northern Korea”)


豫言

hanja form of 예언 (“prophecy, prediction”)


豫兆

hanja form of 예조 (“omen, sign, harbinger”)


延吉

hanja form of 연길 (“Yanji (a county-level city of Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China)”)


黃鶴樓

hanja form of 황학루 (“Yellow Crane Tower”)


咸興

hanja form of 함흥 (“Hamhung, the provincial capital of South Hamgyong, North Korea”)


兩江道

hanja form of 양강도 (“Ryanggang Province”)


兩江道

hanja form of 량강도 (“Ryanggang Province”)


크라상

alternative form of 크루아상 (keuruasang, “croissant”)


圖們

hanja form of 도문 (“Tumen (a county-level city of Yanbian, Jilin, China)”)


남극대륙

Antarctica (the southernmost continent, south of the Southern Ocean, containing the South Pole)


비번

short for 비밀번호(秘密番號) (bimilbeonho, “password”)


아테지

The use of kanji chosen primarily for their phonetic or semantic value to represent foreign or native Japanese words, or the kanji so used.


평해

Pyeonghae, a town in North Gyeongsang, South Korea, formerly important as a harbor


平海

hanja form of 평해 (“Pyeonghae, a town (읍) in North Gyeongsang, South Korea, formerly important as a harbor”)


舞水

hanja form of 무수 (“Musu Point, a cape (단) in North Hamgyong, North Korea, forming the northern end of the East Korea Bay”)


무수

innumerable quantity, countless quantity, infinite quantity


무수

bringing comfort to one's subordinates or subjects (of a king, official, or general)


용대

Yongdae Gap, a cape (갑) in South Hamgyong, North Korea, on the northern shore of East Korea Bay.


龍台

hanja form of 용대 (“Yongdae Gap, a cape (갑) in South Hamgyong, North Korea on the northern shore of East Korea Bay”)


유진

Yujin Point, a cape (단) in North Hamgyong, North Korea, forming the eastern end of Songjin Bay.


楡津

hanja form of 유진 (“Yujin Point, a cape (단) in North Hamgyong, North Korea, forming the eastern end of Songjin Bay”)


各其

hanja form of 각기 (“each, respectively, individually”)


阿房宮

hanja form of 아방궁 (“Epang Palace; (figuratively) wastefully extravagant mansion”)


咸鏡

hanja form of 함경 (“Joseon Korea's Hamgyong Province; North Korea's North and South Hamgyong Provinces; North Korea's Hamgyong Mountains”)


함경

Hamgyong, a former province of northeastern Korea under the Joseon dynasty, now divided into North Korea's North and South Hamgyong provinces.

The Hamgyong Mountains, a mountain range between the north coast of the East Korea Bay and the Kaema Highlands which runs through these two provinces.


송도

Songdo Point, a cape (갑) east of Sinpo in South Hamgyong, North Korea.


부전령

The Pujollyong Mountains, a North Korean mountain range between the north coast of the East Korea Bay and the Kaema Highlands.


赴戰嶺

hanja form of 부전령 (“Pujollyong Mountains”)


特別市

hanja form of 특별시 (“special city (South Korean administrative division)”)


순흥

Sunhung, a South Korean township in North Gyeongsang which (historical) formerly served as the seat of a district in Joseon Korea's Gyeongsang Province.


順興

hanja form of 순흥 (“Sunhung, a former Joseon district seat and present South Korean township”)


북괴

the north puppet regime, i.e. North Korea


芳名

hanja form of 방명 (“(your honoured) name; a good name (reputation)”)


화병

hwabyeong, physical (and mental) symptoms caused by suppressing stress


화병

mochi (flour or buckwheat dumpling mixed up, and grilled over a fire)


放生

hanja form of 방생 (“freeing captive animals, etc.”)


희로애락

joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness; emotions


利原

hanja form of 리원 (“(North Korea) Riwon”)


리원

Riwon, a town (읍) in South Hamgyong, North Korea.

Riwon County, the surrounding county (군) in South Hamgyong, North Korea.

Riwon Bay (만), an inlet of the East Korea Bay in the Sea of Japan.


각선미

attractive visual quality for describing the legs of a person


발바리차

Jeep (or a similar mode of transportation)


千歲

hanja form of 천세 (“a millennium; a thousand years; very long time”)


蘆原

hanja form of 노원 (“Nowon (district of Seoul”)


판문점

Panmunjom (village where 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that paused the Korean War was signed)


미주

America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)


맬웨어

malware (software developed to cause harm to a computer system)


스파이웨어

spyware (software that surreptitiously monitors and reports activity)


澹泊

hanja form of 담박 (“unselfishness, being uninterested; being light of flavor, simplicity, plainness (in reference to food)”)


豫感

hanja form of 예감 (“prescience, premonition, hunch”)


렬도

North Korea standard form of 열도(列島) (yeoldo, “archipelago”)


반성

Pansong Archipelago (렬도), a chain of North Korean islands in the Yellow Sea.


盤城

hanja form of 반성 (“Pansong Archipelago”)


신미

The eighth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal Goat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


신미

Sinmi Island (도) in North Korea's Pansong Archipelago.


二次元

hanja form of 이차원 (“two dimensions, three-dimensional”)


냥

A liang, a Korean unit of weight equivalent to about 40 g.


龜鑑

hanja form of 귀감 (“role model, paragon”)


體溫計

hanja form of 체온계 (“medical thermometer”)


맨션

condominium
apartment building
large apartment; large flat


盜壘

hanja form of 도루 (“(baseball) stealing a base”)


쪽발이

one-legged thing
cloven foot
Japanese person, Jap


縱橫家

hanja form of 종횡가 (“School of Diplomacy”)


太白星

hanja form of 태백성 (“evening star, Venus in the west”)


꾸짖다

to scold; to rebuke, to tell (somebody) off, to chide


욕하다

to abuse (verbally); to curse; to swear (at)


꼴사납다

unsightly, ungainly, unseemly, shabby, ugly


옅다

to be shallow
to be shallow, to be superficial
to be light, to be pale


묽다

to be watery, washy, thin, dilute
to be weak, feeble


畫質

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


눈두덩

the upper eyelids, which are swollen in themselves.


飯饌

hanja form of 반찬 (“banchan (Korean side dish)”)


參戰

hanja form of 참전 (“to enter a war; to take part in a battle; to engage in war”)


간쑤

Gansu (a province in northwestern China)


광동

Guangdong (a populous province of China, located on the southern coast)


구이저우

Guizhou (a province in southwestern China)


요녕

Liaoning (a province in northeastern China)


산둥

Shandong (a coastal province in eastern China)


산시

Shanxi (a province in the northern part of China)


사천

Sacheon (a city in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)


윈난

Yunnan (a province in southwestern China, bordering Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Vietnam)


강서

Gangseo (a district of Seoul, South Korea)


장쑤

Jiangsu (a province of China, northeast of the mouth of the Yangtze River)


칭하이

Qinghai (a province in northwestern China)


푸젠

Fujian (a province of the People's Republic of China (mainland China), located on the southeastern coast)


복건

an official hat made of black cloth in historical Joseon


하이난

Hainan (an island and province of China)


하남

Hanam (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


헤이룽장

Heilongjiang (a province in northeastern China)


후난

Hunan (a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting)


광시

Guangxi (a Zhuang autonomous region of China)


내몽골

Inner Mongolia (a Mongolian autonomous region of China)


시짱

Tibet (a geographic region in Central Asia, the homeland of the Tibetan people)


신강

Xinjiang (an Uyghur autonomous region of China, located in the sparsely populated northwest)


닝샤

Ningxia, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (a Hui autonomous region of China)


톈진

Tianjin (a direct-administered municipality and major city in northern China)


-쟁이

A derogatory agent suffix; sometimes also used for humorous but not strictly derogatory effect.


아리랑

(music) Arirang, a Korean folk song, often considered unified Korea's unofficial national anthem.


덮이다

to be covered (with, in), to be hidden (by), to be shrouded


尾宿

hanja form of 미수 (“(Chinese astronomy) Tail”)


돋우다

to raise, to lift, to make higher
to encourage, to cheer up
to irritate, to provoke


交差位

hanja form of 교차위 (“a sex position in which both partners' legs are interlocked”)


교차위

a sex position in which both partners' legs are interlocked


암기

memorization
learning by heart, rote learning


늘어서다

to line up, to queue up; to stand in a row, to stand in a queue/line


伸長位

hanja form of 신장위 (“a variation of the missionary position in which a man spreads himself over the woman”)


신장위

a variation of the missionary position in which a man spreads himself over the woman


감금

imprisonment, captivity, confinement, detention


국장

national emblem, (national) coat of arms


立位

hanja form of 입위 (“(sex) suspended congress; ekiben”)


조용

Root of 조용하다 (joyonghada, “quiet”) / 조용히 (joyonghi, “quietly”). Rarely used alone.


永字八法

hanja form of 영자팔법 (“the Eight Principles of Yǒng”)


발바리

collective name for any small pet dog, such as Pekinese, Shih Tzu, spaniel

inclusive name for small Korean native mongrel with short legs

one who wanders back and forth frequently and aimlessly


조립하다

to put together, to assemble, to construct


서투르다

to be unskillful, inexperienced, unhandy

to be unfamiliar, to be unaccustomed, to feel ill at ease


치한

pervert, sexual harasser, molester, groper, masher


시발

alternative form of 씨발 (ssibal, “fuck!”)


始發

hanja form of 시발 (“first departure (of a train, car, etc.)”)


要義

hanja form of 요의 (“essentials; key points”)


불란서

France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)


구라파

Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)


내음

An inoffensive smell, usually referred in literature.


구리다

to be foul-smelling, foul
to be disgusting, nasty
to be shady, suspicious


진행자

newscaster, anchor, (news) reader, announcer


시나브로

Bit by bit, little by little, slowly and slowly without recognizing.


長者

hanja form of 장자 (“very wealthy person; wise and virtuous older person; etc.”)


