初婚

hanja form of 초혼 (“first marriage; first wedding”)


更新

hanja form of 갱신 (“renewal (of the timeline of a contract; of an expiration date); update; refresh”)


更新

hanja form of 경신 (“breaking a record; setting a new record; renewal (of a record); renovation”)


과로

overwork, excess labor; overexertion; strain


멀미

sickness; nausea; queasiness
motion sickness, travel sickness


알바니아

Albania (a country in Southeast Europe; capital: 티라나 (Tirana))


마술

magic (performance magic, illusionary trick, unlike 마법)


키보드

keyboard (set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.)


故障

hanja form of 고장 (“mechanical breakdown”)


防疫

hanja form of 방역 (“epidemic prevention”)


奇異

hanja form of 기이 (“strangeness, weirdness”)


冷血

hanja form of 랭혈 (“(North Korea) cold-bloodedness, coldheartedness”)


冷血

hanja form of 냉혈 (“cold-bloodedness, coldheartedness”)


人員

hanja form of 인원 (“staff; personnel; employee”)


朝夕

hanja form of 조석 (“morning and evening”)


프라하

Prague (a capital city in the Czech Republic)


損傷

hanja form of 손상 (“harm; damage; injury”)


브라티슬라바

Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


출장

going out somewhere on business, a business trip


몬테네그로

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


蘇聯

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


라면

ramen (soup noodles of wheat, with various ingredients; usually of Japanese cuisine)


류블랴나

Ljubljana (the capital city of Slovenia)


조용하다

to be silent, quiet, still, calm, empty, sedate


하얼빈

Harbin (the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, in northeastern China)


오사카

Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)


합격

pass, passing, success in taking an exam


傭兵

hanja form of 용병 (“hired soldier; mercenary”)


임진왜란

The Japanese invasion of Korea from 1592 to 1598, one of the largest wars of the sixteenth century

More specifically, the first phase of this war that began with a major Japanese offensive in 1592


장수

a dish made from millet rice simmered a long time


장수

imprisonment after beating or flogging (of a criminal) as a punishment


장수

Extended Net Mansion (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)


장수

the number of sheets of paper, glass, etc.


鐵棒

hanja form of 철봉 (“(gymnastics) horizontal bar”)


유니콘

a mythical horse with a single horn; a unicorn


學期

hanja form of 학기 (“semester, trimester, term, quarter”)


業主

hanja form of 업주 (“business owner; business proprietor”)


언론학자

one who studies journalism or media studies


다각형

polygon (plane figure bounded by straight edges)


쿠알라룸푸르

Kuala Lumpur (a federal territory of Malaysia)


지진

earthquake (shaking of the surface of a planet)


부채

fan (hand-held instrument waved to blow air)


향수

perfume, cologne (substance providing a pleasant smell)


소나기

shower (rain that rains heavily for a short amount of time)


規模

hanja form of 규모 (“scale, scope, extent, dimension”)


諺文

hanja form of 언문 (“the Korean alphabet, hangul”)


忘却

hanja form of 망각 (“a lapse of memory; oblivion”)


멸종

extinction (the action of making or becoming extinct)


칼리닌그라드

Kaliningrad (a city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)


타이가

taiga (subarctic zone of coniferous forest)


保守

hanja form of 보수 (“conservation; political conservatism”)


비구름

rain cloud, nimbus (cloud from which rain is falling)


곡

谷: valley
(eumhun reading: 골짜기 곡 (goljjagi gok))
(MC reading: 谷 (MC kuwk|luwk|yowk))

曲: curved, twisted; a piece of music
(eumhun reading: 굽을 곡 (gubeul gok))
(MC reading: 曲 (MC khjowk))

穀: grain
(eumhun reading: 곡식 곡 (goksik gok))
(MC reading: 穀 (MC kuwk))

哭: cry
(eumhun reading: 울 곡 (ul gok))
(MC reading: 哭 (MC khuwk))

鵠: swan, genus Cygnus; target
(eumhun reading: 고니; 과녁 곡 (goni; gwanyeok gok))
(MC reading: 鵠 (MC howk))

縠: silk fabrics; crepe
(eumhun reading: 주름 비단 곡 (jureum bidan gok))
(MC reading: 縠 (MC huwk))


혼

More information
* 混: to mix
(eumhun reading: 섞을 혼 (seokkeul hon))
(MC reading: 混 (MC hwonX))
* 婚: to marry
(eumhun reading: 혼인할 혼 (honinhal hon))
(MC reading: 婚 (MC xwon))
* 魂: soul
(eumhun reading: 넋 혼 (neok hon))
(MC reading: 魂 (MC hwon))
* 渾: to be turbid
(eumhun reading: 흐릴 혼 (heuril hon))
(MC reading: 渾 (MC hwon|hwonX))
* 昏: to be dark
(eumhun reading: 어두울 혼 (eoduul hon))
(MC reading: 昏 (MC xwon))
* 琿: beautiful jade
(eumhun reading: 아름다운 옥 혼 (areumdaun ok hon))
(MC reading: 琿 (MC hwon))


랑

浪: wave
(eumhun reading: 물결 랑 (mulgyeol rang))
(MC reading: 浪 (MC lang|langH))

廊: aisle
(eumhun reading: 복도 랑 (bokdo rang))
(MC reading: 廊 (MC lang))

郞: guy
(eumhun reading: 사내 랑 (sanae rang))
(MC reading: 郞)

朗: bright
(eumhun reading: 밝을 랑 (balgeul rang))
(MC reading: 朗 (MC langX))

狼: wolf
(eumhun reading: 이리 랑 (iri rang))
(MC reading: 狼 (MC lang))

琅: gem
(eumhun reading: 옥 이름 랑 (ok ireum rang))
(MC reading: 琅 (MC lang))

瑯: gemstone
(eumhun reading: 옥돌 랑 (okdol rang))
(MC reading: 瑯 (MC lang))

蜋: mantis
(eumhun reading: 사마귀 랑 (samagwi rang))
(MC reading: 蜋 (MC ljang|lang))

螂: alternative form of 蜋
(MC reading: 螂 (MC ljang|lang))

郎: alternative form of 郞
(MC reading: 郎 (MC lang))


칭

tune of the fifth sting to the left of a yanggeum


근

A geun, catty, or Korean pound, a unit of weight equivalent to about 600 grams.


괄

刮: to cut; to shave; to peel
(eumhun reading: 깎을 괄 (kkakkeul gwal))
(MC reading: 刮 (MC kwaet))

括: inclusion; encompass
(eumhun reading: 묶을 괄 (mukkeul gwal))
(MC reading: 括 (MC kwat))

活: activity
(eumhun reading: 살 괄 (sal gwal))
(MC reading: 活 (MC kwat|hwat))

鬠: to bind one's hair
(eumhun reading: 결발할 괄 (gyeolbalhal gwal))
(MC reading: 鬠 (MC kwajH|hwat))


後輩

hanja form of 후배 (“one's junior in school, junior colleague”)


인촨

Yinchuan (the capital city of the Ningxia autonomous region, China)


時事

hanja form of 시사 (“current events; current affairs”)


육조

The six major ministries of the Korean Joseon Dynasty, namely the ministries of personnel, taxation, rites, military affairs, punishments, and public works.


六曹

hanja form of 육조 (“Six Ministries of Joseon”)


웅

雄: male
(eumhun reading: 수컷 웅 (sukeot ung))
(MC reading: 雄 (MC hjuwng))

熊: bear
(eumhun reading: 곰 웅 (gom ung))
(MC reading: 熊 (MC hjuwng))


철도

railway (transport system using these rails)


깍두기

kimchi made of salted daikon cubes seasoned with chili powder and other ingredients

person in a helpless position; person in a double bind


援助交際

hanja form of 원조교제 (“dating with compensation (payments, financial support, etc.); schoolgirl prostitution”)


ㆄ

Used to represent /f/ or any voiceless fricative in the transliteration of foreign words.


아메리슘

americium (chemical element with atomic number 95)


포크

short for 포크볼 (pokeubol, “(baseball) forkball”)


블라디보스토크

Vladivostok (a city and seaport in the Russian Far East, on the Sea of Japan, near North Korea; the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai)


알콜

alternative form of 알코올 (alkool, “alcohol”)


아담

Adam (first man in the Bible and Qur’an)


適應

hanja form of 적응 (“adaptation, adjustment”)


동무

second person singular plain pronoun; you


盆栽

hanja form of 분재 (“a potted plant that has been grown and aesthetically trimmed for the purpose of viewing; a bonsai, a dwarf tree”)


代理店

hanja form of 대리점 (“agency; authorized dealer”)


경비

security, guard (act of safeguarding something)


아우

a man's younger brother
a man's junior colleague


미아

a transliteration of the English female given name Mia


사우

colleague (at a company)
friend of the firm


마이

shirt jacket, especially of a school uniform


마이

Gyeongsang, Gangwon, and Chungcheong form of 많이 (mani, “many, a lot”)


이아

Erya (the oldest surviving Chinese dictionary or Chinese encyclopedia known)


의성어

onomatopoeia (word that sounds like what it represents)


타이페이

synonym of 타이베이 (taibei, “Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan”)


美國人

hanja form of 미국인 (“US American person”)


復興

hanja form of 부흥 (“restoration; revival”)


接見

hanja form of 접견 (“interview, reception”)


性格

hanja form of 성격 (“character; temperament”)


變數

hanja form of 변수 (“(mathematics) variable”)


이집트 아랍 공화국

Arab Republic of Egypt (official name of Egypt: a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


울란바토르

Ulaanbaatar (the capital city of Mongolia)


the opening or closing parenthesis, ( ... )


the question mark, ⟨?⟩
the opening quotation mark, ⟨“⟩


Marks the following text as being Latin script. The following text is limited to the 26 letters and capitalization marker ⠠ of basic English Braille.


Marks the following text as being numerical digits, with the same assignments as in English and traditional French braille.


The rime or syllable 영 (yeong).
The rime -엉 (-eong)


타슈켄트

Tashkent (the capital city of Uzbekistan)


-ㅅ-

The saitsori or "genitive -s-", a marker used between the components of many (but not all) compound nouns, typically when the components have a genitive relationship or when the first component is attributive.


에스토니아

Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)


生水

hanja form of 생수 (“mineral water (natural, spring)”)


테헤란

Tehran (the capital city of Iran)
Tehran (a province of Iran)


중화인민공화국

People's Republic of China (official name of China: a country in East Asia)


건반

keyboard (component of many instruments)


埃及

hanja form of 애급 : Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


자장가

lullaby (a soothing song to lull children to sleep)


소치

Sochi (a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia)


等等

hanja form of 등등 (“et cetera, etc.; and so on”)


이르쿠츠크

Irkutsk (an oblast of Russia in Siberia)

Irkutsk (a city, the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia)


訓練

hanja form of 훈련 (“training, drill, discipline”)


후지산

Mount Fuji (the highest mountain in Japan)


漢城

hanja form of 한성 (“(historical) Hanseong (Seoul during the Joseon dynasty)”)


宿醉

hanja form of 숙취 (“hangover, being intoxicated/drunk (from excessive consumption of alcohol)”)


性向

hanja form of 성향 (“inclination; tendency”)


大越

hanja form of 대월 (“the official name referring to Vietnamese dynasties beginning with the rule of Lý Thánh Tông (r. 1054-1072) until 1400, then again from 1428 to 1804”)


탕

湯: to boil
(eumhun reading: 끓을 탕 (kkeureul tang))
(MC reading: 湯 (MC syang))

盪:
(MC reading: 盪 (MC thang|dangX|thangH))

踼:
(MC reading: 踼 (MC dang|thang|dangH))


失望

hanja form of 실망 (“disappointment; letdown”)


우주비행사

alternative spelling of 우주 비행사 (uju bihaengsa)


아프가니스탄

Afghanistan (a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; capital and largest city: 카불 (Kabul))


카타르

Qatar (a country in Asia in the Middle East)


악몽

nightmare (a very bad or frightening dream)


샌프란시스코

San Francisco (a city in California, United States)


基督教

alternative form of 基督敎 (“Christianity”)


카옌

Cayenne (the capital of French Guiana department)


녀석

endearing term for usually young boys, similar to squirt or scamp


강수량

precipitation (weather: water falling from the atmosphere)


강수

precipitation (water falling from the atmosphere)


아악

the ancient court ritual music of Korea, of Chinese origin


인권

human rights (the basic rights and freedoms that all humans should be guaranteed)


攝氏

hanja form of 섭씨 (“Celsius; centigrade”)


感受

hanja form of 감수 (“sensation; sensory reception”)


주근깨

freckle (small pigmentation spot on the skin)


더욱이

besides, further, moreover, furthermore (in addition to what has been said)


사모바르

samovar (metal urn with a spigot, for boiling water for making tea)


公安

hanja form of 공안 (“PRC police; public safety”)


土器

hanja form of 토기 (“earthenware; earthen pottery”)


어원학

etymology (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)


프랑

franc (former currency of France and Belgium)


內蒙古

hanja form of 내몽고 : Inner Mongolia (a Mongolian autonomous region of China)


研究生

alternative form of 硏究生 (“research student”)


作用

hanja form of 작용 (“operation; effect; action”)


河北

hanja form of 하북 : Hebei (a province in northern China)


