갓

plant reserve; area whose plants cannot be cut


갓

dialectal form of 가 (ga, “edge, fringe”)


갓

More information(eumhun reading: 음역자 갓 (eumyeokja gat))
(MC reading: 㖙)


마름

water chestnut, water caltrop (Trapa japonica)


마름

verbal noun of 마르다 (mareuda, “to dry up”)


노리개

kind of pendent trinket worn by ladies at their waist


달걀 한 판

synonym of 계란 한 판 (gyeran han pan, “30 years of age”)


달걀 1판

alternative spelling of 달걀 한 판 (dalgyal han pan, “30 years of age”)


계란 1판

alternative spelling of 계란 한 판 (gyeran han pan, “30 years of age”)


과팅

group blind date between people of different academic majors


변변하다

decent and satisfactory
well equipped and sufficient


이태리 타올

Italy towel (exfoliating washcloth, a Korean innovation)


호떡

hotteok (type of filled pancake, popular as street food in South Korea)


천부

innateness, a natural gift, native ability, endowment


자뻑

being snobby, narcissistic, overly proud of oneself


오미자

Schisandra chinensis (five-flavor berry, magnolia berry), a medicinal herb.


댕댕이

alternative form of 멍멍이 (meongmeong'i, “doggy”)


베프

clipping of 베스트 프렌드 (beseuteu peurendeu, “best friend”); bestie; BFF


볼일

going to the bathroom; “doing one's business”


삿포로

Sapporo (a city in Hokkaidō prefecture, Japan)


進軍歌

hanja form of 진군가 (“Tiến quân ca, the Vietnamese national anthem.”)


升學宴

hanja form of 승학연 (“banquet held to celebrate a student's advancement in their studies (as well as thank the teachers for their dedication)”)


한인

Korean (person), especially oversea Koreans


alternative spelling of 천사 (cheonsa, “angel”)


alternative spelling of 빨리 빨리 (ppalli ppalli, “quickly, quickly”)


상견례

meeting between the families of the bride and groom


무신론자

atheist, one who does not believe in a religion or deity.


먹어요

informal polite present indicative form of 먹다 (meokda, “to eat”)

informal polite present interrogative form of 먹다 (meokda, “to eat”)

informal polite hortative form of 먹다 (meokda, “to eat”)

informal polite imperative form of 먹다 (meokda, “to eat”)

informal polite present exclamatory form of 먹다 (meokda, “to eat”)


마음쓰다

to use one's head, brain, mind
to think
to pay attention
to feel sympathy, compassion


다락같다

to be very high, be expensive
to be very tall


다대기

a type of chili paste used to season soups


유혈목이

a striped snake: tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)


바다뱀

yellow-bellied sea snake, pelagic sea snake (Pelamis platura)

A snake eel, particularly the species Ophisurus macrorhynchos.


明洞

hanja form of 명동 (“Myeongdong (a dong in Seoul, South Korea)”)


명동

Myeongdong (a dong in Seoul, South Korea)


돌잡이

doljabi: placing a one-year-old baby in front a table of items such as string, paint or calligraphy brushes, ink, and money and letting the baby choose the item of his/her preference (which is thought to be able to foretell the child's future)


찐

past determiner form of 찌다 (jjida, “to steam”)


야식

late-night meal; midnight snack, late snack


藥疹

hanja form of 약진 (“drug rash; drug eruption”)


체면

face, dignity (in the sense of reputation)


音譯字

hanja form of 음역자 (“a sinogram created and used only for its phonetic value”)


톨

㐋: hanja used for transliteration
(eumhun reading: 음역자 톨 (eumyeokja tol))
(MC reading: 㐋)


빈방

empty room
vacant room (in a hotel, inn, etc.)


손빨래

washing by hand; washing clothes or doing the laundry with one's hand


문어다리

octopus leg
dating multiple people at once


보이차

pu'er tea (a kind of fermented tea from southern China)


明君

hanja form of 명군 (“wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord”)


生滅

hanja form of 생멸 (“birth and death; appearance and disappearance; production and annihilation”)


應援

hanja form of 응원 (“cheering (for); rooting for”)


타는곳

alternative spelling of 타는 곳 (taneun got)


립법

North Korea standard spelling of 입법 (ipbeop)


四書五經

hanja form of 사서오경 (“Four Books and Five Classics”)


량심

North Korea standard spelling of 양심 (yangsim)


죄인

criminal, offender, culprit
sinner, transgressor


세종

A temple name used for Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese monarchs.

[~시(市)] Sejong (Sejong City), a special autonomous city of South Korea


부남

Funan (an ancient pre-Angkor Indianized kingdom located around the Mekong Delta)


진랍

Chenla, an ancient kingdom of Southeast Asia


실록

authentic records (year-by-year records of events related to the emperor or king)


조선봉건왕조

Joseon, an old dynasty on the Korean peninsula (1392 CE – 1897 CE)


朝鮮封建王朝

hanja form of 조선봉건왕조 (“(North Korea, historical) Joseon, an old dynasty on the Korean peninsula (1392 CE – 1897 CE)”)


리왕조

Lý dynasty, an old dynasty of Vietnam (1009 CE – 1225 CE)


李王朝

hanja form of 리왕조 (“(North Korea, historical) Joseon, an old dynasty on the Korean peninsula (1392 CE – 1897 CE)”)


숙취

hangover (illness caused by heavy drinking)


藝術界

hanja form of 예술계 (“the art world, artistic community”)


감상

appreciation, enjoyment of artistic works


이목구비

ears, eyes, mouth and nose; literally one's appearance.


진압하다

to quell (a riot, revolt, protest, etc.)


정치질

(literally) to do politics. the act of inciting, dissolving and fabricating to obtain power and position and interests. Politicking.


분탕질

to disorganize community members to have fun or to fulfill one's political ideology


굳세다

to be firm, to be strong, to be steadfast


起業

hanja form of 기업 (“starting a business, promotion of enterprise”)


검색

searching; browsing; surfing; looking up


對外貿易

hanja form of 대외무역 (“foreign trade, oversea trade”)


덩치

frame, build (bulk or volume of a human body)


分斷

hanja form of 분단 (“division; partition”)


尖銳化

hanja form of 첨예화 (“intensification; radicalization”)


성가시다

annoying; bothersome; troublesome; tiresome


띄어쓰기

usage of spaces when writing; writing as separate words


半齒音

hanja form of 반치음 (“the obsolete Korean consonant ㅿ”)


被告人

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


大逆罪

hanja form of 대역죄 (“the crime of high treason; lese majesty”)


靑少年

hanja form of 청소년 (“adolescent; teenager”)