들키다

to get caught, to be found out, to be discovered


백해

White Sea (a sea to the northwest of Russia)


야금야금

entering the mouth little by little, bit by bit


빼치다

(몸을 ~) to make oneself escape, to extricate oneself

to make (something) become sharp or pointed


으르다

to cry loudly and intimidatingly (of animals)


으르다

to grind or crush (soaked rice with a stick)


일리리아

Illyria (a vaguely-defined geographic region in Southeast Europe in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, approximately coincident with modern Albania)

Illyria, Illyricum (a much larger former province of the Roman Empire, covering the whole of Dalmatia and Pannonia, existing from 27 BC to c. 70 AD and reconstituted in 293 AD by Diocletian)


뷁

An interjection of disgust or lack of interest: blech, blah, meh


전력

military strength
competitiveness (e.g. in sports)


愛玩

hanja form of 애완 (“caring for (a pet or small object)”)


火傷

hanja form of 화상 (“burn (caused by heat), scald”)


東宮

hanja form of 동궁 (“Eastern Palace; crown prince”)


冷菜

hanja form of 냉채 (“chilled salad”) (South Korea)


冷菜

hanja form of 랭채 (“chilled salad”) (North Korea)


니은

nieun - the name of the second jamo, ㄴ (n) in hangul


디귿

digeut - the name of the third jamo, ㄷ (d) in hangul


리을

rieul - the name of the fourth jamo, ㄹ (l) in hangul


지읒

jieut - the name of the ninth jamo, ㅈ (j) in hangul


키읔

kieuk - the name of the eleventh jamo, ㅋ (k) in hangul


티읕

tieut - the name of the twelfth jamo, ㅌ (t) in hangul


피읖

pieup - the name of the thirteenth jamo, ㅍ (p) in hangul


漸入佳境

hanja form of 점입가경 (“the more you go, the more distasteful or repulsive it is”)


自己愛

hanja form of 자기애 (“narcissism; self-love”)


우주인

astronaut
alien (a life form from another planet)


계산원

cashier (person in charge of the cash of a business or bank)


厲鬼

North Korea standard form of 려귀 (ryeogwi)


聖君

hanja form of 성군 (“extremely competent monarch”)


인도차이나

Indochina (a peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia)

Indochina (a former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; in full, French Indochina)


森羅萬象

hanja form of 삼라만상 (“myriads of things in the world”)


空城計

hanja form of 공성계 (“Empty Fort Strategy”)


西王母

hanja form of 서왕모 (“Queen Mother of the West”)


配達

hanja form of 배달 (“delivery; distribution”)


명곡

well-known song or piece of music
great song or piece of music


하즈

alternative form of 하지 (haji, “hajj pilgrimage”)


다락

loft over the kitchen; attic
two-storey house; tower


다락

Root of 다락다락 (darakdarak, “importunately”). Rarely used alone.


세자

A son of king, who is to be heir or successor of a royal monarchy; crown prince


시치미

A tag shaped square with the address written down in the tail of the hawk to identify the owner of the hawk.

An attitude that pretends to have done anything.


쑥

entering or protruding deeply (either towards or away from the speaker)

while draining or removing in large quantities (both physical and metaphorical)

while interrupting suddenly or impudently; while appearing suddenly


쑥

mugwort, moxa; various plants of the Artemisia genus


리우데자네이루

Rio de Janeiro (a municipality, the state capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Rio de Janeiro (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)


이스탄불

Istanbul (a city and province of Turkey)


델리

Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)


도예

the art or science of making ceramic objects and pottery


지진해일

tsunami (large, destructive wave generally caused by a tremendous disturbance in the ocean)


진화

progress, development; (biology) evolution


뼈대

skeleton, frame, build
frame, skeleton (of a building)
synopsis


가주

synonym of 캘리포니아 (Kaelliponia, “California (a state of the United States)”)


사태

situation (especially negative); state of affairs; circumstances


인종차별

alternative spelling of 인종 차별 (injong chabyeol)


부상

rising / surfacing to the surface
rise; emergence


부상

synonym of 부친상(父親喪) (buchinsang, “death of one's father”)


부상

Fusang, legendary land to the East commonly assumed to be Japan


대폭적

Something which is drastic or substantial.


利己的

hanja form of 이기적 (“selfish; egoistic (South Korea)”)


利己的

hanja form of 리기적 (“selfish; egoistic (North Korea)”)


배달

delivery; distribution
home delivery of food


붓펜

brush pen; fudepen (ink pen that mimics the feel of a traditional brush)


진달래

azalea, especially Rhododendron mucronulatum


민족주의

nationalism
racial nationalism
ethnic nationalism


學級

hanja form of 학급 (“class; grade (at school)”)


有備無患

hanja form of 유비무환 (“the state of being prepared and worry-free”)


샤쓰

alternative form of 셔츠 (syeocheu, “shirt”) (article of clothing)


샤쯔

alternative or North Korea form of 셔츠 (syeocheu, “shirt”)


殺風景

hanja form of 살풍경 (“desolate landscape”)


五星紅旗

hanja form of 오성홍기 (“Five-star Red Flag, the flag of the People's Republic of China”)


강판

leaving the mound; knocking out of the box


案內狀

hanja form of 안내장 (“letter of notice; letter of invitation”)


안내장

letter of notice, information, or advice


유비무환

the state of being prepared and worry-free


飽和脂肪酸

hanja form of 포화 지방산 (“(biochemistry) saturated fatty acid”)


不飽和脂肪酸

hanja form of 불포화 지방산 (“(biochemistry) unsaturated fatty acid”)


담백

Root of 담백하다 (dambaekhada). Rarely used alone.


담박

Root of 담박하다 (dambakhada). Rarely used alone.


담백하다

to be light (of flavor), to be simple, to be plain (in reference to food)


理致

hanja form of 이치 (“(South Korea) reason; logic”)


理致

hanja form of 리치 (“(North Korea) reason; logic”)


단백

egg white
abbreviation of 단백질 (danbaekjil)


伽藍

hanja form of 가람 (“Buddhist temple; Buddhist monastery”)


사르르

while slowly and softly becoming disentangled

while softly moving, as if sliding or trembling


脂肪族

hanja form of 지방족 (“(organic chemistry) aliphatic”)


高級脂肪酸

hanja form of 고급 지방산 (“(biochemistry) higher fatty acid”)


低級脂肪酸

hanja form of 저급 지방산 (“(biochemistry) lower fatty acid”)


遊離脂肪酸

hanja form of 유리 지방산 (“(biochemistry) free fatty acid”)


遊離基

hanja form of 유리기 (“(chemistry) free radical”)


좆목

Making a clique in the internet community.


야민정음

A humorous form of speaking online, where hangul syllables are replaced by visually similar hangul syllables.


必須脂肪酸

hanja form of 필수 지방산 (“(biochemistry) essential fatty acid”)


不可缺脂肪酸

hanja form of 불가결 지방산 (“(biochemistry) essential fatty acid”)


不可缺

hanja form of 불가결 (“indispensable, essential”)


누워서 떡 먹기

an easily accomplished task; a piece of cake; a walk in the park


근질근질하다

to feel itchy
to have an itch to do something


근질근질하다

to be itchy
to be feeling the itch to do something


糖質

hanja form of 당질 (“(biochemistry) saccharide”)


중요

the state of being important; importance


다물다

to keep (one's mouth) shut, to keep quiet, to keep silent


가물가물

fading away into the distance
moving away faintly
in a blurred manner


걸레

rag, mop (cloth used in cleaning, either with or without a handle)


準州

hanja form of 준주 (“territory (an administrative unit)”)


瓔珞

hanja form of 영락 (“jade or pearl necklace”)


석탄산

phenol (caustic compound derived from benzene)


페놀

phenol (any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring)


骸炭

hanja form of 해탄 (“coke (coal product)”)


骨炭

hanja form of 골탄 (“boneblack; coke (coal product)”)


흠뻑

fully, thoroughly, greatly, sufficiently, completely


하이드록실아민

hydroxylamine (NH₂OH)
hydroxylamine (derivative)


설포닐기

sulfonyl (any univalent radical derived from a sulfonic acid)


하이드라진

hydrazine (NH₂-NH₂)
hydrazine (derivative)


꿀잼

being extremely interesting, or something that is extremely fun or interesting


태산

great mountain, tall mountain
huge amount; a mountain (of)


나성

synonym of 로스앤젤레스 (roseuaenjelleseu, “Los Angeles”): a large city in California, United States


馬耳東風

hanja form of 마이동풍 (“complete, indifference”)


늙다리

old beast (old animal)
aged person, dotard


잭

a jack (surface mounted connector)
a jack


광명성절

Day of the Shining Star, a public holiday in North Korea falling on 16 February, in commemoration of the birth of the country's second leader, Kim Jong Il.


꾸르륵꾸르륵

very and repeatedly rumblingly, very and repeatedly growlingly


쿨쿨

while smelling highly acridly and mustily


나나니

red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)


존맛

delicious, exquisite taste as fuck (positively)


보드

board (a long piece of wood used in construction)


오피스텔

officetel: a multi-purpose building in Korea with both residential and commercial units


쇼윈도

show window, display window, shop window


의연금

contribution; subscription; a gift of money; donation; alms


용이

Root of 용이하다 (yong'ihada, “to be easy”). Rarely used alone.


本命

hanja form of 본명 (“the heavenly stem and earthly branch of a person's birth year”)


사진빨

Used to refer to a situation where a person looks much better in photos than in real life: being very photogenic.


이행

fulfillment; performance; execution; implementation


摩訶

hanja form of 마하 (“(Buddhism, chiefly as a prefix) greatness”)


無始

hanja form of 무시 (“time immemorial; the remote past”)


사무치다

to pierce (to one's heart), to penetrate, to touch

to penetrate (into a part of the body), to reach, to extend (to)


乳齒

hanja form of 유치 (“milk tooth; baby tooth”)


미수

misu (a drink made from 미숫가루 (misutgaru, “grain powder”, literally “misu powder”))


들것

stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person)


지피다

to make (a fire), to light (a fire); to put (fuel on fire)


지피다

to be inspired (by a divine power) and possess magical powers


無言歌

hanja form of 무언가 (“song without words”)


皇皇

hanja form of 황황 (“beautiful and holy figure”)


大要

hanja form of 대요 (“gist, summary, outline, main points”)


真書

alternative form of 眞書 (jinseo, “true writing, Chinese characters”)


흑역사

a past thing that would like to make it didn't happen.


역대급

the largest scale or the highest level in history which has never been experienced before


서브컬처

subculture
otaku culture, animesque media


긷다

to draw (water from a well or spring) using a bucket or other tools


월병

Jyutping (one of the many Cantonese romanization systems)


微動

hanja form of 미동 (“tremor; quiver; slight movement”)


約束하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 약속하다, “to promise”.


防禦하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 방어하다, “to defend”.


基礎하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 기초하다, “to be based on”.