解放

hanja form of 해방 (“liberation; independence”)


五穀

hanja form of 오곡 (“the Five Grains or Five Cereals”)


再會

hanja form of 재회 (“meeting again, reunion”)


耐用

hanja form of 내용 (“(machine's) durability”)


노보시비르스크

Novosibirsk (an oblast of Russia in Siberia)

Novosibirsk (a city, the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia)


예카테린부르크

Yekaterinburg (a city, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia)


走狗

hanja form of 주구 (“hunting dog, cat's paw”)


新羅

hanja form of 신라 (“Silla”) : 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)


책갈피

bookmark (a thin strip of paper or plastic placed between pages in a book to mark a place)


새해 복 많이 받으세요

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


所有者

hanja form of 소유자 (“owner; proprietor; possessor”)


지우다

to make someone carry, to load something up

to charge (a person with a duty), to put (the responsibility) on


自由自在

hanja form of 자유자재 (“free, unrestricted”)


我國

hanja form of 아국 (“(literary) our country”)


海月

hanja form of 해월 (“the moon shining above the sea, jellyfish”)


人性

hanja form of 인성 (“quality of one's character”)


代替

hanja form of 대체 (“substitute; replacement”)


登記

hanja form of 등기 (“registration; register”)


배우

actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or film)


大選

hanja form of 대선 (“presidential election”)


호박

pumpkin (both plant and fruit)
an ugly woman


호텔

hotel (establishment providing accommodation)


파자마

pajamas (clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in)


이도

Ido (artificial language reformed from Esperanto)


當選

hanja form of 당선 (“winning (in an election)”)


아제르바이잔

Azerbaijan (a country in Europe and Asia)


지불하다

to pay (to give money in exchange for goods or services)


판매하다

to sell (to agree to transfer goods or provide services)


샐러드

salad (a food made primarily of a mixture of raw ingredients, typically vegetables)


농장

farm (a place where agricultural activities take place)


대단하다

great, huge, immense, enormous, tremendous


크메르어

Khmer (the national language of Cambodia)


빵집

bakery (a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold)


독립

independence (state or quality of being independent)


教養

alternative form of 敎養 (“cultivation; education”)


勃起

hanja form of 발기 (“erection of the penis”)


광산

mine (place from which ore is extracted)


滿洲國

hanja form of 만주국 (“(historical) Manchukuo”)


滿洲

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


공포

fear, terror, dread, fright, horror, panic


自主

hanja form of 자주 (“independence; autonomy”)


콩고

Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)

Congo, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


멜버른

Melbourne (a city, the state capital of Victoria, Australia)


소리치다

to shout, to yell (to utter a sudden and loud outcry)


供物

hanja form of 공물 (“(Buddhism) an offering for a deity”)


差異

hanja form of 차이 (“distinction; difference”)


對話

hanja form of 대화 (“dialogue, conversation”)


BL

initialism of 보이즈 러브 (boijeu reobeu, “boys' love”)


日文

hanja form of 일문 (“Japanese script; Japanese writing; written Japanese”)


協助

hanja form of 협조 (“collaboration, cooperation”)


恩惠

hanja form of 은혜 (“grace; benefit; blessing”)


有限

hanja form of 유한 (“finity; limitedness”)


屍體

hanja form of 시체 (“cadaver, corpse, dead body”)


實行

hanja form of 실행 (“practice; implementation; fulfilment; carrying out”)


運動員

hanja form of 운동원 (“canvasser; campaigner”)


몬트리올

[~시(市)] Montreal (an island on which is situated the largest city in Quebec, Canada)


宣言

hanja form of 선언 (“declaration; proclamation”)


裸體

hanja form of 나체 (“naked body, nude body”)


裸體

hanja form of 라체 (“naked body, nude body”)


瞬間

hanja form of 순간 (“instant (period of time), the moment that something happens”)


侵害

hanja form of 침해 (“violation, infringement”)


意向

hanja form of 의향 (“intention, inclination”)


骨骼

hanja form of 골격 (“skeleton; frame; framework”)


溫度

hanja form of 온도 (“temperature (a measure of cold or hot)”)


쏘다

to shoot, to fire (a gun, cannon, arrow, etc.)

to treat, to pay (for someone's drink or meal)


國際語

hanja form of 국제어 (“international auxiliary language”)


此後

hanja form of 차후 (“in the future, at some future point”)


모리셔스

Mauritius (an island and country in East Africa in the Indian Ocean)


스코페

Skopje (the capital city of North Macedonia)


레닌그라드

Leningrad (a city in Leningrad Oblast, Russia); former name of Saint Petersburg, used from 1924 to 1991


운전사

driver (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus)


가재

crayfish (freshwater crustacean resembling lobster)


建議

hanja form of 건의 (“proposition, proposal”)


區域

hanja form of 구역 (“area; zone; precinct”)


官話

hanja form of 관화 (“Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))”)


萬國

hanja form of 만국 (“(rare) all countries; the whole world; universal; all nations”)


目錄

hanja form of 목록 (“list; catalogue; index; inventory”)


가라앉다

to cool off, to cool down, to settle down


大連

hanja form of 대련 (“Dalian (a major subprovincial city of Liaoning, in northeastern China)”)


보스니아 헤르체고비나

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


코트디부아르

Côte d'Ivoire (the official name of Ivory Coast (a country in Africa))


決心

hanja form of 결심 (“resolution; determination”)


워싱턴

[~주(州)] Washington, Washington State (a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States)

[~시(市)] Washington, Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)

a transliteration of the English surname Washington


진주

pearl (round shelly concretion from oysters)


스와질란드

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


요구르트

drinking yogurt (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process)


장르

genre (a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks)


K-pop

alternative form of 케이팝 (keipap, “K-pop”)


民俗

hanja form of 민속 (“folklore; folkway; folk custom”)


觀點

hanja form of 관점 (“standpoint; point of view”)


暫時

hanja form of 잠시 (“a moment, a short time”)


年代

hanja form of 년대 (“period of years such as a decade or century”)


금주

abstention from drinking
prohibition of alcohol


白飯

hanja form of 백반 (“meal with a bowl of rice, soup, and side dishes; plain, cooked rice”)


法輪功

hanja form of 파룬궁 (“Falun Gong”)
hanja form of 법륜공 (“Falun Gong”)


法輪大法

hanja form of 법륜대법 (“Falun Dafa, synonym of 法輪功”)


結構

hanja form of 결구 (“structure; construction”)


言論

hanja form of 언론 (“speech, public discourse”)


合同

hanja form of 합동 (“congruence, collaboration”)


엔

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.


아일랜드

Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)


비비다

to rub, to chafe
to mix
to squeeze in oneself


포트모르즈비

Port Moresby (the capital city of Papua New Guinea)


페샤와르

Peshawar (a city, the provincial capital of North West Frontier, Pakistan)


심페로폴

Simferopol (the capital city of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine and capital city of the Republic of Crimea, Russia)


스몰렌스크

Smolensk (a city, the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia)


措置

hanja form of 조치 (“measure; step; action”)


我田引水

hanja form of 아전인수 (“interpreting a situation solely to one's advantage”)


附錄

hanja form of 부록 (“supplement; appendix”)


캔버라

Canberra (the capital city of Australia; located in the Australian Capital Territory)


폭탄

bomb (device filled with explosives)
shocking thing, shock, disappointment


拉致

hanja form of 납치 (“abduction; kidnapping”)


貧弱

hanja form of 빈약 (“poorness; meagreness”)


면접

face-to-face meeting; meeting in person; personal interview


技術者

hanja form of 기술자 (“technician, engineer”)


旅客

hanja form of 여객 (“traveller, passenger”)


西部

hanja form of 서부 (“the western part, the west”)


기후

climate (long-term atmospheric conditions)


熱愛

hanja form of 열애 (“ardent love, passionate love”)


魔鬼

hanja form of 마귀 (“devil; demon ghost; evil spirit; satan”)


發表

hanja form of 발표 (“presentation; exhibition; announcement; release; roll out”)


멜번

alternative form of 멜버른 (Melbeoreun, “Melbourne (a city, the state capital of Victoria, Australia)”), used by the Korean community in Australia to reflect the local pronunciation of Melbourne


씨팔

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


키프로스

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


막내

the youngest son or daughter; the lastborn; the youngest of the family


行書

hanja form of 행서 (“semi-cursive script”)


악마

a demon; a devil; a fiend
The Devil (Tarot card)


浪費

hanja form of 낭비 (“waste; extravagance”)


주체

Juche (the core component of Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, the state ideology of North Korea)


유럽

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


南美

hanja form of 남미 : South America (the continent forming the southern part of the Americas)


階段

hanja form of 계단 (“stairs, staircase, stairway; ladder”)


學費

hanja form of 학비 (“tuition; school expenses”)


公平

hanja form of 공평 (“equity; fairness; impartiality; justice”)


淫蕩

hanja form of 음탕 (“debauchery, lewdness, dissipation”)


口蹄疫

hanja form of 구제역 (“foot-and-mouth disease”)


모르는 것이 약이다

"not knowing is the cure/medicine"; ignorance is bliss


외래어

loanword (word taken from another language)

loanword not from Sino-Korean; non-Chinese loanword


학사

college graduate; a person with a baccalaureate degree


석사

a person who has completed a master's degree

a man of the seonbi class without a title


로마자

Roman script; the Latin alphabet
romaja (Korean romanisation)


인삼

ginseng (any of several plants, of the genus Panax)


歐美

hanja form of 구미 (“Europe and America; the West, Occident”)


艱難

hanja form of 간난 (“hardships, privations, tribulations”)


계산기

calculator (electronic device that performs mathematical calculations)


창녀

prostitute, hooker (a person having sex for profit)


논다니

prostitute, courtesan (a person having sex for profit)


도넛

doughnut (deep-fried piece of dough or batter)


땔나무

firewood (wood intended to be burned, typically for heat)


다다미

tatami (straw matting in Japanese houses)


코스프레

cosplay (subculture centered on dressing as characters)


土曜

hanja form of 토요 (“(archaic) planet Saturn”)


日曜

hanja form of 일요 (“(archaic) the Sun”)
hanja form of 일요 (“Sunday”)


金曜

hanja form of 금요 (“(archaic) planet Venus”)


나홋카

Nakhodka (a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia)


火曜

hanja form of 화요 (“(archaic) planet Mars”)


水曜

hanja form of 수요 (“(archaic) planet Mercury”)


木曜

hanja form of 목요 (“(archaic) planet Jupiter”)


教員

alternative form of 敎員 (“teacher; educator; instructor”)


職業

hanja form of 직업 (“job, work, occupation, vocation, profession, trade”)


綠化

hanja form of 녹화 (“forestation; greening”)


學歷

hanja form of 학력 (“academic background”)


비잔티온

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


발명

invention
elucidation, explanation; excuse


바쿠

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect, and Hwanghae form of 바퀴 (bakwi, “wheel”)


바쿠

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Seoul, Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect, and Hwanghae form of 바퀴 (bakwi, “counter for turns, cycles, rotations”)


라트비아

Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)


이집트

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


네덜란드

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

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


크로아티아

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


리투아니아

Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)


차림표

menu (list of dishes offered in a restaurant)


公開

hanja form of 공개 (“Opening to the public.”)

hanja form of 공개 (“announcement; disclosure”)

hanja form of 공개 (“(patent law) laying open”)


몰

irrealis adnominal of 몰다 (molda, “to drive”)

irrealis adnominal of 모다 (moda, “to gather”)


몰

More information(eumhun reading: 빠질 몰 (ppajil mol))
(MC reading: 沒 (MC mwot))(eumhun reading: 죽을 몰 (jugeul mol))
(MC reading: 歿 (MC mwot))


절

alternative form of 저를 (jeo-reul, “me”, first-person singular polite pronoun used as a direct object)


절

More information(MC reading: 㐉)(eumhun reading: 새길 절 (saegil jeol))
(MC reading: 㑜 (MC yejH|trhjejH))(MC reading: 伽 (MC gja))(eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol))
(MC reading: 切 (MC tshejH|tshet))(eumhun reading: 병부 절 (byeongbu jeol))
(MC reading: 卩)(MC reading: 姪 (MC drit|det))(MC reading: 岊 (MC dzet))(MC reading: 帙 (MC drit))(eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol))
(MC reading: 截)(MC reading: 折 (MC dej|tsyet|dzyet))(MC reading: 晢 (MC tsyejH|tsyet))(MC reading: 浙 (MC tsyet))(eumhun reading: 준할 절 (junhal jeol))
(MC reading: 準 (MC tsywinX|tsywet))(MC reading: 癤 (MC tset))(MC reading: 窃)(MC reading: 窒 (MC trit|tet))(eumhun reading: 훔칠 절 (humchil jeol))
(MC reading: 竊 (MC tshet))(eumhun reading: 마디 절 (madi jeol))
(MC reading: 節 (MC tset))(eumhun reading: 끊을 절 (kkeuneul jeol))
(MC reading: 絶)(MC reading: 絕 (MC dzjwet))


작

勺: (units of measure) a unit of volume equivalent to about 18 ml or 1/1000 말 (mal)


작

㑅 仢 作 剒 嚼 妁 岝 怍 斫 斱 昨 杓 柞 汋 灼 炸 焯 爵 犳 碏 綽 芍 趵 酌 酢 醋 雀 鵲


遠東

hanja form of 원동 : (rare) Far East (a geographical region of Asia, consisting of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China, the Russian Far East, etc.) and Southeast Asia, taken as a whole)


女皇

hanja form of 녀황 (“(North Korea) empress, queen”)


베일

Prospective form of 베이다 (beida, “to be cut”)


일치하다

agree (to resemble, coincide, correspond)


명함

business card, visiting card, calling card


지퍼

zipper, zip fastener (a fastener used in clothing, bags)


大佐

hanja form of 대좌 (“senior colonel; senior captain”)


祝賀

hanja form of 축하 (“congratulations, celebration, felicitations, rejoicing, festivities ; (congratulatory) greetings”)


處女

hanja form of 처녀 (“unmarried woman, virgin woman”)


강화도

Ganghwa Island, at the mouth of the Han River near Seoul.