람

More information(eumhun reading: 볼 람 (bol ram))
(MC reading: 覽 (MC lamX))(eumhun reading: 넘칠 람 (neomchil ram))
(MC reading: 濫 (MC lamH))(eumhun reading: 남기 람 (namgi ram))
(MC reading: 嵐 (MC lom))(MC reading: 攬 (MC lamX))(MC reading: 欖 (MC lamX))(MC reading: 籃 (MC lam))(MC reading: 纜 (MC lomX|lamH))(MC reading: 襤 (MC lam))(MC reading: 藍 (MC lam))(MC reading: 㛦)(MC reading: 灆)(MC reading: 婪 (MC lom))(MC reading: 漤 (MC lomX))(MC reading: 爁 (MC lamX|lamH))(MC reading: 璼)(MC reading: 惏 (MC lom))(MC reading: 擥 (MC lamX))(MC reading: 𢱯)(MC reading: 㑣)(MC reading: 啉 (MC lom))(MC reading: 嚂 (MC lamH))(MC reading: 囕)(MC reading: 壈 (MC lomX))(MC reading: 㜮 (MC lamH))(MC reading: 浨 (MC lomX))(MC reading: 灠)(MC reading: 爦)(MC reading: 蘫 (MC lam))


科擧

hanja form of 과거 (“imperial examination”)


돌연

suddenly; unexpectedly; abruptly; all of a sudden


遺烈

hanja form of 유열 (“achievements of one's ancestors”)


애신각라

Aisin Gioro, the Manchu family which established and ruled China's Qing dynasty.


略史

hanja form of 약사 (“brief history (record)”)


接神

hanja form of 접신 (“(of a shaman) entering a state of trance possession; entering a state of communion with the divine world”)


천지인

A hangul keyboard layout for typing hangul on a number keypad, developed by Samsung. It is characterized by the usage of three keys ㅣ, ㅡ, and ㆍ to type the vowels.


질다

dialectal form of 길다 (gilda, “to be long”)


냄편

Gangwon, Seoul, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, and Chungcheong form of 남편(男便) (nampyeon, “husband”)


맴돌다

to circle, encircle
to hover (around)
to linger (on)


복잡

Root of 복잡하다 (bokjaphada). Rarely used alone.


處子

hanja form of 처자 (“(literary) virgin (female); maiden”)


오키나와語

hanja form of 오키나와어 (“Okinawan language”)


부지깽이

poker (for poking for poking burning logs or coals in a fire)


윤곽

outline, profile, silhouette (of a face, an image, etc.)


異敎

hanja form of 이교 (“paganism; heathenism”)


사돈

co-parent-in-law, parents of one's child-in-law.

in-law, a relative formed through marriage


회남자

The Huainanzi or Writings of the Masters South of the Huai River.


논어

Lunyu, the Analects of Confucius (one of the Four Books (四書) of Confucianism)


忠誠心

hanja form of 충성심 (“loyalty; faithfulness”)


남반구

Southern Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the south of the Equator, containing only about 10% of the total land area on Earth)


북반구

Northern Hemisphere (the hemisphere in Earth to the north of the Equator, in which 90% of the total land area on Earth is located)


議事日程

hanja form of 의사일정 (“order of the day, agenda”)


오스트리아-헝가리

Austria-Hungary (a former multi-ethnic empire and country in Central Europe existing from 1867 to 1918)


放送社

hanja form of 방송사 (“broadcast station, broadcast company”)


부녀자

A girl/woman who likes homosexual male relationships, a female who enjoys observing relations between gay men/boys.

A female who is a fan of manga and/or anime.


하야

withdrawal from politics, e.g. being forced to step down


주식회사

a type of corporation under South Korean law


히드라

hydra (any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera)


밀치다

to push roughly; to shove; to thrust, to force; to jostle


서귀포

Seogwipo (a city in Jeju Province, South Korea)


-박이

a suffix attached to the end of some nouns, meaning something is a person, animal, or thing embedded in it

a suffix that means something is embedded in it or that it is fixed in one place at a certain times

-phile (originally from "one who would fuck…")


우비다

to poke; to scrape out; to bore; to pick


새파랗다

to be deep blue
to be pallid, to be pale
to be young, to be fresh


반지하

semi-basement (a floor of a building that is half below ground)


영춘권

Wing Chun, a concept-based Chinese martial art and form of self-defense


對外秘

hanja form of 대외비 (“top secret, secret”)


팔각

octagonal, having eight angles
the plant Illicium verum, star anise
the spice star anise


시댁

one's husband's family or home
the in-laws


自害

hanja form of 자해 (“self-harm, self-injury; suicide”)


맹자

Mencius, a Chinese philosopher, one of the principal interpreters of Confucianism

Mencius (one of the Four Books of Confucianism)


황하

Yellow River, Huang He (a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions)


갱제

Gyeongsang form of 경제 (gyeongje, “economy”)


國家社會主義

hanja form of 국가사회주의 (“National Socialism”)


부정관사

indefinite article: a and an in English, ein in German and un in French.


부하

electrical load; a component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit


충성

A battle cry used by Army personnel and police officers when saluting.


꽈리

bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)


붉은기

red flag, a symbol of leftist revolutionary ideologies


두벌식

Dubeolsik, a hangul keyboard layout (or any of its derivatives). The consonants are on the left, and the vowels are on the right.


세벌식

Sebeolsik, a hangul keyboard layout (or any of its derivatives). 첫소리 (cheotsori) and 끝소리 (kkeutsori) forms of consonants are input using different keys.


가운뎃소리

medial; vowel; a vowel or diphthong, especially as it pertains to hangul orthography


끝소리

final consonant or consonant cluster, especially as it pertains to hangul orthography


잔혹

cruelty; brutality; atrocity; heartlessness; ruthlessness


찐빵

jjinppang, Korean steamed bun with red bean paste filling


건더기

solid secondary ingredient in a soup, such as vegetables and meat


화제한어

Japanese-made Chinese-character-based words, wasei kango


保證書

hanja form of 보증서 (“a written pledge; a letter of guarantee”)


년금

North Korea standard spelling of 연금 (yeon'geum)


종횡

length and breadth
perpendicular and horizontal


雙六

hanja form of 쌍륙 (“sugoroku (a Japanese board game with dice like backgammon)”)


고로케

Korean-style croquette, stuffed with japchae, mashed potato, vegetable salad or other ingredients such as kimchi, pork, bulgogi, etc.


곱다랗다

very beautiful (of character, face, figure, etc.)


야비하다

to be base, to be mean, to be underhanded


땡

with the sound of a ringing bell
Used to describe an incorrect answer


땡

a pair of playing cards of the same value


㶂

hanja form of 황 (“the first note, 황종 (黃鍾, hwangjong) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale that is two octaves higher”)


㶃

hanja form of 무 (“the eleventh note, 무역 (無射, muyeok) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale that is two octaves higher”)


㵜

hanja form of 남 (“the tenth note, 남려 (南呂, namnyeo) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale that is two octaves higher”)


㳲

hanja form of 태 (“the third note, 태주 (太簇, taeju) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale that is two octaves higher”)


𣴘

hanja form of 대 (“the second note, 대려 (大呂, daeryeo) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale that is two octaves higher”)


國權

hanja form of 국권 (“national sovereignty”)


範疇論

hanja form of 범주론 (“(mathematics) category theory”)


관악산

Gwanaksan (a mountain in Seoul, South Korea)


具現

hanja form of 구현 (“realization, manifestation”)


일천

Root of 일천하다 (ilcheonhada, “to be new; to be of insufficient duration”). Rarely used alone.