刺戟

hanja form of 자극 (“stimulation; stimulus; motivation”)


부리다

to make (horse, cattle) work; to manage; to drive

to make (person) work; to manage; to handle; to control; to work (a person)

to summon (ghost, demon) and make it move as one desires; to manipulate

to make a show of; to play (tricks); to act; to perform

to do (something) intentionally and habitually; to keep doing (something); to do; to wield


부리다

to unload (goods); to discharge
to relax (bow)


업신여기다

to look down on; to despise; to belittle; to disdain; to slight; to treat with contempt


불닭

buldak; a heavily spiced Korean barbecued chicken dish


교거

living in another person's house or abroad


가득가득

packed full; teeming with; full of (people or objects)


꽃미남

kkonminam, bishonen, visually attractive man having somewhat androgynous aesthetic


각주구검

being foolishly stubborn and unwilling to adapt to changes


옮아오다

to move (to this place); to transfer (to this place)


국한문

hangul and hanja; mixed hangul and hanja text


겨누다

to take aim at (target); to aim at
to take measure of (dimension)


따지다

to distinguish (between right and wrong)


빗기다

to make (someone) comb (a person's hair)


일컫다

to call (person or thing) (as); to give a name to; to name (as); to refer to (as); to designate (as)

to praise (one's virtue); to laud; to extol


일컬리다

passive of 일컫다 (ilkeotda): to be called; to be named; to be referred to


느끼하다

to have a sick feeling in the stomach (after consuming greasy food)


띠동갑

someone born under the same year of the Chinese zodiac, which recurs every twelve years; person born in the year of the same zodiac sign (most commonly refers specifically to a person with an age difference of twelve years)


답정너

asking a question and only expecting one type of answer (or a person who does so)


눈싸움

staring contest (a game in which two people maintain eye contact for as long as possible)


-깔

a suffix denoting the nature, state, or property of something.


갉다

to gnaw (at); to nibble (at)
to rake together
to extort; to squeeze; to exploit
to find fault (with)


찰

More information(eumhun reading: 살필 찰 (salpil chal))
(MC reading: 察 (MC tsrheat))(eumhun reading: 문지를 찰 (munjireul chal))
(MC reading: 擦)(eumhun reading: 편지 찰 (pyeonji chal))
(MC reading: 札 (MC tsreat))(eumhun reading: 절 찰 (jeol chal))
(MC reading: 刹 (MC tsrhaet))(MC reading: 紮 (MC tsreat))(MC reading: 扎 (MC tsreat))


出身成分

hanja form of 출신성분 (“songbun (a system of ascribed status in North Korea, based on one's political, social, and economic background and the behaviour of relatives)”)


落車

hanja form of 낙차 (“falling down from a two-wheeled vehicle or a bicycle”)


抒情詩

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


전라도

Jeolla, Chŏlla (a province of Korea)
Jeolla (a province of South Korea)


全羅道

hanja form of 전라도 (“Jeolla Province, South Korea”)


경상도

Gyeongsang, Kyŏngsang (a province of Korea)


慶尙道

hanja form of 경상도 (“Gyeongsang Province, South Korea”)


축사

stable (for animals); cattleshed; pigsty; pigpen


變節者

hanja form of 변절자 (“defector; turncoat; traitor”)


바지락

Manila clam, Tapes philippinarum (edible clams; often cooked with rice congees in Korea)


승

Counter for exponents in mathematical formulae.


콜라보

contraction of 콜라보레이션 (kollaboreisyeon): collab


치킨

fried chicken, especially Korean fried chicken


貧者

hanja form of 빈자 (“poor person; pauper”)


審美眼

hanja form of 심미안 (“aesthetic sense; a discerning eye for beauty”)


짬

clipping of 짬밥 (jjambap, “(military slang) army rations”)

the relative ranking or seniority of an army conscript, determined by how long he has served

seniority in any organization or institution


한가

Root of 한가하다 (han'gahada). Rarely used alone.


홍어

fermented skate, a dish especially popular in Jeolla Province


호주 연방

Commonwealth of Australia (official name of Australia: a country in Oceania)


발란

misspelling of 반란(叛亂) (ballan, “rebellion; insurrection”)


點眼

hanja form of 점안 (“to consecrate a Buddha image”)


유아원

nursery (school); preschool; kindergarten


부탁합니다

formal polite present indicative form of 부탁하다 (butakhada, “to ask to do well”)


十中八九

hanja form of 십중팔구 (“almost all; supermajority”)


四大奇書

hanja form of 사대기서 (“Four Great Classical Novels”)


흉노

Xiongnu (a confederation of Central Asian tribes who lived on the steppes north of China during ancient times)


別莊

hanja form of 별장 (“cottage, villa (a house used as a retreat)”)


남해

Namhae (a county of South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)


顯學

hanja form of 현학 (“prominent field of study”)


執着

hanja form of 집착 (“obsession; fixation”)


노사

an elderly monk
a sage
an elderly teacher or master


노사

death from old age; death from natural causes


염병

commotion, hubbub, ruckus, misbehavior, uncouth activity


五大洲

hanja form of 오대주 (“the five continents”)


識者

hanja form of 식자 (“intellectual, educated person”)


평창

Pyeongchang (a city and county of Gangwon Province, South Korea)


띠다

to put on (a belt); to wear around one's waist

to be entrusted with (a task); to be charged with (a mission)


앎

knowledge; learning; information; wisdom


령도자

North Korea standard form of 영도자 (yeongdoja, “leader”)


粒子物理學

hanja form of 입자물리학 (“particle physics”)


醉拳

hanja form of 취권 (“drunken boxing; drunken fist”)


華商

hanja form of 화상 (“Chinese business or businessperson”)


戊戌

hanja form of 무술 (“Earth Dog, the thirty-fifth in the sexagenary cycle”)


책씻이

a celebration held by students after the completion of a textbook or course in a traditional Confucian academy


춘절

the Chinese Spring Festival
the spring season, the springtime


牧笛

hanja form of 목적 (“pipe instrument played by a shepherd”)


가곡

gagok (traditional Korean vocal music for sijo poetry)


내가

allomorph of 나 (na, “(informal) I”) before -가 (-ga, “nominative case marker”)


唯一無二

hanja form of 유일무이 (“one and only; unique; peerless”)


반절

fanqie (in traditional Chinese lexicography, a method of indicating the pronunciation of a character by using two other characters, each giving part of the pronunciation)


직관

Definitions of the following words: 관등(官等)


拘置所

hanja form of 구치소 (“detention centre; jail”)


ㅠㅠ

An emoticon representing a crying face; T_T.


ㅜㅜ

alternative form of ㅠㅠ (emoticon representing a crying face)


ㅡㅡ

an emoticon representing an annoyed face


관세

purificatory washing of the hands (usually in preparation for a Confucian ceremony)


通信員

hanja form of 통신원 (“correspondent, reporter”)


말뚝

pile (large stake driven into the earth or seabed for the support of a building)


未練

hanja form of 미련 (“lingering attachment”)


알레이스터

Aleister (male given name)
Alistair (male given name)


파랑새

Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)


萬壽無疆

hanja form of 만수무강 (“boundless longevity”)


嬌聲

hanja form of 교성 (“seductive female voice; woman's moan during sex”)


經濟特區

hanja form of 경제특구 (“special economic zone”)


先制

hanja form of 선제 (“making the first move”)


音素文字

hanja form of 음소문자 (“phonemic script; phonetic writing; alphabet”)


주뼛주뼛

while repeatedly standing on end in shock

repeatedly hesitantly, repeatedly diffidently


겹다

to be too much (for someone); to be excessive; to be beyond one's capacity

to be overwhelmed (with emotion); to be beyond restraint; to be uncontrollable


복받치다

to gush out; to well up; to fill one's heart


사도행전

Acts of the Apostles (the name of the book of Acts in the Bible)


콘스탄티누스

Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (also known as Constantine I, St. Constantine, and/or Constantine the Great), 52nd emperor of the Roman Empire


알렉산드리아

Alexandria (a city in Egypt)
Alexandria (a governorate of Egypt)


그리스도의 적

antichrist (someone that works against the teachings of Christ)


성하

A term of respectful address for a pope.


주교관

mitre (covering for the head worn by church dignitaries)


주님

The Lord, the God of Abraham and the Hebrew Tanakh; (Christianity) God the Father, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit.


聖體

hanja form of 성체 (“Eucharist; Body of Christ; Corpus Christi”)


콘스탄티노폴리스

Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)


비잔티움 제국

Byzantine Empire (an ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, with its capital at Constantinople)


비잔티움

Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul)


로마 제국

Roman Empire (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)


신성 로마 제국

Holy Roman Empire (a former polity and medieval empire forming a loose conglomeration of largely independent mostly Germanic entities in Central Europe from at least 962 C.E. until 1806)


自由奔放

hanja form of 자유분방 (“doing as one pleases”)


도이췰란드

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


壓倒

hanja form of 압도 (“overwhelm; overpower”)


되돌리다

to restore
to return; to give back
to set back; to put back


보충하다

to supplement
to replace, to refill, to replenish


모란봉

Moranbong (a hill in Pyongyang, North Korea)


계란 후라이

alternative form of 계란 프라이 (gyeran peurai); synonym of 달걀 프라이 (dalgyal peurai)


六大州

hanja form of 육대륙 (“the six continents (South Korea)”)


六大州

hanja form of 륙대륙 (“the six continents (North Korea)”)


륙

North Korea standard form of 육(六) (“six”, Sino-Korean numeral)


십륙

North Korea standard spelling of 십육 (simnyuk, “sixteen”)


륙십

North Korea standard form of 육십(六十) (“sixty”, Sino-Korean numeral)


가관

sight; being ridiculous
sight; spectacle


가관

synonym of 피리 (piri) (An early name for the 피리 (piri).)


끔찍하다

to be terrible; to be awful; to be horrible; to be atrocious

to be great in degree; to be extreme in degree


풍

condition caused by a central nervous system disease such as a stroke

exaggerated and unreliable words or actions

short for 풍(風)천 (pungcheon, “awning, sunshade”)


풍

Describing a dull, muffled sound of something such as a 문풍지(門風紙) (munpungji, “door paper”) torn through

Describing a sound of blocked air bursting through a gap


풍

the suit of maple in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of October


풍

a surname, with the major clan located in Linqu County, Shandong, China


풍

Describing the sound of a large heavy object falling into deep water: with a thud


풍

Gyeongsang form of 거짓말 (geojinmal, “lie, lying”)

Hamgyong form of 곰팡이 (gompang'i, “mold”)