混亂

hanja form of 혼란 (“confusion; disorder; chaos”)


科目

hanja form of 과목 (“subject (at school); course”)


前線

hanja form of 전선 (“front line; weather front”)


露語

hanja form of 노어 (“Russian language; Russian”)


最小公分母

hanja form of 최소공분모 (“least common denominator; lowest common denominator”)


撤回

hanja form of 철회 (“withdrawal; revocation; retraction”)


催眠術

hanja form of 최면술 (“hypnotism; hypnosis”)


下半身

hanja form of 하반신 (“the lower half of the body”)


分離主義

hanja form of 분리주의 (“separatism; secessionism”)


咫尺

hanja form of 지척 (“very short distance”)


一周

hanja form of 일주 (“once around; a revolution; a lap; a turn; a round; one full year”)


同感

hanja form of 동감 (“agreement; same feeling”)


儒家

hanja form of 유가 (“Confucianist, Confucian; school of Confucianism”)


史籍

hanja form of 사적 (“history, historical text”)


斟酌

hanja form of 짐작 (“guess; assumption; conjecture”)


專門

hanja form of 전문 (“expertise; speciality; one's field of specialization”)


丁亥

hanja form of 정해 (“Fire Pig, the twenty-fourth in the sexagenary cycle”)


女色

hanja form of 여색 (“lust, carnal desire, coition; a woman's charms, a beautiful woman”)


守護

hanja form of 수호 (“protection, protect, guard, defend”)


苗圃

hanja form of 묘포 (“seedbed; plant nursery”)


逸事

hanja form of 일사 (“anecdote; unknown fact”)


野人

hanja form of 야인 (“savage; barbarian; common person/people”)


防護

hanja form of 방호 (“protection, defence”)


校長

hanja form of 교장 (“principal or headteacher of a school”)


反感

hanja form of 반감 (“hostility; antagonism; animosity; antipathy”)


世尊

hanja form of 세존 (“(Buddhism) the World-Honored One, an honorific name for the Gautama Buddha; an indigenous agricultural deity often associated with the Buddha”)


七曜

hanja form of 칠요 (“the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)”)

hanja form of 칠요 (“the seven days of the week”)


中庸

hanja form of 중용 (“(philosophy) golden mean”)


中庸

hanja form of 중용 (“the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books (사서 (saseo)) of Confucianism)”)


四書

hanja form of 사서 (“The Four Books (Confucian texts)”)


丁酉

hanja form of 정유 (“Fire Rooster, the thirty-fourth in the sexagenary cycle”)


事態

hanja form of 사태 (“situation (especially negative); state of affairs; circumstances”)


聖神

hanja form of 성신 (“Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost”)


聖靈

hanja form of 성령 (“Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost”)


目標

hanja form of 목표 (“goal, objective, target”)


아랍에미리트

United Arab Emirates (a country in Asia)


쿠웨이트

Kuwait (a country in Asia in the Middle East)


니카라과

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


슬로베니아

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


트리니다드 토바고

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands and several smaller islands in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela)


타이완

Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands)

Taiwan (an island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea in East Asia)


지뢰

Certain works, characters, organizations, and parties that a particular individual (mainly a speaker) dislikes or hates; DNI


대학교

university (institution of higher education)


채식주의자

vegetarian (person who does not eat any animal flesh)


영혼

soul (the spirit or essence of a person)


아웃

out (removal from play in baseball, other games)


아메리카

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

America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)


스키

ski, skis (a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow)


오데사

Odessa (a city, the administrative center of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine)


침술

acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)


서명하다

to sign (to write one's signature on a document)


협박

blackmail (payment of money exacted by means of intimidation)


악수

handshake (grasping of hands by two people)


미신

superstition (a set of beliefs that future events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way)


홀아비

widower (a man whose wife has died and who has not re-married)


하루살이

living day-to-day, without future plans or money; someone who lives in such a way


블라디미르

a transliteration of the Russian male given name Влади́мир (Vladímir), Vladimir

Vladimir (a city in Vladimir Oblast, Russia)


교복

school uniform (the uniform items to be worn by students in a school)


노다지

a rich vein, lode
nuggets of gold
a bonanza


대마

hemp (Cannabis sativa)
marijuana, cannabis


可能性

hanja form of 가능성 (“possibility; probability; likelihood”)


好不好

hanja form of 호불호 (“disagreement on whether something is really good or really bad”)


음악가

musician (person who performs or writes music)


유고슬라비아

Yugoslavia (a former country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, now split into 6 countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia)


몰타

Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


프랑스령 기아나

French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


시킴 주

Sikkim (a former country in South Asia that existed from the 17th century until its annexation by India in 1975)


미국인

American (person born in or citizen of the USA)


세인트루시아

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean)


하드웨어

hardware (the part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification)


메아리

echo (a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer)


여가

leisure, free time (time that can be spent on one's own activities rather than work)


짱

contraction of 짜증 (jjajeung, “vexation, being annoyed”)


중화민국

Republic of China (official name of Taiwan: a partly-recognized country in East Asia; the rump state left over from the Republic of China on the mainland after 1949)


새다

to leak, to escape
to leak out, to slip out
to digress


새다

to dawn, to break
to pass, to go by
to stay up


大字報

hanja form of 대자보 (“(historical) dazibao; hand-written poster; big-character poster”)


아레스

Ares (the god of war, son of Zeus and Hera)


세르비아

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


조선민주주의인민공화국

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (official name of North Korea: a country in East Asia)


連續劇

hanja form of 연속극 (“TV series, soap opera”)


로그

logarithm (for a number x, the power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain x)


캐비어

caviar (roe of the sturgeon or other large fish)


체코슬로바키아

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


사해

Dead Sea (a highly saline lake in Israel, Palestine and Jordan)


마닐라

Manila (the capital city of the Philippines)


십자가

cross (the cross on which Christ was crucified)


상트페테르부르크

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)


시카고

Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)


비슈케크

Bishkek (the capital city of Kyrgyzstan)


암스테르담

Amsterdam (the capital city of the Netherlands)


마스카라

mascara (eyelash cosmetic)
Mascara (city and province in Algeria)


산살바도르

San Salvador (the capital city of El Salvador)


산토도밍고

Santo Domingo (the capital city of the Dominican Republic)


양반

civil nobility and military nobility
yangban class in Korea
appellation to address a man
husband


목수

carpenter (person who practises carpentry)


제안하다

to propose, to suggest, to offer (to suggest a plan or course of action)


크림

cream (oily part of milk)
cream (product to apply to the skin)


크림

Crimea (a geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine :)


다롄

Dalian (a subprovincial city of Liaoning, China)


리히텐슈타인

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


유르트

yurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof)


가뭄

drought (a period of below average rain fall)


모국어

mother tongue (first language)
language of one's homeland


구글

Google (a particular Internet company; a search engine)


오룔

Oryol (a city, the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia)


甘肅

hanja form of 감숙 : Gansu (a province in northwestern China)


廣西

hanja form of 광서 : Guangxi (a Zhuang autonomous region of China)


貴州

hanja form of 귀주 : Guizhou (a province in southwestern China)


浙江

hanja form of 절강 : Zhejiang (a province in eastern China)


옴스크

Omsk (a city, the administrative center of Omsk Oblast, Russia)


홍콩

Hong Kong (a city, island and special administrative region in southeastern China)


응당

ought to, should, must (treat as an adverb)


눈뜨다

to open one's eyes
to wake up
to be awakened to, become aware


산마리노

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


바누아투

Vanuatu (an archipelago and country in Melanesia)


함부르크

Hamburg (a city, the state capital of Hamburg, Germany)


지리학

geography (study of physical structure and inhabitants of the Earth)


베른

Bern (a canton of Switzerland)
Bern (a capital city in Switzerland)


어미

A casual way used by a father to address his wife in front of elders.

mother of one's grandchild (or child in further generations)

Term of address for one's daughter or daughter-in-law (who has children).


어미

ending (attached to stems of verbs and adjectives)


어미

V-shaped decoration that appears in the middle of a traditional East Asian-style book leaf


아비장

Abidjan (the largest city and de facto capital of Ivory Coast)


月經

hanja form of 월경 (“menstruation; menses”)


月臺

hanja form of 월대 (“raised stone platform in front of important palace structures”)


素質

hanja form of 소질 (“aptitude, knack, natural talent; innate quality, intrinsic quality”)


判斷

hanja form of 판단 (“judgement, determination”)


언어학

linguistics (scientific study of language)


住宅

hanja form of 주택 (“a residential building”)


負擔

hanja form of 부담 (“burden, responsibility”)


모태

The womb
matrix
since birth (used only in compounds)


半透明

hanja form of 반투명 (“translucent, semitransparent”)


송이

a bunch of flowers, grapes, mushrooms; a flake of snow


K-

Used to refer South Korean things or culture that have become popular abroad, especially by government and media for promotional purposes. Usually attached to English loans.

Used ironically to refer to something undesirable about South Korea.


本文

hanja form of 본문 (“text, the body of a book”)


문명

the practice of asking the name and horoscope of a prospective bride


信用

hanja form of 신용 (“credit, credibility, confidence, trust”)


맞서다

to stand face to face with, to face each other


웬

A determiner which is used to express doubt or wonder: why~ what~


죄송

Root of 죄송하다 (joesonghada). Rarely used alone.


公物

hanja form of 공물 (“public property; a corporeal object provided for public use by the state or governing body”)


로씨야

Russia (a country in Eastern Europe and Asia)


派遣

hanja form of 파견 (“deployment; dispatch”)


決議

hanja form of 결의 (“resolution, decision”)


構成

hanja form of 구성 (“composition; constitution; organization; formation”)


迂回

alternative form of 迂廻 (“roundabout; detour; circumlocution”)


年末

hanja form of 연말 (“the end of the year; the year's end”)


人件費

hanja form of 인건비 (“labour cost, personnel expenditure”)


解散

hanja form of 해산 (“dispersion; breaking up”)


고추장

gochujang: a savory and pungent fermented Korean condiment made from red chili powder, glutinous rice powder mixed with powdered fermented soybeans, and salt.


乖離

hanja form of 괴리 (“estrangement, disjunction”)


成形

hanja form of 성형 (“formation, cast, mold”)


詩集

hanja form of 시집 (“collection of poems, poetry anthology”)


集結

hanja form of 집결 (“gathering; assembly”)


補修

hanja form of 보수 (“restoration, maintenance, repair”)


修訂

hanja form of 수정 (“correction; rectification”)


作成

hanja form of 작성 (“production, creation”)


照明

hanja form of 조명 (“lighting, illumination”)


法案

hanja form of 법안 (“bill, a draft of a law”)


書式

hanja form of 서식 (“format (of a document)”)


賞金

hanja form of 상금 (“prize money; cash prize”)


得意揚揚

hanja form of 득의양양 (“being smug, being puffed up”)


加工

hanja form of 가공 (“processing; treatment; improvement”)


加勢

hanja form of 가세 (“siding with; supporting”)


饑饉

hanja form of 기근 (“famine, failure of crops”)


示唆

hanja form of 시사 (“suggestion; implication”)


公理

hanja form of 공리 (“axiom, common sense”)


教理

alternative form of 敎理 (“doctrine; dogma”)


正規

hanja form of 정규 (“regularity; formality”)


淡白

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


立場

hanja form of 입장 (“standpoint, perspective”)


志士

hanja form of 지사 (“person of principles”)


約定

hanja form of 약정 (“agreement; contract”)


月末

hanja form of 월말 (“the end of the month”)


所有物

hanja form of 소유물 (“possession, property”)


無料

hanja form of 무료 (“without pay ; free of charge”)


有料

hanja form of 유료 (“paid, not free of charge”)


虎口

hanja form of 호구 (“jaws of death; Go position; pushover, sucker, doormat”)


活力

hanja form of 활력 (“vigour, energy, vitality”)


描寫

hanja form of 묘사 (“description; depiction; portrayal”)


活潑

hanja form of 활발 (“liveliness; briskness; sprightliness”)


今番

hanja form of 금번 (“this time; this occasion”)


史記

hanja form of 사기 (“Records of the Grand Historian”)


中歐

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


北歐

hanja form of 북구 : Northern Europe (a sociopolitical region of Europe including such countries as Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania)


保全

hanja form of 보전 (“maintenance, conservation”)


便所

hanja form of 변소 (“bathroom, restroom, lavatory, toilet”)


命運

hanja form of 명운 (“fate, destiny, doom”)


접촉

contact, touch
connection, association
interaction


軍民

hanja form of 군민 (“military and civilian”)


詐欺罪

hanja form of 사기죄 (“the crime of fraud”)


時機

hanja form of 시기 (“time, opportunity, chance”)


欠缺

hanja form of 흠결 (“shortage; deficiency; deficit”)


赤地

hanja form of 적지 (“land made barren by severe drought or pests”)


犯罪者

hanja form of 범죄자 (“criminal, offender, convict”)


天道

hanja form of 천도 (“laws of nature; laws of heaven”)


博物

hanja form of 박물 (“natural history; wide knowledge”)


否認

hanja form of 부인 (“denial; disaffirmation”)


婚約

hanja form of 혼약 (“engagement; betrothal”)


妥當

hanja form of 타당 (“Root of 타당하다 (tadanghada). Rarely used alone.”)