설연타

Xueyantuo (ancient Tiele Turkic people and Turkic khanate in central/northern Asia)


無期懲役

hanja form of 무기징역 (“life sentence; life imprisonment”)


도덕경

Tao Te Ching (ancient classic Chinese text whose authorship is attributed to Laozi)


훈민정음

Hunmin Jeongeum (the book introducing the Korean script)


훈민정음

hangul, the Korean script, especially in its Middle Korean form

a Korean drinking game where one must drink whenever one uses a 외래어(外來語) (oeraeeo), i.e. a non-native and non-Sino-Korean loanword such as from English


용비어천가

Yongbieocheonga, a long fifteenth-century poem extolling the royal ancestors, which is the earliest extensive literary work in the Korean language that survives today


용비어천가

grandiloquent propaganda, especially for the ruling government


언해

Korean-language annotation of Chinese-language works


僞造

hanja form of 위조 (“counterfeit; forgery; fake”)


抗疫

hanja form of 항역 (“fighting an epidemic”)


유럽 련합

Yanbian standard spelling of 유럽 연합 (Yureop Yeonhap)


련합

North Korea standard spelling of 연합 (yeonhap)


電番

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


木管樂器

hanja form of 목관악기 (“woodwind instrument”)


사역원

Bureau of Interpreters, a government office concerned with translation during the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties


공주병

princess sickness (tendency of a young woman to act like a spoilt, narcissistic princess)


왕자병

male version of princess sickness (tendency of a young man to act like a spoilt, narcissistic prince)


王子病

hanja form of 왕자병 (“male version of princess sickness”)


僻地

hanja form of 벽지 (“remote area; out-of-the-way place”)


삼한

Korea; see Canto XXVIII of Yongbieocheonga


陰陽家

hanja form of 음양가 (“School of Naturalists”)


過渡期

hanja form of 과도기 (“transitional period”)


대자보

dazibao; hand-written poster; big-character poster


꼼치

snailfish (any member of the family Liparidae)


치우

Chiyou (tribal leader of the ancient Nine Li tribe)


上製

hanja form of 상제 (“item of superior make”)

hanja form of 상제 (“type of bookbinding”)


우한 폐렴

former name of 신종 코로나 감염증 (sinjong korona gamyeomjeung) Wuhan pneumonia


신종 코로나 감염증

short for 신종 코로나바이러스 감염증 (sinjong koronabaireoseu gamyeomjeung)


우한

Wuhan (the provincial capital of Hubei, China)


感染症

hanja form of 감염증 (“infectious disease”)


숫

Root of 숫하다 (suthada, “to be naïve, to be pure”). Rarely used alone.


똑

exactly in the same way; having no differences


오음

five types of consonants divided according to articulation position in Hunminjeongeum, which corresponds to five basic sounds (Gung, Sang, Gak, Chi, Wu) in melody.


쌤통

something that happens to someone who is thought to deserve it; something that serves someone right


零本

hanja form of 영본 (“a book missing a large proportion of its scrolls”)


영본

a book missing a large proportion of its scrolls


解題

hanja form of 해제 (“description of a book”)


밀통

secret communication with the enemy
adultery


合緣奇緣

hanja form of 합연기연 (“a relationship from a happy twist of fate”)


복희

Fuxi (a legendary ancient Chinese ruler and culture hero)


여와

Nüwa, the goddess who repaired heaven and created mankind


茶褐色

hanja form of 다갈색 (“dark brown; tawny (color)”)


쾌하다

delighted; (to be) happy
well again; (to be) be recovered


思料

hanja form of 사료 (“careful consideration; thought”)


㖲

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


㗡

㗡臺 (늣태) ― Neuttae ― Neungpo-dong, Geoje, South Korea


표고버섯

synonym of 표고 (pyogo, “shiitake mushroom”)


양성

amphoterism; having the characteristics of both an acid and a base


양성자

proton; a positively charged subatomic particle


士族

hanja form of 사족 (“a powerful aristocratic family or a scion of such a family”)


야차

yaksha; or, the indigenous Korean dokkaebi


풍부

an abundance; an opulence; an affluence; a plenty; a wealth; richness; a plenitude


고시원

gosiwon, low-cost single room accommodation typically used by examinees


考試院

hanja form of 고시원 (“gosiwon, low-cost single room accommodation”)


인니

synonym of 인도네시아 (Indonesia, “Indonesia (a country in Asia)”)


死體

hanja form of 사체 (“carcass of an animal; corpse of a crime victim”)


國防部

hanja form of 국방부 (“ministry of national defense”)


𠃗

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


아동

minor, person(s) under age of 18 under the Korean Child Welfare Act (아동복지법)


惡德

hanja form of 악덕 (“vice; immorality; corruption”)


시토회

the Cistercians (Catholic monastic order)


작전

strategy, scheme, a tactical plan to achieve a goal


반짝

while lifting up a small thing; (of a small thing) while being lifted


우마

livestock used for traffic or transport under the Korean Road Traffic Act (도로교통법)


大使命

hanja form of 대사명 (“(Christianity) Great Commission”)


紙面

hanja form of 지면 (“the surface of paper, the space (of a page, of paper)”)


간절

Root of 간절하다 (ganjeolhada). Rarely used alone.


무탈

Root of 무탈하다 (mutalhada, “to be safe and sound”) / 무탈히 (mutalhi). Rarely used alone.


팔방미인

perfection; a person seeming like a beauty or role model

jack of all trades, all-rounder (a versatile person able to do many things well)


상전벽해

time brings drastic changes to the world, so that it feels even forests could turn into oceans (can be positive or negative)


동글

dongle (any small device that plugs into an electronic device, typically a computer, and alters its functionality)


確約

hanja form of 확약 (“assurance, firm promise”)


나팔꽃

A morning glory, especially the Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil).


벌떡

while suddenly standing up; while suddenly becoming erect

while suddenly lying down; while suddenly falling down


통로

(television, radio, e-communication, etc.) channel


입맛

taste (literally and figuratively)
appetite


숭경

Chongqing (1212–1213), an era under Wanyan Yongji, a Jin dynasty emperor


촉법소년

person(s) between the ages of 10 and 14 who has committed a crime without criminal responsibility


원조교제

dating with compensation (payments, financial support, etc.); schoolgirl prostitution


북송

sending to the north
sending to the north


不凍港

hanja form of 부동항 (“ice-free port; warm-water port”)


粒子加速器

hanja form of 입자가속기 (“particle accelerator”)


피통

a piton; a wedge driven into a rock for support


카플

couple (two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.)