풍

More information(eumhun reading: 바람 풍 (baram pung))
(MC reading: 風 (MC pjuwng|pjuwngH))(eumhun reading: 풍년/부들 풍 (pungnyeon/budeul pung))
(MC reading: 豐 (MC phjuwng))(eumhun reading: 성씨 풍 (seongssi pung))
(MC reading: 馮 (MC bjuwng|bing))(eumhun reading: 단풍 풍 (danpung pung))
(MC reading: 楓 (MC pjuwng))(eumhun reading: 풍채 풍 (pungchae pung))
(MC reading: 丰 (MC phjowng))(eumhun reading: 풍자할 풍 (pungjahal pung))
(MC reading: 諷 (MC pjuwngH))(eumhun reading: 강 이름 풍 (gang ireum pung))
(MC reading: 灃 (MC phjuwng))(eumhun reading: 순무 풍 (sunmu pung))
(MC reading: 葑 (MC pjowng|pjowngH))(eumhun reading: 풍채 풍 (pungchae pung))
(MC reading: 仹 (MC phjowng))(eumhun reading: 볶은 보리/부들 풍 (bokkeun bori/budeul pung))
(MC reading: 䴶)(eumhun reading: 물소리 풍 (mulsori pung))
(MC reading: 渢 (MC bjuwng))(eumhun reading: 두풍 풍 (dupung pung))
(MC reading: 瘋)(eumhun reading: 젖 풍 (jeot pung))
(MC reading: 䏎)(eumhun reading: 볶은 보리/부들 풍 (bokkeun bori/budeul pung))
(MC reading: 麷 (MC phjuwng|phjuwngH))(eumhun reading: 뇌신 풍 (noesin pung))
(MC reading: 靊)(eumhun reading: 나라 이름 풍 (nara ireum pung))
(MC reading: 酆 (MC phjuwng))(eumhun reading: 순무 풍 (sunmu pung))
(MC reading: 蘴 (MC phjuwng|phjowng))(eumhun reading: 땅 이름 풍 (ttang ireum pung))
(MC reading: 偑 (MC pjuwng))(eumhun reading: 내려부는 바람 풍 (naeryeobuneun baram pung))
(MC reading: 颪)(eumhun reading: 신선 풍 (sinseon pung))
(MC reading: 㒥 (MC phjuwng))(eumhun reading: 산 이름 풍 (san ireum pung))
(MC reading: 㠦 (MC phjuwng))(eumhun reading: 술폰 풍 (sulpon pung))
(MC reading: 碸)(eumhun reading: 짐승 이름 풍 (jimseung ireum pung))
(MC reading: 猦 (MC pjuwng))(eumhun reading: 나무 패는 소리 풍 (namu paeneun sori pung))
(MC reading: 栤)(eumhun reading: 불사를 풍 (bulsareul pung))
(MC reading: 煈)(eumhun reading: 벌레집 풍 (beollejip pung))
(MC reading: 堸 (MC bjuwng))(eumhun reading: 큰 집 풍 (keun jip pung))
(MC reading: 寷 (MC phjuwng))(eumhun reading: 벌레의 굴 풍 (beolle-ui gul pung))
(MC reading: 𧍯)(eumhun reading: 풍년 풍 (pungnyeon pung))
(MC reading: 𤲊)(eumhun reading: 나라 이름 풍 (nara ireum pung))
(MC reading: 𨝭 (MC bjuwng))(eumhun reading: 바람 풍 (baram pung))
(MC reading: 𠙗)(eumhun reading: 풍향기 풍 (punghyanggi pung))
(MC reading: 𩘵)(MC reading: 𩙣)(eumhun reading: 바람 풍 (baram pung))
(MC reading: 𠂡)(MC reading: 𧾳)(eumhun reading: 바람 풍 (baram pung))
(MC reading: 𨒷)(MC reading: 𩙐)


갈증

short for 갈급증 (galgeupjeung, “impatience”)


메다

to bear, to carry (a responsibility, duty, etc.)


메다

to be choked up, to be stifled (with tears, emotions, etc.)


메다

contraction of 메우다 (me'uda, “to fit; to yoke, to put a yoke (on)”)


싸이다

to be encircled; to be surrounded
to be immersed in


슬슬

while touching or rubbing somewhat softly

while blowing in a somewhat light breeze

Not in earnest but gradually. Indicates the action in the verb has begun but is not yet in earnest and is in its infancy.

Denotes that it is visibly approaching the point where the action of the verb occurs. Frequently accepted for indicating somewhat further gap than 거의 (geoui, “almost”) or 곧 (got, “soon”)


살금살금

secretly; stealthily; while acting lightly and watching one's surroundings to not be discovered


취조

investigation; questioning (of a criminal); examination; interrogation


시숙

brother-in-law (brother of one's husband)


료리

North Korea, Yanbian, and Russia standard spelling of 요리 (yori)


동남아시아

Southeast Asia (a geographic region of Asia, comprising the territories of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam)


食料品店

hanja form of 식료품점 (“grocery, grocery shop/store”)


체질

constitution, i.e. build of a human body


포켓몬

clipping of 포켓몬스터 (Pokenmonseuteo, “Pocket Monster”); a Pokémon


유익하다

to be profitable; to be advantageous; to be beneficial


음독

reading or phonetic value of a Korean hanja character, "eumdok"


훈독

semantic reading of a Korean hanja character, "hundok"


난리

uproar; disturbance; war, revolt, disaster, etc.


난리

confused reasons; confusion of reasons or facts


흉

胷: alternative form of 胸
(MC reading: 胷 (MC xjowng))

哅: to shout; to yell
(eumhun reading: 큰소리칠 흉 (keunsorichil hyung))
(MC reading: 哅)

忷: alternative form of 恟
(MC reading: 忷)

訩: alternative form of 詾
(MC reading: 訩 (MC xjowng))

㓙: alternative form of 凶
(MC reading: 㓙)

㐫: alternative form of 兇
(MC reading: 㐫)

汹: alternative form of 洶
(MC reading: 汹)

𣧑: alternative form of 凶
(MC reading: 𣧑 (MC xjowng))

𧧗: alternative form of 詾
(MC reading: 𧧗 (MC xjowng))


心魂

hanja form of 심혼 (“(one's) heart, spirit, soul”)


직캠

short for 직접 촬영한 캠코더 영상 (jikjeop chwaryeonghan kaemkodeo yeongsang, “fancam”)


循環小數

hanja form of 순환소수 (“repeating decimal”)


손전화

cellular phone, mobile phone, cell phone


三十六計

hanja form of 삼십육계 (“Thirty-Six Stratagems”)


중공

initialism of 중국공산당(中國共産黨) (Junggukgongsandang)


시보

newspaper which mainly reports on current affairs; times (in newspaper names)


拙作

hanja form of 졸작 (“poor-quality work, subpar work; (humble) my crude writing”)


合宿

hanja form of 합숙 (“lodging together; (North Korea) dormitory”)


標準偏差

hanja form of 표준 편차 (“(statistics) standard deviation”)


안목

appreciative eye (for); discerning eye (for); sense of discrimination


語派

hanja form of 어파 (“branch/group of languages”)


옛말

archaism
old proverb, saying, motto, old saw


후식

small serving of food at the end of a meal (e.g. dessert but also noodles, rice, etc.)


가만두다

to leave (a person) alone; to not disturb


正答

hanja form of 정답 (“correct answer; right answer”)


複道

hanja form of 복도 (“corridor; hallway; passage”)


徐行

hanja form of 서행 (“(of vehicles) slow moving”)


食口

hanja form of 식구 (“mouth to feed; family member”)


짬뽕

jjamppong (Korean Chinese noodle soup)
mixture; hotchpotch


敎養

hanja form of 교양 (“cultivation, education”)


교양

cultivation, refinement, education
political and ideological education


커브

curve (on a road, etc.)
synonym of 커브볼 (keobeubol, “curveball”)


체스꼬슬로벤스꼬

Czechoslovakia (a former country in Central Europe, now the Czech Republic and Slovakia)


꽃뱀

a striped snake: tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)


화사

Root of 화사하다 (hwasahada, “to be splendid, to be exquisite”). Rarely used alone.


부딪히다

to be bumped into; to be crashed into; to be collided with


찡그리다

to twist up (one's face, eyes) into a scowl; to frown


재다

to measure; to weigh; to gauge
to think over; to deliberate over


재다

fast; quick; nimble
talkative; glib
easy to warm up


재다

to show off; to put on airs; to make a boast of


헹구다

to rinse away; to wash; to give (something) a rinse


펼치다

to follow (dream); to stretch (imagination); to unfold


左心房

hanja form of 좌심방 (“(anatomy) left atrium”)


右心房

hanja form of 우심방 (“(anatomy) right atrium”)


左心室

hanja form of 좌심실 (“(anatomy) left ventricle”)


右心室

hanja form of 우심실 (“(anatomy) right ventricle”)


腦室

hanja form of 뇌실 (“(anatomy) ventricle (in the brain)”)


간직하다

to save/preserve/safely put away something precious


국제 음성 기호

International Phonetic Alphabet (a standardized set of symbols for representing the sounds of human speech)


이체자

variant Chinese character, variant hanja


발해

Balhae, a 7-10th kingdom located around northern China and Korea; Balhae


퇴학

withdrawing from school
expulsion from school


신라

Silla (an ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 57 BCE to 935 CE; at its maximum covering all of modern South Korea and most of modern North Korea)


임대하다

to let (out), to lease (out), to rent (out)


흥분

excitement, agitation, getting upset, losing one's cool


백두산

Paektu Mountain, a mountain on the border between China and North Korea


비날론

vinylon, a synthetic fiber used especially in North Korea


트로트

trot, a 20th century genre of Korean pop music


神出鬼沒

hanja form of 신출귀몰 (“preternatural swiftness”)


전도사

a title for a lay leader who has not been ordained as a pastor


딱지

ddakji, a form of Korean papercraft used in games


시애틀

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


량자

North Korea standard spelling of 양자 (yangja, “quantum”)


나근나근

in a bending, winding, flexing way
expressively, vividly


人之常情

hanja form of 인지상정 (“human nature; what is natural and normal in human relationships”)


조만간

soon, shortly, sooner or later, in the near future


광대

clown, acrobat, entertainer, performer
mask in traditional plays


陸海空

hanja form of 육해공 (“land, sea, and air”)


땅크

North Korea standard form of 탱크 (taengkeu, “tank”)


새기다

to carve; to etch; to engrave
to be deeply etched on one's mind


새기다

to translate (Classical Chinese, Hanja, etc.) into Korean


銃殺

hanja form of 총살 (“shooting to death, execution by firing squad”)


瑞草

hanja form of 서초 (“Seocho (district of Seoul”)


漢字文化圈

hanja form of 한자 문화권 (“Chinese character cultural sphere; Sinosphere”)


어르다

to fondle, caress, humour (a crying baby, etc.)


육교

pedestrian overpass, overhead walkway, footbridge


보증

surety; a promise of compensation in the event that another person fails to fulfill their obligation


숙주나물

dish (namul) made from mung bean sprouts


그림의 떡

prize beyond one's reach; pie in the sky


에스체트

The name of the Latin-script letter ẞ/ß, called eszett in English.