惡人

hanja form of 악인 (“bad person; villain; evildoer”)


貨物

hanja form of 화물 (“freight, cargo, goods”)


全國

hanja form of 전국 (“the whole land making up a country”)


兩國

hanja form of 양국 (“two countries, both countries”)


本草綱目

hanja form of 본초강목 (“Compendium of Materia Medica”)


命名

hanja form of 명명 (“naming, christening”)


梗塞

hanja form of 경색 (“blockage, infarction”)


心筋梗塞

hanja form of 심근경색 (“(medicine) heart attack, myocardial infarction”)


排列

hanja form of 배열 (“arrangement, sequence”)


凡例

hanja form of 범례 (“introductory remarks, explanatory notes; legend (on a map or a chart)”)


反撥

hanja form of 반발 (“repulsion; rebounding”)


懲役

hanja form of 징역 (“imprisonment; prison sentence”)


幹線

hanja form of 간선 (“main line, trunk line”)


完璧

hanja form of 완벽 (“perfection, flawlessness”)


殺人者

hanja form of 살인자 (“murderer; murderess”)


聯盟

hanja form of 연맹 (“federation; union; alliance; association”)


海水浴場

hanja form of 해수욕장 (“swimming beach; bathing resort; seaside resort”)


感嘆

alternative form of 感歎 (“admiration; wonderment”)


戀愛

hanja form of 련애 (“(North Korea) dating, romantic relationship”)


戀愛

hanja form of 연애 (“dating, romantic relationship”)


民衆

hanja form of 민중 (“minjung; the people”)


列島

hanja form of 열도 (“(South Korea) archipelago, chain of islands”)

hanja form of 렬도 (“(North Korea) archipelago, chain of islands”)


各各

hanja form of 각각 (“each, every, respective”)


虐殺

hanja form of 학살 (“massacre; slaughter”)


停電

hanja form of 정전 (“blackout (a large-scale power failure)”)


馬車

hanja form of 마차 (“horse-drawn carriage, horse-drawn wagon, horse-drawn cart”)


取材

hanja form of 취재 (“gathering news materials; coverage”)


充電器

hanja form of 충전기 (“electrical charger”)


春秋

hanja form of 춘추 (“Spring and Autumn Annals”)


中學生

hanja form of 중학생 (“middle school/secondary school student”)


支柱

hanja form of 지주 (“pillar, supporting pillar; anchor, support, mainstay”)


要請

hanja form of 요청 (“request, claim, appeal”)


記錄

hanja form of 기록 (“a record (of something)”)


個月

hanja form of 개월 (“(number of) months; used as a count word for months”)


更地

hanja form of 갱지 (“type of vacant land where one can freely build something and there are no private law restrictions on construction”)


不和

hanja form of 불화 (“discord; disharmony”)


期限

hanja form of 기한 (“time limit, deadline”)


區別

hanja form of 구별 (“difference; distinction; differentiation”)


鮮卑

hanja form of 선비 (“Xianbei (group of northern nomadic peoples)”)


鮮血

hanja form of 선혈 (“recently spilled blood”)


同期

hanja form of 동기 (“same period, same time”)


展示

hanja form of 전시 (“exhibit, display, exhibition, show”)


許婚

hanja form of 허혼 (“consent to marriage”)


字源

hanja form of 자원 (“etymology of a Han character”)


義人

hanja form of 의인 (“righteous person; upright person”)


參考

hanja form of 참고 (“reference; consultation”)


自治州

hanja form of 자치주 (“autonomous prefecture, autonomous oblast”)


克己

hanja form of 극기 (“self-control, self-restraint”)


內閣

hanja form of 내각 (“cabinet (of a government)”)


協定

hanja form of 협정 (“an agreement, an accord, a convention”)


ㅠㅅㅠ

alternative form of ㅠㅠ (emoticon representing a crying face)


限定

hanja form of 한정 (“limitation; restriction”)


갈고

galgo, an ancient double-headed hourglass-shaped drum played with two sticks, used in Korean traditional music


운라

a set of ten small tuned gongs in a wooden frame, used in Korean classical music


公言

hanja form of 공언 (“public oath/declaration”)


公務

hanja form of 공무 (“official business; public duty”)


公務員

hanja form of 공무원 (“public official; public servant; civil servant”)


源泉

hanja form of 원천 (“source, fountainhead”)


根源

hanja form of 근원 (“root, cause, source, origin”)


稼動

hanja form of 가동 (“operation (of a machine)”)


깨어나다

to awaken, to wake up
to come to, to regain consciousness


불꽃

a flame, flare
a spark
fireworks; a firecracker


천수국

A marigold of the genus Tagetes, especially the Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta).


大田

hanja form of 대전 (“Daejeon Metropolitan City”)


誇示

hanja form of 과시 (“ostentation, display, showing off”)


月曜

hanja form of 월요 (“(archaic) the Moon”)
hanja form of 월요 (“Monday”)


善男

hanja form of 선남 (“(Buddhism) a pious man”)


疾走

hanja form of 질주 (“dash; sprint; running at full speed”)


哀叫

hanja form of 애규 (“crying out sorrowfully”)


松島

hanja form of 송도 (“Songdo Point, a cape (갑) east of Sinpo in South Hamgyong, North Korea”)


無明

hanja form of 무명 (“avidyā: unenlightenment, ignorance of nirvana and of the fundamental state of existence”)


不飽和

hanja form of 불포화 (“(chemistry) unsaturated”)


變態

hanja form of 변태 (“metamorphosis; sexual perversion”)


豪雨

hanja form of 호우 (“downpour; heavy rain”)


發覺

hanja form of 발각 (“detection; exposure”)


광주

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


광주

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

Gwangju (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


성남

Seongnam (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


早漏

hanja form of 조루 (“premature ejaculation”)


떠세

acting tyrannically, assuming with an air


魔法師

hanja form of 마법사 (“wizard, magician, sorcerer”)


優等

hanja form of 우등 (“excellent; superior”)


法師

hanja form of 법사 (“Buddhist monk; Korean priest”)


難易度

hanja form of 난이도 (“degree of difficulty”)


難易

hanja form of 난이 (“relative difficulty”)


施行

hanja form of 시행 (“execution, carrying out”)


對抗

hanja form of 대항 (“opposition; resistance”)


同社

hanja form of 동사 (“the same company or firm”)


海女

hanja form of 해녀 (“a female diver; Haenyeo”)


校歌

hanja form of 교가 (“school song, school anthem”)


鬱憤

hanja form of 울분 (“frustration; resentment; anger”)


憂鬱症

hanja form of 우울증 (“(medicine) depression”)


漁師

hanja form of 어사 (“(uncommon, honorific) fisherman”)


超越

hanja form of 초월 (“transcendency, transcendence”)


上級

hanja form of 상급 (“higher class; advanced level”)


等級

hanja form of 등급 (“class; grade; rating”)


출신성분

songbun (family political background in North Korea)


調製

hanja form of 조제 (“custom manufacturing”)


世事

hanja form of 세사 (“worldly matters, human affairs, ways of the world”)


注記

alternative spelling of 註記 (“annotation”)


保有

hanja form of 보유 (“possession; retention”)


講堂

hanja form of 강당 (“auditorium; lecture hall”)


坑道

hanja form of 갱도 (“gallery; tunnel; mine”)


孝道

hanja form of 효도 (“filial piety, filial duty”)


斬新

hanja form of 참신 (“being novel; being original”)


盤古

hanja form of 반고 (“(Chinese mythology) Pangu”)


阿賴耶識

hanja form of 아뢰야식 (“storehouse consciousness”)


축하하다

to congratulate, to celebrate, to felicitate


二重

hanja form of 이중 (“being duplicate; being double; there being two (of something)”)


政治犯

hanja form of 정치범 (“political prisoner”)


미주알고주알

inquisitively, to the last details, thoroughly


器具

hanja form of 기구 (“device; tool; mechanism”)


撤去

hanja form of 철거 (“tearing down; demolition (of buildings)”)


上天

hanja form of 상천 (“going up to the sky”)


果糖

hanja form of 과당 (“fructose; fruit sugar”)


感性

hanja form of 감성 (“sensitivity, sensibility”)


實驗

hanja form of 실험 (“experiment; implementation”)


洋琴

hanja form of 양금 (“a hammered dulcimer used in the classical music of Korea”)


거스름돈

change (small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination)


悲哀

hanja form of 비애 (“grief; sorrow; sadness”)


涅槃

hanja form of 열반 (“(Buddhism) nirvana (a state of perfect happiness, harmony and freedom; enlightenment).”)


狹義

hanja form of 협의 (“narrow definition; narrow sense”)


魔術師

hanja form of 마술사 (“magician, conjurer”)


구석

corner
a remote place
aspect, side, way, manner


굽이

a turn, bend (of a river, road, etc.), curve (of a street, etc.)


굽이굽이

meanderingly, in zigzag (with relatively large movements)


흘러내리다

to run down, to roll down
to slide down, to slip down


-던

The imperfective adnominal marker, used to make verbs and adjectives attribute nouns:


남아메리카

South America (the continent forming the southern part of the Americas)


북아메리카

North America (the continent forming the northern part of the Americas)


뛰어들다

to rush into (business), to make a debut


판

board, plank
board, game board
disk, album


판

a place for events; the scene thereof
situation, state
game, round, match


판

edition, printing
block, plate, cast
book size, format


판

valve (device that controls flow of gas or fluid)


판

More information(eumhun reading: 판단할 판 (pandanhal pan))
(MC reading: 判 (MC phanH))(eumhun reading: 팔 판 (pal pan))
(MC reading: 販 (MC pjonH))(eumhun reading: 팔 판 (pal pan))
(MC reading: 贩)(eumhun reading: 힘들일 판 (himdeuril pan))
(MC reading: 辦 (MC beanH))(eumhun reading: 힘들일 판 (himdeuril pan))
(MC reading: 办)(eumhun reading: 갖출 판 (gatchul pan))
(MC reading: 辧)(eumhun reading: 패할 판 (paehal pan))
(MC reading: 瓪 (MC panX|paenX))(eumhun reading: 뉘우칠 판 (nwiuchil pan))
(MC reading: 㤆 (MC phjonH))(eumhun reading: 널빤지 판 (neolppanji pan))
(MC reading: 板 (MC paenX))(eumhun reading: 판목 판 (panmok pan))
(MC reading: 版 (MC paenX))(eumhun reading: 언덕 판 (eondeok pan))
(MC reading: 阪 (MC pjonX|baenX))(eumhun reading: 언덕 판 (eondeok pan))
(MC reading: 坂 (MC pjonX))(eumhun reading: 언덕 판 (eondeok pan))
(MC reading: 岅)(eumhun reading: 외씨 판 (oessi pan))
(MC reading: 瓣 (MC beanH))(eumhun reading: 금박 판 (geumbak pan))
(MC reading: 鈑 (MC paenX))(eumhun reading: 금박 판 (geumbak pan))
(MC reading: 钣)(eumhun reading: 물 이름 판 (mul ireum pan))
(MC reading: 汴 (MC bjenH))(eumhun reading: 배 판 (bae pan))
(MC reading: 舨)(eumhun reading: 벌레 이름 판 (beolle ireum pan))
(MC reading: 蝂 (MC paenX))(eumhun reading: 밭 판 (bat pan))
(MC reading: 畈 (MC pjonH))(eumhun reading: 눈 흰자위 많을 판 (nun huinjawi maneul pan))
(MC reading: 眅 (MC phaen|phaenX))(eumhun reading: 독수리 판 (doksuri pan))
(MC reading: 鵥)(MC reading: 粄 (MC panX))(eumhun reading: 클 판 (keul pan))
(MC reading: 昄 (MC panX|paenX|baenX))


萬里長城

hanja form of 만리장성 (“the Great Wall of China”)


毒舌

hanja form of 독설 (“invective, vituperation”)


對聯

hanja form of 대련 (“antithetical couplet”)


희롱하다

to taunt, to ridicule, to jest
to harass (sexually)


놀아나다

to fool around, to play around, to act imprudently

to dance to someone else's tune, to be manipulated


餘地

hanja form of 여지 (“room; margin; scope; leeway”)


由來

hanja form of 유래 (“origin; origination”)


小曲

hanja form of 소곡 (“short piece of music”)


덧붙다

to attach to, to stick to (a thing in addition)


덧붙이다

to attach (something to ...), to affix, to stick

to append, to add (one thing to another), to put in extra


덧-

in addition, repeated, double, re-, overlapping


부풀다

to be buoyed up, to be full of (hope, anticipation)


뒷모습

appearance from behind, figure from behind


언뜻

emerging suddenly, emerging spontaneously


얼버무리다

to speak ambiguously, to equivocate, to prevaricate

to swallow without chewing well, to swallow in lumps


個性

hanja form of 개성 (“individuality; distinction”)


規律

hanja form of 규율 (“regulation or rules that enable discipline or order”)


前方

hanja form of 전방 (“front side; (military) frontline”)


後方

hanja form of 후방 (“rear; back; behind the frontline”)


정자

hanja character written using correct orthography


構築

hanja form of 구축 (“building; construction”)


樂譜

hanja form of 악보 (“music score; sheet music”)


手法

hanja form of 수법 (“way, method, means, modus operandi”)


聖地

hanja form of 성지 (“hallowed ground; holy land”)


權威

hanja form of 권위 (“power and prestige; authority”)


막걸리

makgeolli (makkoli), a traditional alcoholic beverage in Korea, made of rice.