민망

popular expectation, people's hope; will of the citizenry


반추

rumination
rumination, brooding, reflection


마스다

to get rid of old systems and lifestyles.


연변

Yanbian (a Korean autonomous prefecture of Jilin, China)


後漢書

hanja form of 후한서 (“Book of the Later Han”)


전복

flipping, overturn
overthrow, subversion


被曝

hanja form of 피폭 (“exposure to radiation”)


불기

short for 불멸기원 (bulmyeolgiwon, “Buddhist Era”)


工巧

hanja form of 공교 (“strange talent, strange coincidence”)


엇

Used to express mild surprise, usually at something undesirable.


벤소

alternative form of 변소 (byeonso, “toilet”)


가달

a very ferocious person
anything split from each other
branch


놀이감

North Korea standard spelling of 놀잇감 (noritgam, “toy; plaything”)


전하

the act of moving or transferring cargo to another place

shifting responsibility or blame to others


전하

rolling down or downward; falling down; dropping


생이

Paratya compressa, a species of small freshwater shrimp


-으라

In the plain style, an imperative verb-final suffix:


쎄다

colloquial form of 세다 (seda, “to be strong”)


밧

Gangwon, Seoul, Jeolla dialect, and Chungcheong form of 밭 (bat, “dry field, dry land for crops”)


펜지

Gyeongsang form of 편지 (pyeonji, “letter”)


정지

stop, halt
suspension, cessation
suspension, block


정지

being static; being without movement; (physics) rest


쾨뻰하븐

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


나그네

voyager, traveler, wanderer, roamer, strider


고레말

Koryo-mar, the Korean dialect spoken in Russia and Central Asia.


가락점

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


가운데소리

North Korea standard spelling of 가운뎃소리 (gaundetsori)


-어사

Gyeongsang, Hamgyong, Yukjin, and southern Jeolla form of -어야 (-eoya, conditional suffix)


-믄

Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으믄 (-eumeun, “(dialectal) if, when”)


나놔다

Jeolla dialect form of 나누다 (nanuda, “share, split up”)


평정하다

to suppress; to repress; to subdue; to quell; to put down


事大主義

hanja form of 사대주의 (“Koreans' historical reverence of China; self-disparaging attitude towards one's own culture”)


녀성고음

North Korea standard spelling of 여성고음 (yeoseonggo'eum)


녀성중음

North Korea standard spelling of 여성중음 (yeoseongjung'eum)


녀성저음

North Korea standard spelling of 여성저음 (yeoseongjeo'eum)


정석

standard procedure or practice; tried and tested method

a studied and standardized sequence of moves in the game of Go


나무가지

North Korea standard spelling of 나뭇가지 (namutgaji)


속음

vernacular pronunciation; an unorthodox reading that became widespread


낮잡다

to estimate low, to underrate
to look down upon, to belittle


茶飯

hanja form of 차반 (“lavish food and drink”)


멕이다

nonstandard form of 먹이다 (meogida, “to feed”)


臂脚

hanja form of 비각 (“(North Korea) limbs”)


선거통

North Korea standard spelling of 투표함 (tupyoham)


난초

the suit of orchid or iris in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of May


제우

dialectal form of 겨우 (gyeou, “barely, with difficulty”)


강남천자국

a mythicized version of China, the homeland of many deities


아이다

alternative form of 아니다 (anida, “to not be”)


일르다

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Hamgyong, and Jeolla dialect form of 읽다 (ikda, “to read”)


녀신

North Korea standard form of 여신(女神) (yeosin, “goddess”)


뱅

round; while circling a relatively small area once


가이

Hwanghae, Pyongan, Seoul, Gangwon, and Chungcheong form of 개 (gae, “dog”)


가이

Gyeongsang form of 가위 (gawi, “scissors”)


쩡

Russia form of 쪽 (jjok, “side, direction”)


할아버님

honorific of 할아버지 (harabeoji, “grandfather”)


깡치

solid secondary ingredient in a soup, such as vegetables and meat


電氣綜合樂器

hanja form of 전기종합악기 (“(North Korea) synthesizer”)


경기충청도방언

the Korean dialects spoken in Gyeonggi Province, most parts of Chungcheong Province and Gangwon Province, and southern areas of Hwanghae Province.


몽따쥬

North Korea standard form of 몽타주 (mongtaju)


렬차

North Korea standard form of 열차 (yeolcha, “train”)


베달

pedal (of a vehicle, bicycle, sewing machine, piano, etc.)


로동자구

a workers' district, a third-level district where more than 65% of the residents are workers


서양인

westerner, especially European, North American and South American.


지리산

Mount Jiri, Jirisan (a mountain in South Korea)


한라산

Mount Halla, Hallasan (a mountain in Jeju, South Korea)


웆제서

Jeolla dialect form of 어째서 (eojjaeseo, “how is it that...”)


名狀

hanja form of 명상 (“name and shape; giving an account in the words”)


팔괘

bagua, eight divinatory trigrams of the I Ching.


궂다

to be bad
to be bad, upset
to be rough, severe


어시

Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Russia form of 어이 (eoi, “parents, mother”)


기례기

wild goose that flies in a V-shaped flock or wedge.


라침반

North Korea standard spelling of 나침반 (nachimban, “compass”)


신기

Root of 신기하다 (sin'gihada, “to be strange and amazing”). Rarely used alone.


신기

Root of 신기하다 (sin'gihada, “to be novel”). Rarely used alone.


居住者

hanja form of 거주자 (“resident; inhabitant”)


암자

a small temple attached to a larger temple


엄습

sudden attack; surprise attack
rush; surge (of emotions or feelings)


오목하다

to be concave; to have a concave curve towards the inside


빽빽하다

jammed, clogged, crammed, packed (full of)


우두커니

while standing or sitting, usually alone, as if lost in thought


장모님

honorific of 장모 (jangmo, “mother-in-law, wife's mother”)


섬돌

stone stairsteps (in traditional houses)


녀동생

North Korea standard spelling of 여동생 (yeodongsaeng)


규소 수지

alternative spelling of 규소수지 (gyusosuji)


홍길동

John Doe, Jane Doe; a generic placeholder name in legal documents


요건

agenda; important matter
requirement; condition; prerequisite


고사리

bracken, fernbrake (Pteridium aquilinum)

bracken fiddlehead, used as a culinary vegetable


선우

chanyu (a supreme ruler of one or more nomadic tribes of Inner Asian peoples, at some point between the 4th century BCE and the 4th century CE; most notably a ruler of the Xiongnu)


토욕혼

Tuyuhun (A powerful Mongolic kingdom established by nomadic tribes related to the Xianbei in the Qilian Mountains and upper Yellow River valley.)