짭짤하다

to be slightly salty; to be nice and salty

to be acceptable; to be decent; to be fairly good


법인

corporate person; legal entity; legal person


부수

an element of a hanja character; a hanja radical


대프리카

Daegu, as a place that reaches very high temperatures; "Daefrica"


㪳

hanja form of 둥 (“hanja used for transliteration”)


㫈

hanja form of 엉 (“hanja used for transliteration”)


천리마

Chollima, a mythical Korean winged horse


射出

hanja form of 사출 (“shooting; emitting; injecting; injection”)


커뮤니티

online community website, forum website
community (in general)


알리고

aligot (a potato and cheese dish from Auvergne, France)


御者

hanja form of 어자 (“carriage driver; coachman”)


여야

the ruling party and the opposition party


잔소리

small talk; idle talk; nagging; scolding


질리다

to be sick (of); to be fed up (with)
to be stunned; to be amazed
to dye unevenly
to cost


機務

hanja form of 기무 (“Important and confidential things”)


多才

hanja form of 다재 (“versatility; talent”)


集中力

hanja form of 집중력 (“ability to concentrate; strength to concentrate”)


康熙字典

hanja form of 강희자전 (“Kangxi Dictionary”)


튀김

fried food; various deep-fried snacks
fries


劇場版

hanja form of 극장판 (“movie version (adaptation)”)


취나물

A vegetable dish made by parboiling and then seasoning, or stir-frying the young leaves of various leafy wild greens.

One of the wild greens commonly used for chwinamul, particularly Doellingeria scabra.


찰밥

chalbap. Cooked glutinous rice, a mixture of glutinous rice, red beans, chestnuts, jujubes, black beans, etc.


방점

a dot or similar mark attached to a character to display emphasis

diacritical marks, written to the left of (vertically written) Korean syllables in the Hunmin jeongeum, representing the tones of Middle Korean; fell into disuse by the 17th century.


紙上

hanja form of 지상 (“(on) paper, (in) the newspaper”)


糖色

hanja form of 탕색 (“in North Korea: dark brown colour of half-burnt sugar”)


돼지꿈

A dream in which a pig ― a symbol of future wealth ― appears.


白書

hanja form of 백서 (“white paper (government document)”)


履歷書

hanja form of 이력서 (“résumé, curriculum vitae (CV)”)


세미나

seminar (In a college, a method of instruction in which students under the guidance of a professor conduct joint research by presenting on or discussing a certain subject.)

seminar (A meeting of a group of experts in one field for examination of a specific subject.)


宏壯

hanja form of 굉장 (“root of 굉장하다 (goengjanghada)”)


날뛰다

to jump up; to leap; to become excited
to act in an unruly manner; to rampage


물리치다

to refuse; to turn down
to drive away; to repel
to defeat; to beat


약식

yaksik (Sweet rice with nuts and jujubes, a Korean dish made by steaming glutinous rice mixed with honey, sugar, jujubes, soy sauce, sesame oil, chestnuts, pine nuts, etc.)


𰜩

hanja form of 은 (“used in personal names”)


엉망진창

emphatic form of 엉망 (eongmang): complete mess


판소리

pansori (a Korean genre of musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer)


얼쑤

An interjection of encouragement, traditionally used in pansori.


白鼠

hanja form of 백서 (“white laboratory mouse”)


알아차리다

to notice; to discover; to realise
to sense; to detect


대령

waiting for an order; waiting for the command to fall


대령

oversoul; fundamental spirit of the cosmos


대령

[~의식(儀式)] (Buddhism) Buddhist funerary ritual, dispatching the deceased soul to the afterlife


대령

synonym of 대관령(大關嶺) (daegwallyeong, “Daegwallyeong pass”)


깜둥이

nickname for a black animal, especially a dog


백마

white woman (as an object of sexual desire)


흑형

a black man who is stereotypically cool and athletic, like an older brother


거문고

geomungo (a Korean stringed instrument, made of wood from the Korean paulownia, with six strings which are plucked or flicked to make music)


개학

first day of school; start of a new term


쪼개다

to split, to cut, to cleave (into at least two parts)


選球

hanja form of 선구 (“(baseball) discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not”)


음소문자

phonemic script; phonetic writing; alphabet


潤滑油

hanja form of 윤활유 (“lubricating oil; grease”)


否定語

hanja form of 부정어 (“(grammar) negation; negative word”)


우웩

while vomiting
in a vomit-worthy manner, repulsively


祥瑞

hanja form of 상서 (“a lucky omen, a happy augury”)


유명

darkness and light; the good and the bad; good and evil; this world and the underworld


유명

last will and testament; dying wishes
last will and testament; dying wishes


孤獨死

hanja form of 고독사 (“kodokushi, lonely death”)


업

[~신(神)] A household spirit of wealth, often thought to appear in the form of various wild animals.


업

More information(eumhun reading: 업 업 (eop eop))
(MC reading: 業 (MC ngjaep))(eumhun reading: 높고 험할 업 (nopgo heomhal eop))
(MC reading: 嶪 (MC ngjaep))(eumhun reading: 험준할 업 (heomjunhal eop))
(MC reading: 嶫)(eumhun reading: 위나라 서울 업 (winara seoul eop))
(MC reading: 鄴 (MC ngjaep))


癸亥

hanja form of 계해 (“Water Pig, the sixtieth in the sexagenary cycle”)


壬戌

hanja form of 임술 (“Water Dog, the fifty-ninth in the sexagenary cycle”)


辛酉

hanja form of 신유 (“Metal Rooster, the fifty-eighth in the sexagenary cycle”)


己未

hanja form of 기미 (“Earth Goat, the fifty-sixth in the sexagenary cycle”)


戊午

hanja form of 무오 (“Earth Horse, the fifty-fifth in the sexagenary cycle”)


丁巳

hanja form of 정사 (“Fire Snake, the fifty-fourth in the sexagenary cycle”)


癸丑

hanja form of 계축 (“Water Ox, the fiftieth in the sexagenary cycle”)


庚戌

hanja form of 경술 (“Metal Dog, the forty-seventh in the sexagenary cycle”)


己酉

hanja form of 기유 (“Earth Rooster, the forty-sixth in the sexagenary cycle”)


戊申

hanja form of 무신 (“Earth Monkey, the forty-fifth in the sexagenary cycle”)


丁未

hanja form of 정미 (“Fire Goat, the forty-fourth in the sexagenary cycle”)


丙午

hanja form of 병오 (“Fire Horse, the forty-third in the sexagenary cycle”)


乙巳

hanja form of 을사 (“Wood Snake, the forty-second in the sexagenary cycle”)


癸卯

hanja form of 계묘 (“Water Rabbit, the fortieth in the sexagenary cycle”)


壬寅

hanja form of 임인 (“Water Tiger, the thirty-ninth in the sexagenary cycle”)


辛丑

hanja form of 신축 (“Metal Ox, the thirty-eighth in the sexagenary cycle”)


己亥

hanja form of 기해 (“Earth Pig, the thirty-sixth in the sexagenary cycle”)


乙未

hanja form of 을미 (“Wood Goat, the thirty-second in the sexagenary cycle”)


甲午

hanja form of 갑오 (“Wood Horse, the thirty-first in the sexagenary cycle”)


癸巳

hanja form of 계사 (“Water Snake, the thirtieth in the sexagenary cycle”)


辛卯

hanja form of 신묘 (“Metal Rabbit, the twenty-eighth in the sexagenary cycle”)


己丑

hanja form of 기축 (“Earth Ox, the twenty-sixth in the sexagenary cycle”)


戊子

hanja form of 무자 (“Earth Rat, the twenty-fifth in the sexagenary cycle”)


丙戌

hanja form of 병술 (“Fire Dog, the twenty-third in the sexagenary cycle”)


癸未

hanja form of 계미 (“Water Goat, the twentieth in the sexagenary cycle”)


壬午

hanja form of 임오 (“Water Horse, the nineteenth in the sexagenary cycle”)


辛巳

hanja form of 신사 (“Metal Snake, the eighteenth in the sexagenary cycle”)


庚辰

hanja form of 경진 (“Metal Dragon, the seventeenth in the sexagenary cycle”)


乙亥

hanja form of 을해 (“Wood Pig, the twelfth in the sexagenary cycle”)


甲戌

hanja form of 갑술 (“Wood Dog, the eleventh in the sexagenary cycle”)


癸酉

hanja form of 계유 (“Water Rooster, the tenth in the sexagenary cycle”)


辛未

hanja form of 신미 (“Metal Goat, the eighth in the sexagenary cycle”)


결과적

being as a result; being as a consequence


-라도

even if; used to indicate that something does not matter, whether it is true or not. Used only in the environments of the -라 (-ra) allomorph of -다 (-da); see the former entry for more.


-라도

Post-vowel allomorphic form of -이라도 (-irado, “even”)


弘仁

hanja form of 고닌 (“Kōnin (era) (from September 810 through January 824)”)


命令法

hanja form of 명령법 (“(grammar) imperative mood”)


술병

hangover (illness caused by heavy drinking)


惡評

hanja form of 악평 (“harsh review; bad reputation”)


告訴人

hanja form of 고소인 (“complainant; plaintiff; accuser”)


지사

One of the types of Han characters, containing those characters such as 上 above and 下 below that indicate an abstract idea with a non-arbitrary logogram.


놔두다

put (To lay down somewhere something that one is holding.)

leave (To keep something as it is, not touching it.)


뽐내다

be haughty; be proud; be pompous
to show off; brag


부재

Gangwon, Hamgyong, and Russia form of 부자(富者) (buja, “a rich, wealthy person”)


희생

life lost due to natural causes or accidents


건조

dryness
drying, seasoning (of wood, etc.)


건조하다

to dry, to dehydrate, to season (wood, etc.)


건조하다

to build, to construct (a ship, building, etc.)


부추기다

instigate; incite (To encourage someone to do something.)

instigate (To make an emotion, situation, etc., worse.)


복날

the three hot days of summer, when traditionally dog or chicken is eaten:


빈대떡

bindaetteok. A Korean pancake made by grinding soaked mung beans, adding vegetables and meat and pan-fying it round and flat.


팥빙수

patbingsu, A dessert made from finely shaved ice topped with well-cooked red beans, sugar, etc.


부끄러워하다

to be shy; to be bashful
to be ashamed of; to be embarrassed of


흑기사

one (especially a man) who volunteers to take a drink for another person (especially a girl)


비키다

step aside; step back
turn aside
excuse oneself; leave someone alone


물러서다

withdraw; retire; resign (To give up what one is doing, or a place or position one is holding.)

withdraw; back off (To give up after confronting and enduring a certain situation.)


孝經

hanja form of 효경 (“Classic of Filial Piety”)


베테랑

old hand, veteran (person with long experience)


話頭

hanja form of 화두 (“topic of discussion; (Zen Buddhism) koan”)


사단

association; society; civic organization (non-governmental organization organized by private citizens for cultural, academic or public welfare purposes)


사단

the four universal emotions that reveal the fundamental goodness of humanity:


漢越語

hanja form of 한월어 (“Sino-Vietnamese (vocabulary, pronunciation, etc.)”)