파전

pajeon, a Korean pancake made with green onions.


野犬

hanja form of 야견 (“wild dog; stray dog”)


肝臟

hanja form of 간장 (“liver and intestines”)


被告

hanja form of 피고 (“defendant, the accused”)


倭寇

hanja form of 왜구 (“wokou (pirates from a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries)”)


職位

hanja form of 직위 (“position; post; office”)


急所

hanja form of 급소 (“vital point, tender spot, keypoint, sore point”)


骨子

hanja form of 골자 (“outline, essentials, gist, framework”)


住民

hanja form of 주민 (“resident; inhabitant”)


課題

hanja form of 과제 (“task, assignment, project, homework, problem”)


朱雀

hanja form of 주작 (“Vermilion Bird, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations”)


白虎

hanja form of 백호 (“White Tiger, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations”)


時差

hanja form of 시차 (“time difference”)
hanja form of 시차 (“jet lag”)


玄武

hanja form of 현무 (“Black Tortoise, literally "Black Warrior", one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations”)


節制

hanja form of 절제 (“moderation; temperance; self-control”)


性慾

hanja form of 성욕 (“sexual desire; etc.”)


資質

hanja form of 자질 (“innate ability, talent; credentials”)


外食

hanja form of 외식 (“eating out (dining at a restaurant)”)


戀人

hanja form of 연인 (“one's love; one's lover”)


孤獨

hanja form of 고독 (“A childless old person.”)


排除

hanja form of 배제 (“exclusion; elimination”)


諮問

hanja form of 자문 (“consultation; inquiry”)


忍耐

hanja form of 인내 (“patience, perseverance”)


一見

hanja form of 일견 (“a look, a sight ; a glance, a glimpse”)


強風

hanja form of 강풍 (“gale (very strong wind)”)


동경

Donggyeong (an old name of Gyeongju, Republic of Korea)

Donggyeong (an old name of Hunchun, People Republic of China)


情勢

hanja form of 정세 (“situation; circumstances”)


不適切

hanja form of 부적절 (“to be inappropriate, to be unsuitable”)


鼓舞

hanja form of 고무 (“inspiration; encouragement; cheering; uplifting of the spirit”)


優越

hanja form of 우월 (“superiority; supremacy”)


店主

hanja form of 점주 (“shopkeeper, storekeeper, shopowner”)


踏襲

hanja form of 답습 (“following; imitating”)


送付

hanja form of 송부 (“sending, remittance”)


迷彩

hanja form of 미채 (“camouflage; dazzle camouflage”)


中間層

hanja form of 중간층 (“mid-floor; middle class”)


率直

hanja form of 솔직 (“directness, frankness”)


想定

hanja form of 상정 (“assumption, supposition, postulation”)


勞力

hanja form of 노력 (“striving, making an effort to accomplish something”)


衰弱

hanja form of 쇠약 (“weakness; infirmity”)


贈呈

hanja form of 증정 (“presentation, such as of a gift”)


配給

hanja form of 배급 (“rationing; distribution”)


高血壓

hanja form of 고혈압 (“high blood pressure; hypertension”)


恢復

hanja form of 회복 (“recovery; recuperation”)


會場

hanja form of 회장 (“hall; venue; conference center”)


受話器

hanja form of 수화기 (“telephone receiver”)


民事

hanja form of 민사 (“civil affairs or affair”)


家長

hanja form of 가장 (“the head of a family”)


夢幻

hanja form of 몽환 (“dream; illusion; fantasy”)


分布

hanja form of 분포 (“distribution, dispersion”)


代代

hanja form of 대대 (“generation after generation”)


代代

hanja form of 대대 (“from generation to generation; down through the generations”)


交付

hanja form of 교부 (“delivery, payment, issuance”)


잡채

japchae, a Korean dish made of sweet potato noodles, vegetables and other ingredients


國會

hanja form of 국회 (“Parliament, Congress, National Assembly”)


쑥갓

crown daisy, garland chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria)


향유

perfumed hair-oil
sesame oil
Vietnamese balm


屋外

hanja form of 옥외 (“outside of a building, outside of a house”)


연합

federation; coalition; alliance; union; commonwealth


韓國語

hanja form of 한국어 (“(South Korea) the Korean language”)


점령

occupation (control of a country or region by an external army)


搭載

hanja form of 탑재 (“loading with, being equipped with”)


廊下

hanja form of 낭하 (“corridor; passageway”)


廊下

hanja form of 랑하 (“corridor; passageway”)


잣

short for 잣나무 (jannamu, “Korean pine tree”)


잣

euphemistic form of 좆 (jot, “cock, dick”)


不吉

hanja form of 불길 (“bad luck, inauspiciousness”)


量産

hanja form of 양산 (“creation en masse; mass production”)


驚嘆

alternative form of 驚歎 (“admiration, amazement”)


유산

property left (by a deceased person); an inheritance


유산

synonym of 황산(黃酸) (hwangsan, “sulfuric acid”)


유산

synonym of 올레산(酸) (olle-san, “oleic acid”)


유산

an outing / excursion (to the mountains)


유산

synonym of 오산(誤算) (osan, “miscalculation”)


注射

hanja form of 주사 (“(medicine) injection; shot”)


團體

hanja form of 단체 (“group; organization”)


참전

entry into a war; intervention; participation in a war


飮食

hanja form of 음식 (“food, including drink”)


寫眞

hanja form of 사진 (“photograph, picture”)


證券

hanja form of 증권 (“security (financial instrument)”)


過怠料

hanja form of 과태료 (“administrative fine”)


벌금

fine for committing a crime or violating a contract


黑字

hanja form of 흑자 (“surplus, in the black”)


수지

maintaining and observing Buddhist teachings


수지

Transcription of any of the various diminutives of the name Susan, such as Susie, Susy, Suzie, or Suzy


전세

jeonse (a form of lease in the South Korean real estate market in which the lessee does not pay rent, but instead provides the landlord with a large lump sum deposit which is returned in full once the lease has determined, with the landlord profiting through investment of the deposit)


刑務所

hanja form of 형무소 (“prison, jail, penitentiary”)


월세

wolse (lease in which rent is paid monthly)


月貰

hanja form of 월세 (“wolse; lease in which rent is paid monthly”)


有價證券

hanja form of 유가증권 (“marketable security, negotiable security”)


유가증권

marketable security (investment instrument which can be readily sold for cash, for example on a stock exchange)


談話

hanja form of 담화 (“conference, talks, discourse”)


遠隔

hanja form of 원격 (“distant, remote (access or control)”)


平衡

hanja form of 평형 (“balance, equilibrium”)


自覺

hanja form of 자각 (“self-consciousness; self-awareness”)


朗誦

hanja form of 낭송 (“recitation (of a poem or passage)”)


薄弱

hanja form of 박약 (“feebleness, deficiency, low intelligence, thinness, weakness”)


忠誠

hanja form of 충성 (“loyalty; allegiance; fidelity; devotion”)


姿態

hanja form of 자태 (“form; figure; style”)


營業

hanja form of 영업 (“business; trade; sales”)


優勢

hanja form of 우세 (“predominance; superiority”)


客車

hanja form of 객차 (“railway carriage, railway car (for passengers)”)


現場

hanja form of 현장 (“the location of a thing or event”)


記憶力

hanja form of 기억력 (“power of recall; memory (as opposed to what is remembered)”)


展覽會

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


有毒

hanja form of 유독 (“poisonous, toxic, venomous”)


嚴肅

hanja form of 엄숙 (“solemnity; graveness; seriousness”)


구역

area, zone, precinct
a ward; area; district
parish


대응

action or maneuver
correspondence with something.


스물

twenty (independently, without a classifier)


더불다

to be accompanied by, to bring a person
do together, join in


중소기업

smaller businesses, small and medium-sized businesses


먹이다

to raise, to take care of, to feed (livestock)


援助

hanja form of 원조 (“aid; assistance; support”)


人影

hanja form of 인영 (“shadow of a person; figure of a person; trace of a person”)


提議

hanja form of 제의 (“proposal; suggestion”)


한류

Hallyu, the Korean Wave (the spread of South Korean popular culture and entertainment in other parts of the world)


화이팅

nonstandard form of 파이팅 (paiting, “go for it; good luck”)


沒收

hanja form of 몰수 (“confiscation, seizure, forfeiture”)


排斥

hanja form of 배척 (“exclusion; ostracization; rejection”)


轉化

hanja form of 전화 (“transformation, conversion, change”)


政權

hanja form of 정권 (“political power; regime”)


障碍

alternative form of 障礙 (“hanja form of 장애 (“obstacle, disability”)”)


局長

hanja form of 국장 (“bureau chief, director, head”)


覺悟

hanja form of 각오 (“determination, resolution”)


挫折

hanja form of 좌절 (“frustration; setback”)


孕婦

hanja form of 잉부 (“pregnant woman; expecting mother”)


닉

匿: to hide
(eumhun reading: 숨길 닉 (sumgil nik))
(MC reading: 匿 (MC nrik))

溺: to drown
(eumhun reading: 빠질 닉 (ppajil nik))
(MC reading: 溺 (MC nyak|nek))


十字架

hanja form of 십자가 (“the cross on which Jesus was crucified”)


天壇

hanja form of 천단 (“the Temple of Heaven”)


A generic mark for footnotes and references. See ※.


殲滅

hanja form of 섬멸 (“annihilation, eradication, extermination”)


括弧

hanja form of 괄호 (“parenthesis; (round) bracket”)


尖端

hanja form of 첨단 (“cutting-edge; state of the art”)


동공

pupil (a black hole located in the center of the iris)


殘酷

hanja form of 잔혹 (“cruelty; brutality; atrocity; heartlessness; ruthlessness”)


속셈

internal thoughts, secret motivations
mental arithmetic


叮嚀

hanja form of 정녕 (“certainly, definitively, really”)


酒店

hanja form of 주점 (“bar, pub, liquor store”)


衣食住

hanja form of 의식주 (“clothing, food, and shelter”)


適當

hanja form of 적당 (“suitability, appropriateness”)


누난

a transliteration of the English surname Noonan


漁業

hanja form of 어업 (“fishing industry, fishery”)


빈 수레가 요란하다

empty vessels make the most sound, that is, "noisy, opinionated people are often stupid."


광음사전

time flies like an arrow (literally, time and tide are like an arrow)


女裝

hanja form of 여장 (“male-to-female cross-dressing”)


백문이 불여일견

alternative form of 백문불여일견(百聞不如一見) (baengmunburyeoilgyeon)


입향순속

a traveler ought to follow local traditions; (the fact that one must,) when in Rome, do as the Romans do


불입호혈 부득호자

nothing ventured, nothing gained; (the notion of) no pain, no gain


竣工

hanja form of 준공 (“completion (of construction)”)


역지사지

thinking from the other person's perspective


만화가

comics artist; cartoonist; comic book creator


維新

hanja form of 유신 (“reformation; rejuvenation; restoration”)


開拓

hanja form of 개척 (“cultivation; development”)


流域

hanja form of 유역 (“watershed; drainage basin; catchment”)


左岸

hanja form of 좌안 (“left bank of a river”)


사나이

alternative form of 사내 (sanae, “lad, man”)


根本的

hanja form of 근본적 (“something fundamental”)


平素

hanja form of 평소 (“the ordinary; ordinary conditions.”)


붕어빵

bungeoppang; a type of pastry in a form of fish with sweet azuki bean paste inside, popular in Korea and Japan during winter times


風船

hanja form of 풍선 (“balloon (an inflatable buoyant object designed to transport people through the air)”)


자위

consoling oneself (often with a pathetic nuance)


外資

hanja form of 외자 (“foreign capital”)
hanja form of 외자 (“foreign investment”)


白露

hanja form of 백로 (“A solar term around 8 September, traditionally heralding cold weather across China”)


均衡

hanja form of 균형 (“balance; equilibrium”)


狀況

hanja form of 상황 (“conditions, the situation”)


述語

hanja form of 술어 (“predicate (grammar)”)


-ㅂ니까

post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic form of -습니까 (-seumnikka, formal polite interrogative suffix)


-롭다

Used to form adjectives from abstract nouns. Forms p-irregular adjectives.