우연

coincidence; chance; accident; contingency


불화

a hanja name of the fire radical: 火 (hwa)


불변

unchangeability; invariability; immutability; constancy; permanence


不撤晝夜

hanja form of 불철주야 (“day and night, round the clock”)


作心三日

hanja form of 작심삼일 (“short-lived plan; resolution”)


둏다

Yukjin form of 좋다 (jota, “to be good, to be pleasing”)


修學

hanja form of 수학 (“study or learn (a discipline)”)


청천벽력

bolt from the blue; sudden and unexpected bad news


靑天霹靂

hanja form of 청천벽력 (“bolt from the blue; sudden and unexpected bad news”)


야자

the coconut palm, or more generally, any palm tree


据置臺

hanja form of 거치대 (“a platform to place or mount an object”)


燻製

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


몽롱하다

to be faint; to be dim; to be obscure (not clearly visible)

to be hazy (in an impaired mental state)


몽롱

Root of 몽롱하다 (mongnonghada). Rarely used alone.


은근

politeness, courtesy
close friendship
implicitness


은근히

slowly and constantly
quietly; secretly
implicitly; inwardly
tastefully


도태

an elimination of (something bad or unsuitable)


見蚊拔劒

hanja form of 견문발검 (“making a mountain out of a molehill”)


針小棒大

hanja form of 침소봉대 (“to make a mountain out of a molehill”)


東問西答

hanja form of 동문서답 (“irrelevant answer”)


어눌하다

to be inarticulate (in speech)
to be awkward and slow (in speech)


어눌

Root of 어눌하다 (eonulhada). Rarely used alone.


與野

hanja form of 여야 (“the ruling party and the opposition party”)


與黨

hanja form of 여당 (“(politics) the ruling party”)


野黨

hanja form of 야당 (“(politics) the opposition party”)


執權黨

hanja form of 집권당 (“(politics) the ruling party”)


일맥상통

being in line with; being in the same vein

a state of sharing a certain thought or condition with another


一脈相通

hanja form of 일맥상통 (“being in line with; a state of sharing a certain thought or condition with another”)


지탱

support; the act of sustaining
maintenance; preservation


或如

hanja form of 혹여 (“by any chance; maybe”)


맘

contraction of 마음 (ma'eum, “mind, heart (i.e. one's emotions); intention, will”)


지탱하다

to support; to prop up
to maintain; to preserve


소멸

vanishing
extinction; death
elimination; annihilation


종적

trace; whereabouts
legacy (of a dead person)


누설

leakage (of gas, liquid, etc.)
disclosure, divulgation (of a secret)


보이즈 러브

boys' love, a genre of culture and art dealing with homosexuality between men (mostly young men).


換節期

hanja form of 환절기 (“the change or turning point of seasons”)


회색분자

a (political or ideological) fence sitter


灰色分子

hanja form of 회색분자 (“(politics) a (political or ideological) fence sitter”)


反動分子

hanja form of 반동분자 (“(politics) a reactionary”)


강퍅하다

to be headstrong; to be stubborn; to be obstinate


강퍅

Root of 강퍅하다 (gangpyakhada, “to be headstrong, to be opinionated, to be stubborn”). Rarely used alone.


우민 정책

policy with the aim of keeping the people ignorant; obscurantism


증설

extending or adding installations
increasing or adding of establishments


증설하다

to extend or add installations
to increase or add establishments


國粹主義

hanja form of 국수주의 (“(politics) (ultra) nationalism; chauvinism”)


重度

hanja form of 중도 (“severity, seriousness”)


기함

swoon (with a scream); passing out while screaming from extreme pain or shock


處方箋

hanja form of 처방전 (“medical prescription”)


罹災民

hanja form of 이재민 (“victim (of disaster)”)


이영보래

The phenomenon in Middle Korean (in the book Dongguk Jeongun) where the hangul consonant cluster ㅭ (lq) /*-lʔ/ was used to represent the Middle Chinese final consonant /*-t/, alongside ㅂ (p) /*-p/ (MC: /*-p/) and ㄱ (k) /*-k/ (MC: /*-k/).


쌍기역

the name of jamo ㄲ (kk), doubled ㄱ (g) in hangul


쌍디귿

the name of jamo ㄸ (tt), doubled ㄷ (d) in hangul


쌍비읍

the name of jamo ㅃ (pp), doubled ㅂ (b) in hangul


쌍시옷

the name of jamo ㅆ (ss), doubled ㅅ (s) in hangul


쌍지읒

the name of jamo ㅉ (jj), doubled ㅈ (j) in hangul


래일

North Korea standard spelling of 내일(來日) (naeil, “tomorrow”)


疎外

alternative form of 疏外 (“estrangement; alienation”)


불금

fiery Friday: Friday as free time; Friyay


-ㅂ네다

post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic form of -습네다 (-seumneda, formal polite declarative suffix)


근사하다

nice; wonderful; marvellous; great; fabulous


근사하다

to work diligently (as a public official)


露國

hanja form of 노국 (“(obsolete, South Korea) Russia”)


露國

hanja form of 로국 (“(obsolete, North Korea) Russia”)


무속인

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


단골

the clientele of a shaman, who regularly consult the shaman for ritual purposes

a hereditary village priest from southern Korea who officiates rituals at a fixed shrine

A regular, either a regular customer from a business's perspective or a regularly visited business from a customer's perspective


만신

female trance possession shaman; priestess of historically northern traditions of Korean shamanism, the indigenous religion of the country


위거

rotating device or wheel for milling, spinning, pottery, etc.


케이팝

K-pop (South Korean pop music influenced by Western styles)


목전

under one's nose (eyes), in one's presence, imminence, the immediate


과외

private (outside of the school curriculum) academic course or class


무진

The fifth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Dragon" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


무한

infinity, infinitude, unlimitedness, boundlessness


무한

Wuhan (the provincial capital of Hubei, China)


수전

short for 수력전기 (suryeokjeon'gi, “hydroelectricity”)


土雨

hanja form of 토우 (“dust storm, rain of dust”)


토장

doenjang (Korean traditional fermented soya bean paste)


島配

hanja form of 도배 (“banishment to an island, marooning; exile (to an island)”)


도배

banishment to an island, marooning; exile (to an island)


나모

alternative form of 나무 (namu, “tree, wood”)


黨葬

hanja form of 당장 (“funeral ceremony held by a political party”)


가차이

Jeolla dialect, Gangwon, and Gyeongsang form of 가까이 (gakkai, “closely, near”)


까타르

Qatar (a country in Asia in the Middle East)


三綱五常

hanja form of 삼강오상 (“three fundamental bonds and five constant virtues”)


강경

being firm; being unbending; being uncompromising


眞짜

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 진짜, “really; actually”.


眞짜

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 진짜, “That which is real or actual”.


假짜

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 가짜, “fake”.


虎狼이

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 호랑이, “tiger”.


正말

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 정말, “really; truly”.


正말

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 정말, “That which is true or genuine”.


뉴웁말

Yukjin dialect, the Korean dialect or separate Koreanic language spoken in the historic Yukjin region of northeastern Korea.