문화주택

a type of house commonly found in Japan.


남아프리카공화국

Republic of South Africa (official name of South Africa: a country in Southern Africa)


버지니아 연방

Commonwealth of Virginia (formal and full name of Virginia)


러시아 연방

Russian Federation (official name of Russia: a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

Russian Federation (alternative name of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, a former republic of the Soviet Union)


오스트레일리아 련방

Commonwealth of Australia (formal and full name of Australia)


남아프리카 연방

Union of South Africa (former official name of South Africa: a country in Southern Africa; used from 1910 to 1961, when the country was a Commonwealth dominion under nominal British sovereignty)


남아공

initialism of 남아프리카공화국 (Namapeurikagonghwaguk, “Republic of South Africa”), official name of South Africa: a country in Southern Africa


애국가

Aegukka, the North Korean national anthem.

Aegukga, the South Korean national anthem.


애국가

Any national anthem, regardless of country.


접수하다

to receive, take (to get applications, reports, etc., through verbal or written means.)


올림말

lemma (the canonical form of an inflected word)


얼음보숭이

A word used in South Korea to refer to "ice cream" that is incorrectly said to be a standard North Korean word. The word, which appeared in the second edition of North Korea's 현대조선말대사전(Modern Korean Language Dictionary) in 1981, has not been recognized as a standard word since 1992, when it was not included in 조선말대사전(the Dictionary of the Korean Language), which contains the standard vocabulary of North Korea, and is actually known as "아이스크림(ice cream)" or "에스키모(eskimo)" in standard North Korean.


박제

Internet archive, especially of controversial material


딱다그르르딱다그르르하다

to roll down a surface with a few bounces


고조되다

to tone up; to be raised
to be elated; to be enhanced


손상하다

to damage; injure; impair (To break or hurt a certain object.)

to injure; harm (To make someone sick or make a part of his/her body hurt.)

to harm (To worsen the quality, etc., of something.)

to harm; injure (To damage one's honor, dignity, value, etc.)


초롱초롱

sparklingly
brightly
clearly
clearly, beautifully


부서지다

To be shattered (For something hard to break into small pieces. )

To break (For waves or light to dash against something, spread out, and then be scattered. )

be broken; break down (For something that has a certain structure to be destroyed so much as to be useless. )

be broken; be shattered (For one's hope or expectation to be destroyed. )


흐르바쯔까

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


五倫

hanja form of 오륜 (“five cardinal relationships”)


주구

hound
tool (of another person), cat's paw


-라는

Alternative form of -다는 (-daneun, declarative, noun-modifying quotative suffix) in the following environments:


똥차

an automobile in poor shape or of low quality; jalopy; shitbox


총각김치

chonggak kimchi: kimchi made from ponytail radish (chonggangmu, chonggak radish)


연락하다

to notify; communicate; speak to
to contact; make contact; get in touch
to connect


藥瓶

hanja form of 약병 (“vial (for medicine)”)


결사옹위

defending and safeguarding with one's life


사자고추

Capsicum annuum var. angulosum; capsicum; pepper (BrE); bell pepper (AmE)


부럼

nuts eaten on the 15th of the first lunar month (to guard oneself against boils for a year)

alternative form of 부스럼 (buseureom, “swelling; boil”)


부럼없다

to be greatly satisfied, having nothing to envy


만경대

Mangyongdae (a neighbourhood of Pyongyang, North Korea)


소년궁전

short for 학생소년궁전 (haksaengsonyeon'gungjeon, “children's palace”)


학생소년궁전

children's palace (centres for extracurricular activities established by the Korean Children's Union in many North Korean cities)


땡땡이치다

to play truant; to play hooky; to skip class


同床異夢

hanja form of 동상이몽 (“not getting along; being in discord”)


北伐

hanja form of 북벌 (“northern conquest; seventeenth-century Korean plans to attack Qing China; the Northern Expedition”)


會費

hanja form of 회비 (“membership fee / dues”)


太宗

hanja form of 태종 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese emperors, or Korean monarchs”)


世祖

hanja form of 세조 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese emperors, or Korean monarchs”)


高宗

hanja form of 고종 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese emperors, or Korean monarchs”)


유곽

red-light district, a place where brothels are concentrated


낙제

failure (to advance to the next grade or graduate from school)


방송원

an announcer, of a performance or broadcast


사양

that which is declining in the face of something new


우울하다

to be blue, to be depressed, to be melancholy


訃音

hanja form of 부음 (“obituary; news of somebody's death”)


왜구

wokou, Japanese pirates that raided Japan's neighbouring countries in the Late Middle Ages


敵軍

hanja form of 적군 (“enemy troops; hostile force”)


신기하다

to be strange and amazing; to be mysterious, to be wondrous


제노바

Genoa (a port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy)

Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa)


本朝

hanja form of 본조 (“the present dynasty”)


깁

silk (in general)
coarse silk fabric
a kind of coarse greenish black pongee


육서

The six types of Han characters:
The six types of Han characters:
The six types of Han characters:
The six types of Han characters:
The six types of Han characters:
The six types of Han characters:


상형

pictogram, one of the six classifications of Chinese characters 六書


전주

Jeonju (a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea)


가차

Chinese characters that are "borrowed" to write another homophonous or near-homophonous morpheme


자장노래

lullaby (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)


人跡

hanja form of 인적 (“trace of people; presence of people”)


天穹

hanja form of 천궁 (“vault of Heaven; sky dome”)


데려가다

to take someone away; to take someone with one


母女

hanja form of 모녀 (“mother and daughter”)


거절하다

to refuse; to reject; to deny; to turn down


건답

waterless rice paddy; rice paddy lacking in water


갹출

To make a contribution; chip in, donation.


醵出

hanja form of 갹출, 거출 (“contribution, donation”)


乾畓

hanja form of 건답 (“waterless rice paddy”)


以心傳心

hanja form of 이심전심 (“silent understanding, tacit understanding, empathy”)


이심전심

silent understanding, tacit understanding, empathy


홍진

dust (kicked up by vehicles and horses)
bustling places


쐬다

to air oneself
to expose oneself (to the sun)


쐬다

contraction of 쏘이다 (ssoida, “to get stung (by an insect)”)


송

松: pine
(eumhun reading: 소나무 송 (sonamu song))
(MC reading: 松 (MC zjowng))

誦: recite
(eumhun reading: 외울 송 (oe'ul song))
(MC reading: 誦 (MC zjowngH))

鬆:
(MC reading: 鬆 (MC sowng|sjowng|tshjowng|suwngH))

送: to send
(eumhun reading: 보낼 송 (bonael song))
(MC reading: 送 (MC suwngH))


忍苦

hanja form of 인고 (“endurance, perseverance”)


幅巾

hanja form of 복건 (“an official hat made of black cloth”)


孕胎

hanja form of 잉태 (“conception; pregnancy”)


塵喧

hanja form of 진훤 (“a noise of the mundane world”)


서방

person, someone who has no official title


부전자전

transmission from father to son; like father, like son; apple does not fall far from the tree


취급

treatment, considering (usually in a negative way)


바리

Jeolla dialect, Gyeongsang, Hamgyong, and Yukjin form of 바로 (baro, “straight, right now”)


수조

aquarium (water tank with fish in the water)


국밥

gukbap (a Korean soup based on rice, with seasonings and various other ingredients)


경주

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


人民共和國

hanja form of 인민공화국 (“people's republic”)


液滴

hanja form of 액적 (“drop (of liquid); droplet”)


念佛

hanja form of 염불 (“recitation of 나무아미타불 (namuamitabul)”)


流言蜚語

hanja form of 유언비어 (“false rumour; canard”)


中有

hanja form of 중유 (“(Tibetan Buddhism) bardo”)


뭍

land (in opposition to the sea)
mainland (in opposition to an island)


빙

round; while circling a relatively large area once


빙

More information(eumhun reading: 얼음 빙 (eoreum bing))
(MC reading: 氷)(MC reading: 聘 (MC phjiengH))(eumhun reading: 기댈 빙 (gidael bing))
(MC reading: 憑 (MC bing))(MC reading: 騁 (MC trhjengX))(MC reading: 凭 (MC bing|bingH))(MC reading: 娉 (MC phjiengH))


三原色

hanja form of 삼원색 (“three primary colors”)


념

念: thought; idea
(eumhun reading: 생각 념 (saenggak nyeom))
(MC reading: 念 (MC nemH))


눌

More information(eumhun reading: 말 더듬을 눌 (mal deodeumeul nul))
(MC reading: 訥 (MC nwot))(MC reading: 吶 (MC nrjwet))(MC reading: 肭 (MC nrjuwk|nwot|nrweat))


몽

瞢:
(MC reading: 瞢 (MC mjuwng|mong|mjuwngH))

雺:
(MC reading: 雺 (MC muwng|mjuw|mowngH|muwH))


儀禮

hanja form of 의례 (“etiquette; ceremony”)


각도

angle (measure, figure)
angle (viewpoint)


漢字語

hanja form of 한자어 (“Sino-Korean vocabulary or "Hanja-eo"”)


한어

Chinese language
Sino-Japanese vocabulary, kango


國朝

hanja form of 국조 (“the present dynasty”)


한중

South Korea and China; (attributively) Sino-Korean


我朝

hanja form of 아조 (“the present dynasty”)


탄약고

ammunition storehouse, ammunition chamber, magazine


령

令:
(MC reading: 令 (MC ljen|ljeng|leng|ljengH|lengH))

岺: alternative form of 岭
(MC reading: 岺)


감수하다

to guard over the property of a bankrupt person (in order to prevent intentional destruction, etc.)