-쩍다

Used to make adjectives from nouns, with the meaning of "to have the feeling (of)".


-구요

See -구 (-gu, colloquial form of -고 (-go)) and -요 (-yo, politeness-adding particle attaching to the intimate style).


-고요

See -고 (-go, intimate style suffix/particle) and -요 (-yo, politeness-adding particle attaching to the intimate style).


中世

hanja form of 중세 (“Middle Ages; the medieval era”)


趣旨

hanja form of 취지 (“purpose; main point”)


콘리

a transliteration of the English surname Conley


녀자

North Korea standard form of 여자 (yeoja, “girl, woman”)


根性

hanja form of 근성 (“nature, disposition; guts”)


誤報

hanja form of 오보 (“false report; misinformation”)


親族

hanja form of 친족 (“relative, relation, kin”)


山積

hanja form of 산적 (“accumulation; being accumulated; being piled up”)


迷彩服

hanja form of 위장복 (“camouflaged clothes”)


極光

hanja form of 극광 (“aurora; polar lights”)


奪還

hanja form of 탈환 (“recapture; recovery”)


統制

hanja form of 통제 (“control, regulation”)


葡語

hanja form of 포어 (“Portuguese language”)


氣壓

hanja form of 기압 (“atmospheric pressure; air pressure”)


修飾

hanja form of 수식 (“adornment, decoration”)


全盛

hanja form of 전성 (“height of prosperity”)


自業自得

hanja form of 자업자득 (“make one's bed and lie in it, reap what one sows”)


沿革

hanja form of 연혁 (“historical developments; history of how something evolved”)


告示

hanja form of 고시 (“notice; notification; announcement”)


하십시오체

The formal, polite speech level in Korean.


掩蔽

hanja form of 엄폐 (“cloaking; concealment; stealth”)


經營

hanja form of 경영 (“management, administration”)


國籍

hanja form of 국적 (“nationality, citizenship”)


게이

user, forum user, social media user; often mistakenly understood as a shortening of 게시판 이용자 (gesipan iyongja, “forum user”).


冒頭

hanja form of 모두 (“beginning of a talk or story”)


男裝

hanja form of 남장 (“female-to-male cross-dressing”)


이랑

ridge (a small hill or pile between two fields or paddies)


異性愛者

hanja form of 이성애자 (“heterosexual person”)


천조

quadrillion (1 followed by fifteen zeros, 10¹⁵)


백경

quintillion (1 followed by eighteen zeros, 10¹⁸)


십해

sextillion (1 followed by twenty-one zeros, 10²¹)


강남

the south area of the Han River, especially of Seoul, known for its affluent residents

Gangnam (a district of Seoul, South Korea)

alternative form of 순천 (suncheon) (a city of South Korea)

Jiangnan (the region of China around the Yangtze Delta, the country's most productive area since the early second millennium)


달콤하다

to be sweet; to be sugary
to be sweet; to be enjoyable


附則

hanja form of 부칙 (“supplementary articles”)


東奔西走

hanja form of 동분서주 (“busying oneself, running about”)


發射

hanja form of 발사 (“launch, discharge, fire, shoot”)


敍述

hanja form of 서술 (“description, depiction, narration”)


쌤

teacher, teach (specifically in schools)


소련

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


古今東西

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


春夏秋冬

hanja form of 춘하추동 (“the four seasons; all the year round; always”)


-세요

Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of -으세요 (-euseyo)


野望

hanja form of 야망 (“ambition, aspiration”)


門外漢

hanja form of 문외한 (“layman, outsider, amateur”)


野心

hanja form of 야심 (“ambition, aspiration”)


함께하다

to be (with)
to share (with)
to have ... (with)
to do together
to join


부탁하다

to request, to ask to do well, to ask to handle well


간곡

Root of 간곡하다 (gan'gokhada). Rarely used alone.


오금

the inside corner or hollow of the knee, elbow, bow, etc.


現狀

hanja form of 현상 (“the evident condition or state”)


諜報

hanja form of 첩보 (“intelligence (secrets)”)


憤慨

hanja form of 분개 (“resentment, indignation”)


살찌다

to get fat, to gain weight, to put on weight


살찐

past adnominal form of 살찌다 (saljjida, “to get fat”): fat, who has gotten fat


어디여

Exclamation used to drive an ox onto right direction

Exclamation used to turn an ox to the right


留保

hanja form of 류보 (“(North Korea) deferral, delaying”)


境遇

hanja form of 경우 (“conditions, circumstances; case, event”)


반하다

to be contrary (to)
to go against an order or will
to violate a rule


반하다

to fall in love; to become enamoured (of)


低俗

hanja form of 저속 (“vulgarity; a lowbrow”)


首位

hanja form of 수위 (“first place, the leading position”)


이글

Root of 이글거리다 (igeulgeorida, “to blaze, to sizzle, to glare”) / 이글이글 (igeurigeul, “blazingly, sizzlingly, glaringly”). Rarely used alone.


加하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 가하다, “to add”.


可하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 가하다, “to be good”.


부탁해요

informal polite indicative of 부탁하다 (butakhada)

informal polite imperative of 부탁하다 (butakhada)


-군요

See -군 (-gun, intimate style suffix) and -요 (-yo, politeness-adding particle attaching to the intimate style).


쌍

雙: pair
(eumhun reading: 짝 쌍 (jjak ssang))
(MC reading: 雙 (MC sraewng))

双: alternative form of 雙
(MC reading: 双)


懺悔

hanja form of 참회 (“confession, repentance”)


同輩

hanja form of 동배 (“one's equal, social equal, associate, colleague, comrade”)


輔弼

hanja form of 보필 (“assisting a superior (typically a ruler)”)


싱글

a single person; a person without a romantic partner


一攫千金

hanja form of 일확천금 (“making a killing in a single stroke”)


贖罪

hanja form of 속죄 (“atonement, expiation”)


장승

A jangseung; a traditional Korean shamanistic totem pole.


눈엣가시

an eyesore, a very disgusting person, an offense to the eye


叛亂

hanja form of 반란 (“rebellion, uprising, revolt, insurrection”)


굴비

A type of dried and salted fish (Larimichthys polyactis) in Korea.


虛榮心

hanja form of 허영심 (“vanity (excessive pride)”)


虛榮

hanja form of 허영 (“vanity, empty glory”)


-뜨리다

creates the causative form of many compound verbs formed by the auxiliary 지다 (jida) (third sense), especially verbs with ideophonic nuances or relating to movement.

synonym of -치다 (-chida, emphatic suffix)


腐女子

hanja form of 부녀자 (“A female fan of yaoi”)


에다

to cut, to slice; (by extension) to greatly pain


세배

New Year's greetings/call/visit; (historically) a bow of respect to one's elders on New Year's Day


部署

hanja form of 부서 (“department; division”)


方位角

hanja form of 방위각 (“azimuth (an arc of the horizon)”)


흔

Root of 흔하다 (heunhada, “abundant, common”) / 흔히 (heunhi, “commonly”). Rarely used alone.


흔

痕: trace
(eumhun reading: 흔적 흔 (heunjeok heun))
(MC reading: 痕 (MC hon))

欣: joyful
(eumhun reading: 기쁠 흔 (gippeul heun))
(MC reading: 欣 (MC xj+n))

昕: dawn
(eumhun reading: 새벽 흔 (saebyeok heun))
(MC reading: 昕 (MC xj+n))

炘: feel hot, burn
(eumhun reading: 화끈거릴 흔 (hwakkeun'georil heun))
(MC reading: 炘 (MC xj+n|xj+nH))

釁: blood sacrifice
(eumhun reading: 피 칠할 흔 (pi chilhal heun))
(MC reading: 釁 (MC xinH))

忻: joyful
(eumhun reading: 기쁠 흔 (gippeul heun))
(MC reading: 忻 (MC xj+n))

訢: pleased
(eumhun reading: 기뻐할 흔 (gippeohal heun))
(MC reading: 訢 (MC xj+n))

掀: to lift
(eumhun reading: 번쩍 들 흔 (beonjjeok deul heun))
(MC reading: 掀 (MC xjon))

焮: to burn
(eumhun reading: 태울 흔 (tae'ul heun))
(MC reading: 焮 (MC xj+nH))

很: to violate
(eumhun reading: 패려궂을 흔 (paeryeogujeul heun))
(MC reading: 很 (MC honX))

舋: crack, fissure
(eumhun reading: 틈 흔 (teum heun))
(MC reading: 舋 (MC xinH))

盺: joyful
(eumhun reading: 기쁠 흔 (gippeul heun))
(MC reading: 盺)

慁: anxious
(eumhun reading: 근심할 흔 (geunsimhal heun))
(MC reading: 慁 (MC hwonH))

俒: complete
(eumhun reading: 완전할 흔 (wanjeonhal heun))
(MC reading: 俒 (MC hwon|hwonH))

拫: to pull
(eumhun reading: 당길 흔 (danggil heun))
(MC reading: 拫 (MC hon))

鞎: leather-made decoration on vehicle
(eumhun reading: 수레 장식 가죽 흔 (sure jangsik gajuk heun))
(MC reading: 鞎 (MC hon))

衅: blood sacrifice
(eumhun reading: 피 칠할 흔 (pi chilhal heun))
(MC reading: 衅 (MC xinH))

䜣: pleased
(eumhun reading: 기뻐할 흔 (gippeohal heun))
(MC reading: 䜣)

俽: joyful
(eumhun reading: 기쁠 흔 (gippeul heun))
(MC reading: 俽)

妡: beautiful
(eumhun reading: 아름다울 흔 (areumdaul heun))
(MC reading: 妡)

庍: to part
(eumhun reading: 이별할 흔 (ibyeolhal heun))
(MC reading: 庍 (MC peaH|xj+nH))

惞: pleased
(eumhun reading: 기뻐할 흔 (gippeohal heun))
(MC reading: 惞)

煡: residual flame, ashes
(eumhun reading: 남은 불꽃 흔 (nameun bulkkot heun))
(MC reading: 煡)

脪: (of excrescence) to appear
(eumhun reading: 궂은살이 나올 흔 (gujeunsari naol heun))
(MC reading: 脪 (MC trhij|xjinX|xj+nH))

邤: placename
(eumhun reading: 땅 이름 흔 (ttang ireum heun))
(MC reading: 邤 (MC xj+n))

鍁: shovel
(eumhun reading: 삽 흔 (sap heun))
(MC reading: 鍁)

㥵: anxious
(eumhun reading: 근심할 흔 (geunsimhal heun))
(MC reading: 㥵)

㯊: strickle, striker
(eumhun reading: 평미레 흔 (pyeongmire heun))
(MC reading: 㯊 (MC hon))

㾙: (of excrescence) to appear
(eumhun reading: 궂은살이 나올 흔 (gujeunsari naol heun))
(MC reading: 㾙 (MC xjinX|xj+nH))


구애하다

to court, to try to win one's love
to propose


대변

speaking for another, representing another


安康

hanja form of 안강 (“soundness, peacefulness”)


아귀

side slit (in raincoat), placket (in skirt)

commissure of seed (through which the plumule comes up)


아귀

preta; starving ghost; a famished devil
a greedy person


반짝이다

to glitter, sparkle, twinkle
to shine
to glisten
to brighten


추켜세우다

Nonstandard form of 치켜세우다 (chikyeose'uda, “to praise, to extol”).


비난

criticism, reproach, condemnation, denunciation, blame


破談

hanja form of 파담 (“breakdown of discussion”)


求婚

hanja form of 구혼 (“proposal of marriage”)


허혼

consent to marriage, giving a person permission to marry


마음속

one's heart, the bottom of one's heart, one's innermost thoughts


競爭力

hanja form of 경쟁력 (“competitiveness, competitive power”)


모조리

all, without exception, altogether, completely


天敵

hanja form of 천적 (“predator; natural enemy (for an animal)”)


뉴욕

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

[~시(市)] New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey)


남극

Antarctic (a continental region, one of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions, especially those south of the Antarctic Convergence; or, in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty System, the 60th parallel south)


남만

southern barbarians (usually referring to indigenous groups in Southern China)


남방

south, southward, direction of the south


남미

South America (the continent forming the southern part of the Americas)


남벌

reckless deforestation, indiscriminate felling (of trees)


구렁

hole, pit, hollow, cavity (depression in the ground)


넙치

a round and flat face (or a person with such a face)


후각

the sense of smell, smell, olfactory sense


축척

a reduced scale
being short of the standard length


순결

purity, integrity
innocence, immaculacy
chastity, virginity


생머리

straight hair (a natural hair without a perm)


젖

breast
milk (of mammals)
milk (of plants), latex


쑤시다

to tuck into; to stuff into; to cram into

to investigate to find out the hidden facts.

to squeeze into a company, agency or organization for the purpose of finding a job or establishing a relationship.