혹가이도

Hokkaido (a northern largest island of Japan, or a prefecture based in itself)


로보트

North Korea standard form of 로봇 (robot, “robot”)


임명

appointment, assignment, installation, induction, or instatement of a person to an office or position


시읏

siot - the name of the seventh jamo, ㅅ (s) in hangul


지면

the surface of paper, the space (of a page, of paper)


무능

lack of talent
lack of ability, incompetency


무능력자

a person without legal capacity, a person under disability


無能力者

hanja form of 무능력자 (“an incompetent (person) ; a person without legal capacity, a person under disability”)


무능력

lack of ability, incompetence, inefficiency, disability, incapacity


無慮

hanja form of 무려 (“as many as, no less than”)


무명

avidyā: unenlightenment, ignorance of nirvana and of the fundamental state of existence


一口二言

hanja form of 일구이언 (“being double-tongued”)


一品

hanja form of 일품 (“the first rank of office ; an article of top quality ; one dish of food”)


일품

an article of top quality, a superior article


삼동

the three months of winter, a winter of three months


三冬

hanja form of 삼동 (“the three months of winter, a winter of three months ; three winters, three years”)


팔도

the (historical) Eight Provinces of Korea


ᆢ

a digraph representing the diphthong [jʌ~jɔ], now merged with [ja] or [jə~jʌ] in all mainland dialects but still distinguished by old Jeju speakers


配當

hanja form of 배당 (“(finance) dividend; distribution; allocation”)


보잉

a transliteration of the English surname Boeing


外紙

hanja form of 외지 (“a foreign newspaper; the foreign press”)


俗音

hanja form of 속음 (“(Chinese linguistics) vernacular pronunciation”)


便乘

hanja form of 편승 (“hitchhiking; phoresy”)


하숙

boarding, lodging, staying at a rooming house (or hostel)


출근시간

the hour for going to work, (the) time to get to the office, time for work, the office going hour


여린히읗

Used in North Korea from 1948–1954 as part of New Korean Orthography, to represent /Ø/ which changes to /◌͈/, making the following consonant tense. Sometimes called ᅙᅵ으 ('ieu) in this context.


조선시대

Joseon, an old dynasty on the Korean peninsula (1392 CE – 1897 CE)


녀름

Yukjin and Yanbian form of 여름 (yeoreum, “summer”)


따이

Yukjin, Gyeongsang, and Koryo-Mar form of 땅 (ttang, “earth, land”)


탈리에리니

taglierini, tagliolini (pasta thinner than tagliatelle)


찰스

a transliteration of the English male given name Charles


모슬포

Moseulpo (a city in Jeju Province, South Korea)


더위팔기

"Selling heat", a folk custom associated with the first full moon of the first lunar month according to which saying "my heat" to someone before dawn is supposed to make one's sufferings that summer less intense.


同業者

hanja form of 동업자 (“person in the same business or profession; colleague”)


동업자

person in the same business or profession; colleague


원쑤

North Korea standard spelling of 원수(怨讐) (wonsu, “enemy”)


怨讐

hanja form of 원수 (“(South Korea) enemy”)

hanja form of 원쑤 (“(North Korea) enemy”)


탐라국

Tamna (ancient Korean kingdom who ruled Jeju Island)


答狀

hanja form of 답장 (“a reply letter, a written reply, an answer, a reply”)


애월

Aewol (a town in Jeju Province, South Korea)


애월

loving the Moon; adoring the beauty of the Moon


-아야겠-

Yang-vowel form of -어야겠- (-eoyaget-); syncopic form of 아야 하겠 (-aya ha-get-) and 아야 되겠 (-aya doe-get-)


년령

North Korea standard spelling of 연령 (yeollyeong)


년세

North Korea standard spelling of 연세 (yeonse)


가새보리

A barley with two or three leaves in the shape of scissors.


警音機

hanja form of 경음기 (“(North Korea) megaphone; loudspeaker”)


축하

congratulations, celebration, felicitations, rejoicing, festivities; (congratulatory) greetings


在宅勤務

hanja form of 재택근무 (“working from home”)


클마니

grandmother; (by extension) elderly female


개않다

to be nice, good, passable, OK, all right

to be allowed to ...; may, can; it is OK to ...


刎頸

hanja form of 문경 (“beheading, decapitation”)


-래요

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see -래 (-rae), -요 (-yo).


-라우

Post-vowel allomorphic form of -이라우 (-irau, politeness-marking particle (Jeolla dialect))


-라우

Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으라우 (-eurau, imperative suffix (northwestern Seoul, Hwanghae, Pyongan))


남측

South Korea (as opposite to North Korea)


북측

North Korea (as opposite to South Korea)


두티다

to change the position of the object slightly


시더기

Any dough of rice or other cereals, ground before, or mashed after, steaming.

Specifically, a steamed cake of glutinous rice, often sweetened.


꽈잘

sweet; confection
candy
pastry; cake; cookie; cracker


족하

nonstandard spelling of 조카 (joka, “nephew”)


검은무리

A group of gangsters; a group of people who engage in organized violence.


문바람

wind that enters a door or through a gap in a door


-니까

Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으니까 (-eunikka, “because, since, as”)


퍼드덕

while flapping its wings
while flopping about


-으닝까

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


괴기

Dialectal form of 고기 (gogi, “meat; fish”)


괴기

Root of 괴기하다 (goegihada). Rarely used alone.


과욕

Jeolla dialect form of 교육(敎育) (gyoyuk, “education”)


-슴

In the formal polite style, the chief declarative suffix.


녀왕

North Korea standard spelling of 여왕 (yeowang)


똥파리

yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)


그리마

house centipede (centipedes of the family Scutigeridae)


어마니

dialectal form of 어머니 (eomeoni, “mother”)


심마니

ginseng gatherer (who would go seek wild ginseng in the mountains of Korea)


심마니말

A coded cant historically used by Korean ginseng gatherers, both to hide the best ginseng spots from outsiders (since ginseng was an extremely valuable product) and because it was believed that using normal language would make it harder to find ginseng. Typically, common words are replaced by figurative or ideophonic expressions; loanwords from Manchu may also be used.


재래

transmitted from older times; existing; traditional


되야지

Jeolla dialect form of 돼지 (dwaeji, “pig”)


구렁이

A rat snake, particularly the Amur rat snake (Elaphe schrenckii), a large non-venomous snake formerly common in Korea.


산골

a mountainous district; a secluded place


오누이

brother and sister; siblings (one male and one female)


먹히다

passive of 먹다 (meokda):
passive of 먹다 (meokda):


결합되다

to be combined; to be coupled; to be fused


차마

possibly stand, possibly bear; used in a negated sentence to emphasize the emotional impossibility of the negated act


차마

wagons and horses, considered collectively


앞당기다

to advance; to bring forward; to move up


다그다

to put (something) close to; to bring near


돌파

breaking through; breakthrough
passing; surpassing


자력갱생

relying on one's own efforts; self-reliance


귀양

exile; banishment (as judicial punishment in dynastic East Asia)


멸망

annihilation; destruction
fall of a historical polity


마달

ritual songs and invocations memorized by shamans


말미암다

to be engendered; to be caused (generally accompanied by the instrumental particle 로 (ro))


기마이

The tendency to give out money or things freely.