파문

ripple; stir; undulation
stir (usually negative)
ramification (usually negative)


청첩장

invitation card / letter (e.g. to a wedding)


룡

竜: alternative form of 龍
(MC reading: 竜)


후작

marquess (a British nobleman)
marquis (as called in other kingdoms)


백작

count (ruler of a county m)
earl (a British or Irish nobleman)


수평선

a horizontal or level line (perpendicular to the force of gravity)


借用語

hanja form of 차용어 (“loanword; borrowing”)


世宗

hanja form of 세종 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese rulers, or Korean monarchs”)

hanja form of 세종 (“a special self-governing city of South Korea”)


仁宗

hanja form of 인종 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese rulers, or Korean monarchs”)


宣宗

hanja form of 선종 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese rulers, or Korean monarchs”)


文宗

hanja form of 문종 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese rulers, or Korean monarchs”)


穆宗

hanja form of 목종 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors or Korean monarchs”)


德宗

hanja form of 덕종 (“a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese rulers, or Korean monarchs”)


女性語

hanja form of 여성어 (“women's language; women's speech”)


男性語

hanja form of 남성어 (“men's language; men's speech”)


普賢菩薩

hanja form of 보현보살 (“Samantabhadra bodhisattva”)


두음 법칙

the "initial law" (a rule that alters the spelling of Sino-Korean words that begin with the consonant ㄹ (l) and ㄴ (n))


寂然

hanja form of 적연 (“quiet; tranquil; forlorn”)


見習生

hanja form of 견습생 (“apprentice; trainee”)


塔婆

hanja form of 탑파 (“(Buddhism) stupa; pagoda”)


頭音

hanja form of 두음 (“(linguistics) initial sound”)


頭音法則

hanja form of 두음 법칙 (“(linguistics) initial law”)


락

alternative spelling of 록 (rok, “(music) rock”)


락

More information(eumhun reading: 떨어질 락 (tteoreojil rak))
(MC reading: 落 (MC lak))(eumhun reading: 즐길 락 (jeulgil rak))
(MC reading: 樂 (MC ngaewH|ngaewk|lak))(eumhun reading: 헌솜 락 (heonsom rak))
(MC reading: 絡 (MC lak))(MC reading: 珞 (MC lak))(MC reading: 酪 (MC lak))(MC reading: 烙 (MC lak))(MC reading: 駱 (MC lak))(MC reading: 洛 (MC lak))(MC reading: 嗠)(MC reading: 犖 (MC laewk))(eumhun reading: 수리부엉이 락 (suribueong'i rak))
(MC reading: 雒 (MC lak))(eumhun reading: 막힐 락 (makhil rak))
(MC reading: 格 (MC kak|kaek))


멍

the state of feeling tired after eating a lot; dopiness


옛 한글

alternative spelling of 옛한글 (yethan'geul)


모호하다

to be ambiguous, vague (about), equivocal, uncertain, obscure, imprecise


방대하다

to be vast, to be enormous, to be massive


압

More information(eumhun reading: 누를 압 (nureul ap))
(MC reading: 壓 (MC 'aep))(eumhun reading: 누를 압 (nureul ap))
(MC reading: 押 (MC 'aep|kaep))(eumhun reading: 오리 압 (ori ap))
(MC reading: 鴨 (MC 'aep))(MC reading: 狎 (MC haep))(MC reading: 儑 (MC ngomH|ngop|ngap))(MC reading: 匎)(MC reading: 唈 (MC 'ip|'op))


잉

Conveys the buzzing of small flying insects.


잉

More information(MC reading: 剩 (MC zyingH))(MC reading: 仍 (MC nying))(MC reading: 孕 (MC yingH))(MC reading: 芿 (MC nyingH))(MC reading: 媵 (MC yingH|zyingH))


임자

The forty-ninth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Water Rat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


로션

lotion (ointment that one rubs on the skin)


디카

short for 디지털 카메라 (dijiteol kamera, “digital camera”)


속자

a hanja variant that is widespread but not orthodox


원작

the original work (such as the source of an adaptation or translation)


특유

having a particular, specific, characteristic, or peculiar quality


상놈

boor, i.e. low-class man
boorish, mean man


족

in a manner arranged in a row; while arranging in a row

sucking or gulping in one continuous stroke

looking over in one glance (over a relatively small area)


족

used to form nouns with the meaning "to attain; to satisfy"


족

group or class of things with common features


족

足: foot
(eumhun reading: 발 족 (bal jok))
(MC reading: 足 (MC tsjowk))

族: clan; tribe; ethnic group
(eumhun reading: 겨레 족 (gyeore jok))
(MC reading: 族 (MC dzuwk))


촉

矗:
(MC reading: 矗 (MC tsrhjuwk|trhjuwk))


액

misfortune; bad luck; in traditional belief, an impersonal force or energy that causes misfortune or death, and which can be warded off through ritual.


액

More information(MC reading: 厄 (MC 'eak))(MC reading: 額 (MC ngaek))(MC reading: 液 (MC yek))(MC reading: 扼)(MC reading: 掖 (MC yek))(MC reading: 縊 (MC 'jieH|'ejH))(MC reading: 腋 (MC yek))(MC reading: 呝 (MC 'eak))(MC reading: 戹 (MC 'eak))(MC reading: 搤 (MC 'eak))(MC reading: 阨)


본뜨다

to imitate, copy, model after/on something/someone


漫畵家

alternative form of 漫畫家 (“hanja form of 만화가 (“comics artist; cartoonist”)”)


연하다

to be soft; to be supple
to be light
to be thin, to be dilute


관화

Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))


전선

whole line (e.g. of a railroad route)
all fronts


립자

North Korea standard form of 입자 (ipja, “particle; grain”)


月影

hanja form of 월영 (“reflection of the moon”)


規則的

hanja form of 규칙적 (“regular; systematic”)


文質彬彬

hanja form of 문질빈빈 (“the outer beauty and the inner quality are well-harmonized”)


누룩

A pressed and fermented cake made of wheat, rice and barley that contains yeasts, bacteria, and fungi traditionally used in Korea as a fermentation starter.


측

厠: alternative form of 廁
(MC reading: 厠)


량반

North Korea standard spelling of 양반 (yangban)


머리통

the bulk, namely the circumference of one's head


사인하다

to sign (to write one's signature on a document)


백러시아

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


벨로루시

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


협

莢: pod (of soybean); Lespedeza cuneata
(eumhun reading: 꼬투리 협 (kkoturi hyeop))
(MC reading: 莢 (MC kep))

脇: alternative form of 脅
(MC reading: 脇)


첨

甛: alternative form of 甜
(MC reading: 甛)


홍

烘:
(MC reading: 烘 (MC huwng|xuwng|huwngH|xuwngH))


증

證: certificate, card
(MC reading: 證 (MC tsyingH))


엄

厳: alternative form of 嚴
(MC reading: 厳)


언

More information(MC reading: 言 (MC ngjon))(MC reading: 焉 (MC 'jon|'jen|hjen))(MC reading: 諺 (MC ngjenH))(MC reading: 彥 (MC ngjenH))(MC reading: 偃 (MC 'jonX))(MC reading: 堰 (MC 'jonX|'jonH|'jienH))(MC reading: 嫣 (MC xjien|'jen|'jenX|'jonH))(MC reading: 傿 (MC 'jonH))(MC reading: 匽 (MC 'jonX))(MC reading: 讞 (MC ngjenX))(MC reading: 鄢 (MC 'jen|'jonX|'jonH))(MC reading: 鼴 (MC 'jonX))(MC reading: 鼹)(MC reading: 彦)(MC reading: 唁 (MC ngjenH))(MC reading: 喭 (MC ngjenH))(MC reading: 嘕 (MC xjien))


확

碻: alternative form of 確
(MC reading: 碻 (MC khaewk))


충

Used to form derogatory words for groups of people


충

More information(MC reading: 充 (MC tsyhuwng))(MC reading: 忠 (MC trjuwng))(MC reading: 蟲 (MC drjuwng|drjuwngH))(MC reading: 衝 (MC tsyhowng))(MC reading: 珫 (MC tsyhuwng))(MC reading: 沖 (MC drjuwng))(MC reading: 衷 (MC trjuwng|trjuwngH))(MC reading: 忡 (MC trhjuwng))(MC reading: 虫 (MC xjw+jX))(MC reading: 冲)(MC reading: 傭 (MC trhjowng))(MC reading: 种 (MC drjuwng))


착

calmly
limply
while lowering
while vanishing


착

alternative form of 책(冊) (chaek, “book”)


착

Root of 착하다 (chakhada, “to be kind, to be nice”). Rarely used alone.


착

More information(MC reading: 着)(MC reading: 錯 (MC tshak))(MC reading: 捉 (MC tsraewk))(MC reading: 搾)(MC reading: 窄 (MC tsraek))(MC reading: 鑿 (MC tsak|dzak))(MC reading: 齪 (MC tsrhaewk))(MC reading: 戳)(MC reading: 擉 (MC tsrhaewk))(MC reading: 斲 (MC traewk))(MC reading: 丵 (MC dzraewk))(MC reading: 剒 (MC tshak))(MC reading: 諑 (MC traewk))(MC reading: 躇 (MC drjo))


삭

while pushing, while extending (a line on paper, etc.)


삭

索:
(MC reading: 索 (MC sak|srjaek|sreak))


붕

堋:
(MC reading: 堋 (MC bong|phong|pongH))

倗:
(MC reading: 倗 (MC bong|phongX|bongH))


흡

More information(eumhun reading: 마실 흡 (masil heup))
(MC reading: 吸 (MC xip))(MC reading: 洽 (MC heap))(MC reading: 恰 (MC kheap))(MC reading: 翕 (MC xip))(MC reading: 噏 (MC xip))(MC reading: 歙 (MC xip))(MC reading: 潝 (MC xip))(MC reading: 翖 (MC xip))


팽

round; circling a relatively small area once

with large and sudden tears in one's eyes


쟁

琤:
(MC reading: 琤 (MC tsrhaeng|tsrheang))


횡

横: alternative form of 橫
(MC reading: 横)


흠

flaw, fault, defect, shortcoming, weakness


흠

More information(MC reading: 欽 (MC khim))(MC reading: 欠 (MC khjaemH))(MC reading: 歆 (MC xim))(MC reading: 鑫)(MC reading: 廞 (MC xim|ximX))


획

画: alternative form of 畫
(MC reading: 画)


출

出:
(MC reading: 出 (MC tsyhwijH|tsyhwit))


춘

偆:
(MC reading: 偆 (MC tsyhwinX|trhwinX))


핍

姂:
(MC reading: 姂 (MC phjomH|bjop|khjop))


친

by blood
of the paternal side of the family
pro-; in favour of


친

More information(MC reading: 親 (MC tshin|tshinH))(MC reading: 櫬 (MC tsrhinH))(MC reading: 襯 (MC tsrhinH))(MC reading: 嚫 (MC tsrhinH))(MC reading: 齔 (MC tsrhinX|tsrhinH))


왈

said, according to; intervenes between a quoted speaker and the quote.


왈

More information(MC reading: 曰 (MC hjwot))


古朝鮮

hanja form of 고조선 (“(historical) Gojoseon (ancient Korean kingdom)”)


사시

synonym of 사계(四季) (sagye, “the four seasons”)


고조선

Gojoseon, an ancient kingdom on the Korean peninsula (? – 108 BCE)


아빠트

North Korea standard form of 아파트 (apateu)


海溢

hanja form of 해일 (“tidal wave, tsunami”)


불상

statue of Buddha (made of wood, stone, iron, clay, etc.)


량

踉:
(MC reading: 踉 (MC ljang|lang|ljangH))

粮: alternative form of 糧
(MC reading: 粮 (MC ljang))

凉: alternative form of 涼
(MC reading: 凉 (MC ljang))

两: alternative form of 兩
(MC reading: 两)


발가벗다

to take off all one's clothes, to be naked

a state in which there are few trees or grasses on a mountain, so that the soil is exposed.

a condition in which the leaves of a tree have fall and its branches are exposed

a state in which you have nothing more to keep or hide by disclosing all your belongings, thoughts, facts, etc.