미지수

the unknown, something not yet known/determined


定着

hanja form of 정착 (“settlement, settling down”)


拍手喝采

hanja form of 박수갈채 (“clapping and cheering”)


前菜

hanja form of 전채 (“appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre (small, light first course)”)


獨身者

hanja form of 독신자 (“bachelor or single woman”)


황천

netherworld, underworld, the other world


황천

High Heaven, Heaven on High, God's Heaven


桿菌

hanja form of 간균 (“bacillus (any rod-shaped bacterium)”)


宿泊

hanja form of 숙박 (“accommodation, lodging”)


옥내

inside of a house; (~-에서 (-eseo)) indoors


옥석

jade
jades and stones
good and bad things


얼짱

a good-looking person; a person that follows specific style of fashion


겉핥다

to just scratch the surface, to have superficial knowledge of


芳香族

hanja form of 방향족 (“aromatic compounds”)


울퉁불퉁

significantly unevenly, significantly ruggedly


독물

poison, poisonous substance
vicious person


實習

hanja form of 실습 (“practice; training; drill”)


極右

hanja form of 극우 (“far right, ultraright”)


日刊新聞

hanja form of 일간신문 (“daily (a newspaper that is published every day)”)


不滅

hanja form of 불멸 (“immortality; athanasia; indestructibility; imperishability”)


腦震蕩

hanja form of 뇌진탕 (“cerebral concussion”)


法令

hanja form of 법령 (“ordinance, legislation, decree, act”)


活動家

hanja form of 활동가 (“political activist”)


養父

hanja form of 양부 (“adoptive father (man who has adopted a child)”)


㗸

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


술집

bar, pub (establishment serving alcohol)


養母

hanja form of 양모 (“adoptive mother (woman who has adopted a child)”)


啓蒙時代

hanja form of 계몽시대 (“Age of Enlightenment”)


시체

cadaver, corpse, (dead) body (of humans)


-이라

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see -이다 (-ida), -라 (-ra).


-이라

short for -이라고 (-irago, introduces direct quotes, etc.)


運動選手

hanja form of 운동선수 (“athlete; sportsperson”)


螺旋形

hanja form of 나선형 (“a helix shape, a spiral shape”)


招魂

hanja form of 초혼 (“invocation of spirits of the dead; evocation of spirits”)


㙖

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:


㙤

crack, gap
flaw, defect
mistake, error
omission; lapse
to split open
to crack, become cracked


자석

Gyeongsang, Gangwon, and Jeolla dialect form of 자식(子息) (jasik, “child”)


安南

hanja form of 안남 (“Annam (the former name of Vietnam)”)


別館

hanja form of 별관 (“annex (a building constructed separately from the main building)”)


底力

hanja form of 저력 (“underlying strength; latent power”)


膾炙

hanja form of 회자 (“general praise, household praise”)


醵金

hanja form of 갹금, 거금 (“contribution, donation”)


打率

hanja form of 타율 (“(baseball) batting average”)


栴檀

hanja form of 전단 (“(Buddhism) sandalwood”)


美容師

hanja form of 미용사 (“beautician (one who does hair styling, manicures, and other beauty treatments)”)


인민

the people (of a country), citizens, citizenry


朝鮮民主主義人民共和國

hanja form of 조선민주주의인민공화국 : Democratic People's Republic of Korea (official name of North Korea: a country in East Asia)


발매되다

to become available for purchase, to hit the shelves


養蜂

hanja form of 양봉 (“beekeeping, apiculture”)


OX

true and false, as answers to a questionnaire or a quiz.


青銅器時代

alternative form of 靑銅器時代 (“Bronze Age”)


앞뒤

front and rear
consistency, coherence
circumstances, consequence
context


구류

the state of being under arrest, detention


긁다

to scratch, to scrape
to paw
to rake up, to gather up
to offend, to provoke, to irritate
to extort, to exploit


김치찌개

a sort of Korean stew made of kimchi and pork


인절미

A kind of Korean snack consisting of rice cake made from glutinous rice and coated with various kinds of powdered beans, nuts, herbs, etc.


꿀밤

a sort of chestnuts that is particularly sweet

knuckles of a clenched fist when beating somebody on the head


구이

roasted food, usually meat, offal, seafood, or occasionally vegetables

grilled food, usually meat, offal, seafood, or occasionally vegetables


구이

a prime minister or other high-ranking official during the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties


創立

hanja form of 창립 (“establishment; founding”)


닭갈비

a dish originating from Gangwon province which is made of spiced chicken and a lot of vegetables.


덕분

feeling of gratitude, indebtedness, favour


덮밥

a Korean dish consisting of a bowl of rice covered by various other ingredients which are eaten together


독도

Liancourt Rocks (a small rock in the Sea of Japan (East Sea), disputed between the Koreas and Japan)


돌솥

a thick pot or a bowl made of stone which is used to cook various Korean foods


脂質

hanja form of 지질 (“(organic chemistry) lipid”)


詩作

hanja form of 시작 (“composition of poetry”)


돈까스

nonstandard form of 돈가스 (don'gaseu, “tonkatsu”)


된장찌개

doenjang-jjigae, a sort of stew made of 된장 and beef (sometimes seafood)


됨됨이

the make/makeup/workmanship of an object


똥개

a mongrel dog, a mutt dog
an unowned dog in the neighborhood


떡국

tteokguk (a Korean dish consisting of sliced tteok, beef, and egg, traditionally eaten during the Korean New Year)


떡볶이

tteokbokki (stir-fried tteoks seasoned with red pepper paste)


뚝배기

a pot or a large bowl made of clay which is used to cook various Korean food


메주

block of fermented beans, used to make doenjang


묵은지

kimchi that has been fermented for a long time


미용실

beauty parlour, hairdresser's, hair salon


반전

a twist (of a story)
reversion, inversion


보쌈

a Korean dish consisting of steamed pork and kimchi, which is eaten with various sorts of sauce and vegetables


보양탕

Soup which helps one recuperate; alternative name for 보신탕 (bosintang).


분식류

food that is made of flour (in contrast to rice)


분식점

a restaurant which serves 분식(粉食) (bunsik)


삼겹살

samgyeopsal, raw thick bacon that is grilled right before being eaten


삼수

a third attempt; applying to a university for the third time


자장면

jjajangmyeon, a Korean dish consisting of noodle and savory black bean paste which has its origins in northern China


最上

hanja form of 최상 (“the best, the finest”)


장독

a large barrel made of clay that is used to store various Korean food (including kimchi)


제육덮밥

a Korean dish consisting of a bowl of rice and spiced pork


조각

a piece, scrap, slice (of an object); shard, sliver


종로

Jongno (a district of Seoul, South Korea)


찹쌀

glutinous rice (a particular type of sticky rice used to make rice cakes)


청국장

a sort of stew made of fermented beans that has a very distinctive smell that is much akin to the Japanese natto


청주

Cheongju (the provincial capital, the largest city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea)


칼국수

a kind of Korean noodle that is often cooked with seafood


태극기

Taegeukgi, the official flag of South Korea


판옥선

a small wooden boat that is used during war


한라봉

hallapong, a fruit mainly grown in Jeju that resembles a deformed tangerine


화채

hwachae, a Korean dessert similar to fruit punch made of sliced fruits or flower petals and soft drinks (traditionally honeyed water)


휴게소

rest area (rest stop), service area (a roadside stop along highways or expressways, often accompanied by restaurants, gas stations, and convenience stores)


흉내

imitation, mimicry (act of copying words, sounds, behavior, appearance, etc. of another person or an animal)


약과

yakgwa (very greasy Korean dessert made of rice and ginger)


엽전

a coin that has a square hole in the middle of it


오름

-m nominalization of 오르다 (oreuda, “to ascend”)


오리나무

An alder, especially the East Asian alder (Alnus japonica).


유과

yugwa (a Korean dessert made of fried rice and honey)


육회

yukhoe, a Korean dish made of raw beef, sliced pear, and sesame oil


육개장

yukgaejang, a spicy Korean dish made of beef, powdered red pepper, and fern (or mung bean sprout).


의열단

a resistance group (against the Japanese occupation)


쌈장

gochujang and soybean paste with various seasonings


안주

Anju (a city in South Pyongan Province, North Korea)


새우젓

saeu-jeot (salted little shrimps that have been fermented until they resemble a paste, frequently used to season kimchi)


소라

The horned turban (Turbo cornutus), an edible sea snail.


소라

Sora (a township in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province, South Korea)


製造業

hanja form of 제조업 (“manufacturing industry”)


責任感

hanja form of 책임감 (“a sense of responsibility”)


機長

hanja form of 기장 (“pilot in command; plane captain”)


柱頭

hanja form of 주두 (“(architecture) capital; (botany) stigma”)


여색

lust, carnal desire, coition
a woman's charms, a beautiful woman


입맞추다

to kiss (on the lips, other body parts, or other objects, e.g. a trophy), to press one's lips against


欺瞞

hanja form of 기만 (“deception, deceit, humblebrag”)


吐露

hanja form of 토로 (“expressing/exposing one's thoughts”)


中心地

hanja form of 중심지 (“centre (a place of importance)”)


學識

hanja form of 학식 (“learning; erudition”)


博學

hanja form of 박학 (“erudition; great learning”)


課長

hanja form of 과장 (“section manager; section chief”)


駐屯

hanja form of 주둔 (“stationing of troops”)


세상에

locative of 세상(世上) (sesang): on earth, in the world


로동

North Korea and Yanbian standard form of 노동(勞動) (nodong, “labor, especially industrial”)


ㅌ.ㄷ

abbreviation of 타도제국주의동맹 (Tado Jeguk Juui Dongmaeng), the Down-With-Imperialism Union.


㠰

Korean character used in transliteration


更衣室

hanja form of 경의실 (“changing room; dressing room”)


㡤

a hat worn by those who passed the civil service examination in the past to receive a red plaque


信號燈

hanja form of 신호등 (“traffic lights, signal light”)


披瀝

hanja form of 피력 (“expressing one's views”) .


兵法

hanja form of 병법 (“art of war, military tactics”)


城塞

hanja form of 성새 (“citadel; fortress; stronghold”)


河道

hanja form of 하도 (“watercourse of a river, river channel”)


㣕

second note (大呂 - Dà Lǚ) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale


㣖

third note (太簇 - Tài Cù) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale


不文律

hanja form of 불문율 (“unwritten rule, unspoken rule”)


㣡

sixth note (仲呂 (中吕) - Zhòng Lǚ) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale


㣣

fourth note (夾鐘 (夹钟) - Jiá Zhōng) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale


㣨

fifth note (姑洗 - Gū Xiǎn) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale


㣩

eighth note (林鐘 (林钟) - Lín Zhōng) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale


所持品

hanja form of 소지품 (“effects, personal belongings”)


㣮

tenth note (南呂 (南吕) - Nán Lǚ) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale


㣳

eleventh note (無射 (无射) - Wú Yì) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale


㣴

hanja form of 황 (“the first note, 황종 (黃鐘, hwangjong) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale”)


㣸

seventh note (蕤賓 (蕤宾) - Ruí Bīn) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale


㣹

twelfth note (應鐘 (应钟) - Yìng Zhōng) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale


膠着

hanja form of 교착 (“agglutination, adhesion; deadlock, stalemate, impasse”)


乃至

hanja form of 내지 (“from ... to ...; or”)


右岸

hanja form of 우안 (“right bank of a river”)


持株

hanja form of 지주 (“stock that one holds; stock that one owns”)


近郊

hanja form of 근교 (“suburb; outlying area; outskirts”)


㤼

to be afraid; to be scared; to be apprehensive


初期

hanja form of 초기 (“the initial period; the beginning”)


신장

expansion (of power, rights, strength, influence, etc.)


신장

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


密接

hanja form of 밀접 (“being closely connected; being related”)


途中

hanja form of 도중 (“on the way; along the way; en route”)


後期

hanja form of 후기 (“postscript, epilogue”)


死後

hanja form of 사후 (“postmortem, posthumous”)


末期

hanja form of 말기 (“final period; terminal period; last stage; (illness): terminal; approaching death”)


電動

hanja form of 전동 (“being electrically-powered”)


기집애

nonstandard form of 계집애 (gyejibae, “(colloquial) girl, chick”)


看過

hanja form of 간과 (“overlooking, passing over”)


士官

hanja form of 사관 (“commissioned officer”)


強力

hanja form of 강력 (“strength; intensity”)


聖堂

hanja form of 성당 (“temple, church; a Roman Catholic parish”)


奔放

hanja form of 분방 (“being wild, being unrestrained”)


遊離

hanja form of 유리 (“isolation, separation; (chemistry) isolation”)


도다

to give; used only in the imperative mood

for someone; forms benefactive verbs. Used only in the imperative mood.


㭉

Name of a bladed object; further details are uncertain.


㮝

tool; instrument; implement (for making corners)


㱙

to decay, rot
to decompose; to corrupt
to wear away, erode


䢖

alternative form of 建 (“hanja form of 건 (“build; establish”)”)


䥏

A type of instrument; further details are uncertain.