-심니꺼

alternative spelling of -십니꺼 (-simnikkeo)


라멘

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


選球眼

hanja form of 선구안 (“(baseball) an eye for discerning whether a pitch is a strike or not”)


억누르다

to restrain (emotion); to control; to suppress


감시하다

to keep watch on; to watch; to conduct surveillance of


풀이

shamanic narrative recounting the origin myth of a divinity


드러내다

to expose; to lay bare
to show; to disclose; to reveal


평안남도

South Pyongan (a province of North Korea)


평안북도

North Pyongan, North Pyeongan, North Phyongan (a province of North Korea)


자강도

Chagang, Jagang (a province of North Korea)


황해남도

South Hwanghae (a province of North Korea)


황해북도

North Hwanghae (a province of North Korea)


함경남도

South Hamgyong (a province of North Korea)


함경북도

North Hamgyong (a province of North Korea)


스스이

fortune-teller; village priest (practitioner of folk religion)


사랑싸움

lovers' tiff (petty dispute between lovers)


골백

bazillion; a very large number of (found only before 번 (beon, “times”) and 살 (sal, “years of age”))


고지식하다

to be self-righteous; to be stubborn; to be inflexible


나환자

a leper (someone suffering from leprosy)


깇다

to cough (must always take the object 기침 (gichim))


문둥이

A person suffering from leprosy; a leper


문드러지다

to fester and drop off (especially of flesh)

to be outrageous; to be emotionally intolerable (usually with 속 (sok, “insides”) as a subject)


함흥차사

person sent on an errand who fails to return even after a long time


랍치

North Korea standard spelling of 납치 (napchi)


이듬

a second plowing of the fields
a second weeding of the fields


이듭

two years of age (for livestock animals)


된시옷

the Korean fortis consonant /s͈/, written ㅆ (ss)

the jamo ㅅ (s) when used as the first element of a digraph denoting the fortis consonants. This was the most common way to write the fortis consonants from the time that they emerged as separate phonemes to about 1900. These spellings are now deprecated and obsolete.


시름

sorrow; grief; anxiety; a persistent melancholic feeling


설치다

to be unruly; to act wildly; to behave outside accepted norms

to sleep poorly (only with the direct object 잠 (jam, “sleep”))


나대다

to act in an unruly manner; to behave outside accepted norms

to be full of oneself; to show off; to act boastfully; to act ostentatiously, especially to show off one's knowledge


정력

virility; male sexual prowess
energy; vigor


정력

Lepidium apetalum (a species of pepperwort)


혼령

spirit of a dead person, especially one that lingers on earth


중천

a very deep spring of water
a very distant land
the afterlife


만병통치약

panacea; cure-all (all-curing medicine)
panacea (solution to all problems)


질풍노도

the emotional and behavioral troubles of adolescence


조예

expertise; expert knowledge; familiarity


식자

intellectual; an educated person; a discerning person


원천

source; fountainhead (of ideas, inspiration, etc.)


산천

mountains and rivers considered collectively


중징계

severe punishment; severe disciplinary action


들뜨다

to come off; to fall off
to be excited; to be restless
to be sallow and swollen


귀걸이

earmuffs
earring
short for 귀걸이안경 (gwigeorian'gyeong)


-을 것 같다

to feel like; to feel that; to think (expresses an assumption, guess, or supposition; also used in hyperbolic statements about one's emotional state)


화법

speech, as in indirect speech or direct speech


檢出

hanja form of 검출 (“detection of a chemical or microbe”)


암향

deep and subtle fragrance (typically of a flower)


꼼수

a risky move, or gambit, made in the assumption that the opponent's response to it will be a blunder (chiefly in the game of Go)


꼬리 치다

to flirt, typically inappropriately and for ulterior purposes (usually a girl/woman flirting at a boy/man)


마인어

Malay language (Southeast Asian language of which Malaysian and Indonesian are the official standards)


몽어

Classical Mongolian language, the literary language of the Early Modern Mongols


중문

writing composed in Modern Standard Chinese


인성

quality of one's character, especially in dealing with other people


영미권

The Anglosphere; the predominantly English-speaking states under Anglo-American cultural and political hegemony


영어권

The Anglosphere; the areas in which English is the dominant language


거유

large breasts (of a woman)
a busty woman


로또

alternative form of 로토 (roto, “lotto; lottery”) (colloquially dominant form)


풍슉

village, hamlet, usually in rural surroundings.


다리다

dialectal form of 데리다 (derida, “to bring along”)


자취

mark; trace; legacy (what remains of a person or thing)

locus (set of points satisfying a condition)


자취

cooking for oneself; boarding a room and living independently there


우기다

to stubbornly insist on, especially when there is no evidence or counterevidence


억지

the stubbornness of attempting to forcefully do something which would not naturally happen


-음직

-worthy (attached between a verb stem and the adjective-deriving suffixes -스럽다 (-seureopda) or -하다 (-hada))


꺼리다

to hesitate to do; to shy away from; to avoid


카메라맨

cameraman; cameraperson; camera operator


시집가다

to get married (and so, to enter into the husband's family)


장가가다

to get married (and so, to enter into the wife's family)


퐁당퐁당

falling repeatedly in water with small splashes


풍덩풍덩

falling repeatedly in deep water with large splashes


까물까물

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


곱이곱이

meanderingly, in zigzag (with relatively small movements)


깜짝깜짝

while blinking one's eyes repeatedly (especially in disbelief)

while being repeatedly shocked and surprised (often in a positive way)


깜박

while darkening and then brightening in quick succession

while brightening and then darkening in quick succession

in a muddled or confused state of consciousness


깜빡

while indeed darkening and then brightening in quick succession

while indeed brightening and then darkening in quick succession

in quite a muddled or confused state of consciousness


깜빡깜빡

while indeed repeatedly darkening and then brightening in quick succession

while indeed repeatedly brightening and then darkening in quick succession

while indeed repeatedly blinking one's eyes

while repeatedly entering quite a muddled or confused state of consciousness


깜박깜박

while repeatedly darkening and then brightening in quick succession

while repeatedly brightening and then darkening in quick succession

while repeatedly entering a muddled or confused state of consciousness


콱

while colliding hard with a solid object

chokingly; being blocked before being able to be expressed


꼬르륵꼬르륵

repeatedly rumblingly, repeatedly growlingly


꾸르륵

while making a large rumbling sound, while making a large growling sound


꼬르륵

while making a small rumbling sound, while making a small growling sound


가오

face (as in to save face); reputation; dignity

a pretentious act; an act done solely to gain the approval of others


아들딸

children; sons and daughters considered collectively


땡땡

very swellingly
in a very hard and solid shape


탱탱

very swellingly
in an extremely hard and solid shape


딩딩

with a plucking sound of a string instrument


띵띵

with an extremely visibly swelling shape

with a loud plucking sound of a string instrument


팅팅

with a very extremely visibly swelling shape

in a very extremely hard and solid shape

with a very loud plucking sound of a string instrument


반짝반짝

while repeatedly entering moments of clarity

while repeatedly lifting up a small thing; (of a small thing) while being repeatedly lifted