익

益: to add; to be more than
(eumhun reading: 더할 익 (deohal ik))
(MC reading: 益 (MC 'jiek))


익

匿: to hide
(eumhun reading: 숨길 익 (sumgil ik))
(MC reading: 匿 (MC nrik))

溺: to drown
(eumhun reading: 빠질 익 (ppajil ik))
(MC reading: 溺 (MC nyak|nek))


無線電話

hanja form of 무선전화 (“wireless telephone; cordless telephone”)


머금다

to hold/keep something in one's mouth (e.g. water)


빠듯하다

to fit to a certain limit or to exactly fit


드러냄표

Emphasis point, a dot or similar mark attached to a character to display emphasis


未來時制

hanja form of 미래시제 (“(grammar) future tense”)


對價

hanja form of 대가 (“valuable consideration”)


랭장고

North Korea standard spelling of 냉장고 (naengjanggo)


복사

alternative form of 복숭아 (boksung'a, “peach”)


천하

the whole world, the earth, everything under heaven


泉下

hanja form of 천하 (“netherworld; underworld; Hades”)


립

More information(MC reading: 立 (MC lip))(MC reading: 笠 (MC lip))(MC reading: 粒 (MC lip))(MC reading: 砬 (MC lip))(MC reading: 岦 (MC lip))(MC reading: 苙 (MC lip))(MC reading: 雴 (MC trhip))(MC reading: 鴗 (MC lip))(MC reading: 湁 (MC trhip))(MC reading: 䶘 (MC lip))


한성

Hanseong (the name of Seoul during the Joseon dynasty)


男學生

hanja form of 남학생 (“schoolboy; a male student; a male pupil”)


녀학생

North Korea standard spelling of 여학생 (yeohaksaeng)


일문

Japanese script; Japanese writing; written Japanese


필획

stroke (of a Chinese character)
number of strokes


필순

stroke order, stroke order in writing Chinese characters


-시-

Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of -으시- (-eusi-, subject honorific suffix)


桑田碧海

hanja form of 상전벽해 (“drastic changes in the world”)


떨치다

to throw away (ominous thoughts, honors, greed, etc.)


료금

North Korea standard spelling of 요금 (yogeum)


整式

hanja form of 정식 (“algebraic expression”)


오환

Wuhuan, an ancient ethnic group in China.


필승

A battle cry used by Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force personnel when saluting.


삐침

an oblique stroke of a letter in writing


삐침별

丿, one of the Chinese radicals meaning slash or bend. This radical can be spotted in Chinese characters, such as in 气, 乃, 之 and 必.


十字線

hanja form of 십자선 (“reticle; crosshair”)


페럿

ferret (the mammal Mustela putorius furo)


미소년

pretty young boy, beautiful adolescent boy


미남

handsome, good-looking, visually attractive man


어드벤처

adventure (exciting endeavour)
adventure (genre)


초혼

invocation of spirits of the dead; evocation of spirits


日王

hanja form of 일왕 (“(non-honorific) mikado (emperor of Japan)”)


림

More information(MC reading: 林 (MC lim))(MC reading: 臨 (MC lim|limH))(MC reading: 琳 (MC lim))(MC reading: 霖 (MC lim))(MC reading: 淋 (MC lim))(MC reading: 棽 (MC trhim|srim))(MC reading: 碄)(MC reading: 晽)(MC reading: 玪 (MC keam))(MC reading: 痳 (MC lim))


린

North Korea standard spelling of 인(燐) (in, “(chemistry) phosphorus (P)”)


린

More information(MC reading: 鄰 (MC lin))(MC reading: 潾 (MC lin))(MC reading: 璘 (MC lin))(MC reading: 麟 (MC lin))(MC reading: 吝 (MC linH))(MC reading: 燐 (MC lin|linH))(MC reading: 藺 (MC linH))(MC reading: 躪)(MC reading: 鱗 (MC lin))(MC reading: 撛 (MC linX|linH))(MC reading: 鏻 (MC lin|linH))(MC reading: 獜 (MC lin))(MC reading: 橉 (MC linX|linH))(MC reading: 粦 (MC linH))(MC reading: 粼 (MC lin))(MC reading: 䗲 (MC linH))(MC reading: 繗 (MC lin))(MC reading: 嶙 (MC lin|linX))(MC reading: 悋 (MC linH))(MC reading: 磷 (MC lin|linH))(MC reading: 驎 (MC lin))(MC reading: 躙 (MC linH))(MC reading: 轔 (MC lin|linH))(MC reading: 斴)(MC reading: 焛)(MC reading: 暽)(MC reading: 瞵 (MC lin|linH))(MC reading: 𪊭)(MC reading: 隣)


남월

Nanyue, the Zhao Dynasty's successor state to the Qin Empire in modern-day Guangdong, Guangxi, and northern Vietnam


랭

冷: to be cold
(eumhun reading: 찰 랭 (chal raeng))
(MC reading: 冷 (MC leng|laengX|lengX))


냉

used to form compounds with the meaning cold or frozen


냉

冷: to be cold
(eumhun reading: 찰 냉 (chal naeng))
(MC reading: 冷 (MC leng|laengX|lengX))


저가락

North Korea standard spelling of 젓가락 (jeotgarak)


젓갈

short for 젓가락 (jeotgarak, “chopsticks; mouthful”)


젓갈

synonym of 젓 (jeot, “salted or pickled seafood”)


려권

North Korea standard spelling of 여권 (yeogwon)


녀성

North Korea standard spelling of 여성 (yeoseong)


려관

North Korea standard spelling of 여관 (yeogwan)


려행

North Korea standard spelling of 여행 (yeohaeng)


냉이

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)


山越

hanja form of 산월 (“Shanyue (an ancient conglomeration of upland Yue hill tribes living in what is today the mountainous regions of Southern China and Northern Vietnam during the Han dynasty)”)


靑龍

hanja form of 청룡 (“Azure Dragon, one of the Four symbols of the Chinese constellations”)


愛國歌

hanja form of 애국가 (“(North Korea) Aegukka, the North Korean national anthem”)

hanja form of 애국가 (“(South Korea) Aegukga, the South Korean national anthem”)


業所

hanja form of 업소 (“business; business establishment”)


業王

hanja form of 업왕 (“household deity of luck”)


査察

hanja form of 사찰 (“investigation; inspection”)


演藝人

hanja form of 연예인 (“performer; entertainer”)


障礙人

hanja form of 장애인 (“the disabled; disabled person”)


言論人

hanja form of 언론인 (“journalist; reporter”)


外界人

hanja form of 외계인 (“alien; extraterrestrial”)


良人

hanja form of 양인 (“good-hearted person”)


愛林

hanja form of 애림 (“forest conservation”)


방플

playing a game while watching the other party's ongoing Internet broadcasting in an online game


萬國旗

hanja form of 만국기 (“flag of all nations”)


봐주다

to let off; tolerate; give a break; condone; overlook; pass over; turn a blind eye to; wink at


카운터

counter (table or board on which business is transacted)


이질

Niece or nephew of one’s wife’s sister - niece-in-law, nephew-in-law


이질

Root of 이질거리다 (ijilgeorida) / 이질대다 (ijildaeda). Rarely used alone.


聖女

hanja form of 성녀 (“saintess; female saint”)


순박하다

to be pure and naive, without falsehood or guise


순박

Root of 순박하다 (sunbakhada). Rarely used alone.


도체

conductor (something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound)


지휘자

conductor (person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble)


배불리

heartily, to one's heart content; having full stomach


한학

Classical Chinese learning; study of the ancient Chinese classics

Han school of classical Chinese (i.e. study of classical Chinese during the Han dynasty)


필살기

the technique of killing a person for sure.


細毛

hanja form of 세모 (“fine hair or fuzz (especially botany)”)


이간질

alienating (a person from another); stirring up bad blood between / driving a wedge between two people


歲拜

hanja form of 세배 (“New Year's greetings”)


대학수학능력시험

College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT)/Korean SAT (KSAT) (the Korean college entrance exam)


수능

abbreviation of 대학수학능력시험(大學修學能力試驗) (daehaksuhangneungnyeoksiheom, “College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT)/Korean SAT (KSAT); the Korean college entrance exam”)


본관

clan, family name (a group whose surname signifies a common ancestor)


뇌피셜

asserting one's opinion as if it was the widely accepted fact (especially when the claim is unsubstantiated); or such an opinion


정신승리

mental gymnastics to justify a defeat, literally "psychological victory"


붙들다

to take hold of, to grab, to grip, to grasp, to clutch, to clasp, to hang on


형수

a man's older brother's wife; sister-in-law


耽羅

hanja form of 탐라 (“(historical) Tamna (ancient Korean kingdom who ruled Jeju Island)”)


탐라

Tamna (ancient Korean kingdom who ruled Jeju Island)


류형

North Korea standard spelling of 유형 (yuhyeong)


련맹

North Korea standard spelling of 연맹 (yeonmaeng)


舞踊家

hanja form of 무용가 (“dancer; dancing master”)


치맥

chimaek (pairing of fried chicken and beer)


서하

Western Xia dynasty (1038–1227); the Tangut Empire


始球式

hanja form of 시구식 (“(baseball) ceremonial first pitch”)


無師自通

hanja form of 무사자통 (“learning without the aid of a teacher”)


푸껫

Phuket (an island of Phuket Province, Thailand)

Phuket (the capital of Phuket Province, Thailand)


치앙마이

Chiang Mai, a province in northern Thailand.


매화

the suit of plum blossoms in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of February


五胡

hanja form of 오호 (“(historical) the Five Barbarians”)


角加速度

hanja form of 각가속도 (“angular acceleration”)


락타

North Korea standard spelling of 낙타 (nakta)


의생

doctor of Chinese medicine; herbalist; traditional medicine practitioner during Japanese administration.


心內膜

hanja form of 심내막 (“(anatomy) endocardium”)


心內膜炎

hanja form of 심내막염 (“(pathology) endocarditis”)


心外膜

hanja form of 심외막 (“(anatomy) epicardium”)


䃼

alternative form of 福 (“happiness; good fortune”)


갑분싸

awkward calm (as with a failed joke, etc.)


比例代表制

hanja form of 비례대표제 (“proportional representation”)


외로

tilted to one side or upside down and not right


血清學

alternative form of 血淸學 (“hanja form of 혈청학 (“serology”)”)


갓

just, barely; used to emphasize the newness of the state


갓

gat (a traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen)


갓

mustard plant (Brassica juncea), or the grain thereof