䦞

alternative form of 閏 (“hanja form of 윤 (“intercalary”)”)


高句麗

hanja form of 고구려 : (historical) Goguryeo (an ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 37 BCE to 668 CE; at its maximum covering all of North Korea, the northern part of South Korea, parts of Manchuria in northeast China, and parts of Primorsky Krai in Russia)


爆風

hanja form of 폭풍 (“blast from an explosion”)


株主

hanja form of 주주 (“stockholder, shareholder”)


勅令

hanja form of 칙령 (“(imperial) edict, order, decree”)


美化

hanja form of 미화 (“beautification; glorification”)


罷免

hanja form of 파면 (“dismissal (deprivation of office)”)


甘受

hanja form of 감수 (“putting up with, enduring”)


素朴

hanja form of 소박 (“being simple, naive”)


眼窩

hanja form of 안와 (“eye socket (socket of eye)”)


全域

hanja form of 전역 (“the entire area; the entire territory”)


固有

hanja form of 고유 (“characteristics; essence”)


前期

hanja form of 전기 (“the first or earlier part”)


同人

hanja form of 동인 (“club, circle, coterie”)


有象無象

hanja form of 유상무상 (“(rare) all things in nature; the whole creation”)


移植

hanja form of 이식 (“transplantation, grafting”)


스코틀랜드

Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


일어나라

formal non-polite imperative of 일어나다 (ireonada)


샘

spring, fountain (source of water)
gland


샘

alternative form of 쌤 (ssaem, “(colloquial) teacher, teach (in schools)”)


生辰

hanja form of 생신 (“(honorific) birthday”)


稻米

hanja form of 도미 (“husked uncooked rice”)


新聞紙

hanja form of 신문지 (“newsprint; newspaper”)


下士官

hanja form of 하사관 (“non-commissioned officer”)


公社

hanja form of 공사 (“government-run corporation”)


砲兵

hanja form of 포병 (“gunner; artillery unit”)


延伸

hanja form of 연신 (“(textiles, metallurgy) stretching; extension”)


少佐

hanja form of 소좌 (“major; lieutenant commander”)


염려하다

to feel anxiety; to worry; to be anxious


염려

Root of 염려하다 (yeomnyeohada, “(literary) to be beautiful”). Rarely used alone.


水路

hanja form of 수로 (“waterway, watercourse”)


鼓動

hanja form of 고동 (“pounding of the heart”)


如來

hanja form of 여래 (“(Buddhism) tathagata”)


家系

hanja form of 가계 (“family line; bloodline; lineage”)


着工

hanja form of 착공 (“beginning construction”)


中佐

hanja form of 중좌 (“lieutenant colonel; commander”)


皇族

hanja form of 황족 (“imperial family; royalty”)


外野手

hanja form of 외야수 (“(baseball) outfielder”)


攻勢

hanja form of 공세 (“(military) offensive”)


火力

hanja form of 화력 (“heating power; firepower”)


好評

hanja form of 호평 (“favourable review; good reputation”)


艦船

hanja form of 함선 (“naval warships and commercial, seagoing vessels”)


種別

hanja form of 종별 (“classification, kind”)


頭文字

hanja form of 두문자 (“first letter or initial of a word or initials of words; capital letter (in Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Armenian scripts)”)


防空

hanja form of 방공 (“air defense, protection from missiles, air raids, etc.”)


調節

hanja form of 조절 (“adjustment; control”)


因子

hanja form of 인자 (“factor; weil divisor”)


部位

hanja form of 부위 (“region; site; location; position; place”)


進水

hanja form of 진수 (“launching of a vessel”)


完備

hanja form of 완비 (“being fully equipped”)


歪曲

hanja form of 왜곡 (“distortion; falsification”)


別別

hanja form of 별별 (“of various and unusual sorts”)


外界

hanja form of 외계 (“outside world, external world”)


結晶水

hanja form of 결정수 (“water of crystallization”)


등락

rise and fall, ups and downs, fluctuations


法制

hanja form of 법제 (“law; legislation; legal system”)


端子

hanja form of 단자 (“electrical terminal”)


태극

The Absolute: the condition as it existed before the creation of the world.

taiji (a symbol of yin-yang and South Korea).


五常

hanja form of 오상 (“five cardinal Confucian virtues”)


宰相

hanja form of 재상 (“prime minister; premier”)


收縮

hanja form of 수축 (“contraction; shrinkage”)


特徵

hanja form of 특징 (“distinguishing characteristic”)


밤새

contraction of 밤사이 (bamsai, “all night long; throughout the night”)


繁華

hanja form of 번화 (“bustle; prosperity; liveliness”)


平方根

hanja form of 평방근 (“(mathematics) square root”)


농

弄: naughty, joke
(MC reading: 弄 (MC luwngH))

籠: cage
(MC reading: 籠 (MC luwng|ljowng|luwngX))

農: agriculture
(MC reading: 農 (MC nowng))


포근하다

cozy, snug
warm, tender
mild (in winter)


壁畫

alternative form of 壁畵 (“mural; fresco”)


갑과 을

A and B, former and latter
stronger and weaker


두셋

two or three; a few (as a nominal numeral)


두세

two or three; a few (as a determiner before nouns or classifiers)


너더댓

synonym of 네다섯 (nedaseot, “four or five”, native numeral)


두서너

two, three or four; a few (as a determiner before nouns or classifiers)


서넛

three or four; a few (independently, without a classifier)


두어서넛

nonstandard form of 두서넛 (duseoneot, “two, three, or four”)


일여덟

alternative form of 일고여덟 (ilgoyeodeol, “seven or eight”)


시시덕거리다

to chatter; to laugh and talk, chat, giggle, make merry


연예인

performer, entertainer, artiste
celebrity


재벌

chaebol (a large, family-controlled, South Korean business conglomerate)

zaibatsu (a large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual)

Any large corporation controlled by a single family or individual.


世俗

hanja form of 세속 (“the (secular) world”)


藥師

hanja form of 약사 (“pharmacist, chemist”)


專用

hanja form of 전용 (“exclusive use; private use”)


몰라요

informal polite declarative of 모르다 (moreuda)


민낯

face without makeup
a concealed and unsavory reality


傳達

hanja form of 전달 (“transmission, notification”)


녕

寧: peace
(eumhun reading: 편안할 녕 (pyeonanhal nyeong))
(MC reading: 寧 (MC neng))

濘:
(MC reading: 濘 (MC nengX|nejH|nengH))

寗: alternative form of 寧
(MC reading: 寗 (MC nengH))


募金

hanja form of 모금 (“fundraising; collection”)


同伴者

hanja form of 동반자 (“companion, partner”)


黃道

hanja form of 황도 (“(astronomy) ecliptic”)


촌스럽다

to be boorish, rustic, countrified-looking; outdated, old-fashioned, unfashionable


불야성

a nightless city; all-night entertainment areas


盲目的

hanja form of 맹목적 (“blind (love, passion)”)


紅樓夢

hanja form of 홍루몽 (“Dream of the Red Chamber”)


西遊記

hanja form of 서유기 (“(history) Journey to the West”)


水滸傳

hanja form of 수호전 (“Water Margin, one of China's Four Great Classical Novels”)


三國

hanja form of 삼국 (“the Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE)”)


讓步

hanja form of 양보 (“yielding to someone”)


冷酷

hanja form of 냉혹 (“cruelty, heartlessness, ruthlessness, cold-heartedness, callousness”)


背叛

hanja form of 배반 (“betrayal, treachery, treason”)


왜케

contraction of 왜 이렇게 (wae ireoke, “Why so? Why .... like this?”)


立春

hanja form of 입춘 (“the first day of spring according to the traditional lunisolar calendar”)


立春

hanja form of 립춘 (“the first day of spring according to the traditional lunisolar calendar”)


페치카

pechka, Russian oven (a type of oven used both for cooking and domestic heating)


夢想家

hanja form of 몽상가 (“dreamer, visionary (someone whose beliefs are far from realistic)”)


呼吸困難

hanja form of 호흡곤란 (“dyspnea, labored breathing”)


龍山

hanja form of 용산 (“Yongsan District, Seoul”)


休憩所

hanja form of 휴게소 (“rest area, service area”)


內臟

hanja form of 내장 (“internal organ; viscera”)


三輪車

hanja form of 삼륜차 (“pedicab; tricycle, three-wheeler (any three-wheeled vehicle)”)


假定

hanja form of 가정 (“supposition; hypothesis”)


尿素

hanja form of 요소 (“(organic chemistry) urea”)


償還

hanja form of 상환 (“repayment; redeeming”)


恭敬

hanja form of 공경 (“respectful; deferential”)


法學

hanja form of 법학 (“law (as a discipline)”)


成文

hanja form of 성문) (“written material, writing”)


肩章

hanja form of 견장 (“epaulette (shoulder decoration)”)


本性

hanja form of 본성 (“one's inherent nature”)


圖案

hanja form of 도안 (“design, pattern, sketch”)


獻身

hanja form of 헌신 (“dedication; devotion”)


민중

minjung; the ruled class people, of the peasantry or working-class


降臨

hanja form of 강림 (“descent of a god from heaven to earth”)


성년

legal age, the age of adulthood, age (time of life when one attains full person rights)


腰部

hanja form of 요부 (“waist, hips, area of the pelvis and lower back”)


클래스

class (group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher; series of classes covering a single subject)


캠퍼스

campus (grounds or property of a school, etc)


벌이다

to start, to begin
to stage, to throw, to give
to wage


勳章

hanja form of 훈장 (“order; medal; decoration”)


不等式

hanja form of 부등식 (“(mathematics) inequality”)


소비에트

a form of governing council in the former Soviet Union


淚腺

hanja form of 누선 (“lacrimal gland; tear gland”)


鍊金術

hanja form of 연금술 (“alchemy (ancient chemistry)”)


적정량

the appropriate amount (of a substance to add, consume, etc.)


육체

human body (generally, otherwise as the opposite of the mind)


구슬

marble (small ball used in games)
glass bead, pearl, precious gem


한민족

The group of people native to Korea who identify with one another on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural and historical grounds.


한민족

The group of people native to China who identify with one another on the basis of ancestral, national, linguistic, cultural and historical grounds.


폭력단

a gangster, a gangster organisation, a goon squad


藥房

hanja form of 약방 (“pharmacy, drugstore”)


藥局

hanja form of 약국 (“pharmacy, drugstore”)


대만

Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands)

Taiwan (an island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea in East Asia)


애교

attractiveness, charms, winsomeness (usually of women)


惡化

hanja form of 악화 (“deterioration, degeneration, aggravation, exacerbation”)


放學

hanja form of 방학 (“school vacation; school holiday”)


跛行

hanja form of 파행 (“limping; imbalance; claudication”)


貴賓

hanja form of 귀빈 (“distinguished visitor, honored guest”)


束手無策

hanja form of 속수무책 (“being at a loss what to do; feeling helpless in the face of some difficulty”)


본받다

to imitate, follow, emulate; to make someone one's model


펠리컨

pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)


體力

hanja form of 체력 (“physical strength, physical power”)


內心

hanja form of 내심 (“(geometry) an incenter”)

hanja form of 내심 (“inner thoughts; inner feelings”)


研究院

alternative form of 研究院 (“research institute”)


降雪

hanja form of 강설 (“falling snow; snowfall”)


半熟

hanja form of 반숙 (“soft-boiled, half-done”)


生活水準

hanja form of 생활수준 (“standard of living”)


監修

hanja form of 감수 (“editorial supervision”)


假飾

hanja form of 가식 (“affectation; pretense”)


軍政

hanja form of 군정 (“military government”)


市制

hanja form of 시제 (“municipal organization”)


담벼락

the surface of a wall
a blockhead, one who understands slowly


윷놀이

Yut, a traditional board game played in Korea, especially during Korean New Year


널뛰기

Neolttwigi, an outdoor game of Korean women and girls played on traditional holidays, similar to seesaw


제기차기

"Jegichagi", a traditional Korean outdoor game


常任

hanja form of 상임 (“standing, permanent”)


變換

hanja form of 변환 (“conversion, transformation”)


全貌

hanja form of 전모 (“the whole picture, the full story”)


검찰

prosecution; investigation and prosecution


검찰

inspection of ticket(s) on trains, airplanes, etc.


영구

permanence; perpetuity; everlasting durability


檢察廳

hanja form of 검찰청 (“public prosecutor's office”)


담주

contraction of 다음 주 (da'eum ju, “next week”)


자전

Chinese character dictionary
word dictionary


異體字

hanja form of 이체자 (“variant form of a Chinese character”)


私心

hanja form of 사심 (“selfish motive; selfishness”)


念珠

hanja form of 염주 (“prayer beads, rosary”)


專攻

hanja form of 전공 (“major, specialty, speciality”)


有理式

hanja form of 유리식 (“rational expression”)


誘因

hanja form of 유인 (“motive, cause, incentive”)


百方

hanja form of 백방 (“every direction, every way/method”)


租界

hanja form of 조계 (“concession territories (in China)”)


租借地

hanja form of 조차지 (“concession (territory)”)


매끄럽다

to be smooth, velvety, slippery
to be smooth, going smoothly
to be cunning, sly


猛獸

hanja form of 맹수 (“beast of prey; carnivore”)


節氣

hanja form of 절기 (“solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar”)


劇團

hanja form of 극단 (“theatrical company, troupe”)


千軍萬馬

hanja form of 천군만마 (“thousands of troops and horses; a powerful army”)


論語

hanja form of 논어 (“Lunyu, the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books (四書) of Confucianism)”)


惡魔

hanja form of 악마 (“demon; devil; fiend”)


築港

hanja form of 축항 (“harbour construction”)


窒化

hanja form of 질화 (“nitriding, nitridation”)