빤짝

while lifting up a small thing; (of a small thing) while being lifted


빤짝빤짝

brightly twinkling; with a repeated bright sparkle

while repeatedly entering moments of bright clarity

while repeatedly occurring very suddenly


맹꽁맹꽁

ribbit-ribbit; while croaking repeatedly


번쩍

with a blast, with a flash, with a glitter

with a moment of great and sudden clarity

while lifting up a large, heavy thing; (of a large thing) while being lifted


번쩍번쩍

with repeated blasts, with repeated flashes of light

with repeated moments of great and sudden clarity

to repeatedly occur very suddenly; to repeatedly occur very quickly

while repeatedly appearing clearly in one's mind

while repeatedly lifting up a large, heavy thing; (of a large thing) while being repeatedly lifted


뻔쩍

with quite a blast, with quite a flash, with quite a glitter

with a moment of quite great and sudden clarity

while appearing quite clearly in one's mind

while lifting up a very large, heavy thing; (of a very large thing) while being lifted


뻔쩍뻔쩍

with repeated considerable blasts, with repeated considerable flashes, with repeated considerable glitters

with repeated moments of quite great and sudden clarity

to repeatedly occur with extremely suddenness

while repeatedly appearing quite clearly in one's mind

while repeatedly lifting up a very large, heavy thing; (of a very large thing) while being repeatedly lifted


벌끈

fiercely; reflecting undue anger at a minor annoyance


비상장 주식

private equity, OTC stock, unlisted stock, unregistered stock, unquoted stock


뻘떡

while suddenly standing up, with a relatively large movement; while suddenly becoming erect, with a relatively large movement

while suddenly lying down, with a relatively large movement; while suddenly falling down, with a relatively large movement


펄떡

while leaping with vigor
while beating loudly


발딱

while suddenly standing up with a rapid movement; while suddenly becoming erect with a rapid movement

while suddenly lying down; while suddenly falling down


빨딱

while very suddenly standing up with a rapid movement; while very suddenly becoming erect with a rapid movement

while very suddenly lying down; while very suddenly falling down


팔딱

while beating quickly but not very loudly


볼끈

protruding sharply, suddenly
while clenching one's fist
angrily


볼똑

angrily in a sudden and impetuous manner


불뚝

very angrily in a sudden manner after previously having shown no sign of emotion


삥

round; circling a relatively large area once


삥삥

round and round; while repeatedly circling a relatively large area


뺑

round; while circling a relatively small area once


뱅뱅

round and round; while repeatedly circling a relatively small area

to and forth over a relatively small area


스르르

while slowly becoming disentangled
while slowly melting
while slowly falling asleep


語弊

hanja form of 어폐 (“(of language) misleading; causing a misunderstanding”)


사푼

with a particularly soft step, with a particularly light movement


사푼사푼

with particularly soft steps, particularly softly, particularly lightly


서뿐

with a somewhat soft step, with a somewhat light movement


서뿐서뿐

with somewhat soft steps, somewhat softly, somewhat lightly


슬금슬금

furtively; stealthily; surreptitiously; while watching one's surroundings to not be discovered (of a thief, etc.)


살살

while moving to and fro, especially in an agitated manner


살살

subtly; gently; carefully
while slowly melting
while touching or rubbing softly
while blowing in a soft breeze
quite easily; leisurely


솔로

a single person; a person without a romantic partner


쌩글쌩글

while continuously grinning particularly widely


썩

while cutting in one quite powerful stroke

while quite forcefully pushing, while quite forcefully extending (a line on paper, etc.)


썩

while crunching and eating (a fruit, etc.)


웍저그르르

very boisterously; very uproariously; with extreme noise


오도카니

while standing or sitting, usually alone, as if lost in thought


오물오물

while murmuring quietly, while mumbling quietly


오물쪼물

quite indecisively, quite hesitantly (generally not very critical)


쫑쫑

while muttering quietly to oneself in complaint


쫑쫑

while being aligned tightly, while being tied closely


총총

with small but very quick steps; very quickly


총총

profusely; perceptibly; while being distinctly perceptible and filling the night sky


주뼛

pointily, taperingly
while standing on end in shock
hesitantly, diffidently
with pursed lips


조뼛

somewhat hesitantly, somewhat diffidently


쭈뼛

quite pointily, quite taperingly
while standing quite on end in shock
quite hesitantly, quite diffidently
with quite pursed lips


쪼뼛

indeed very pointily, indeed very taperingly

while indeed somewhat standing on end in shock

indeed somewhat hesitantly, indeed somewhat diffidently


조뼛조뼛

while repeatedly somewhat standing on end in shock

repeatedly somewhat hesitantly, repeatedly somewhat diffidently


쪼뼛쪼뼛

while indeed repeatedly somewhat standing on end in shock

indeed repeatedly somewhat hesitantly, indeed repeatedly somewhat diffidently


쭈뼛쭈뼛

while repeatedly standing quite on end in shock

quite repeatedly hesitantly, quite repeatedly diffidently


쏙

entering or protruding deeply (either towards or away from the speaker, of a small object or of a relatively lesser depth)

in a state in which large quantities have been drained or removed (both physical and metaphorical)


염불

the repeated recitation of 나무아미타불 (namuamitabul) by Buddhist monks


터덜터덜

trudging or treading very wearily or very totteringly (e.g. of stragglers)

very clackingly (for ceramics to collide together)


허허

alas; an expression of dismay, concern, worry or disapproval.


하동지동

somewhat helter-skelter, somewhat hurriedly


슬쩍

discreetly; furtively (often in a cunning or negative way)


살짝살짝

repeatedly discreetly, repeatedly secretly


슬쩍슬쩍

repeatedly somewhat subtly; repeatedly somewhat slightly

repeatedly discreetly, repeatedly secretly (often in a sly or negative way)

repeatedly lazily, repeatedly carelessly


살근살근

while rubbing very softly and lightly
effortlessly and subtly


슬근슬근

while rubbing softly and lightly
effortlessly and subtly


살며시

subtly as to not draw attention
softly and slowly
while slowly emerging in the mind


슬며시

subtly as to not draw attention (often of a negative action)


살몃살몃

repeatedly and subtly as to not draw attention

while slowly repeating an action done lightly


슬몃슬몃

repeatedly and subtly as to not draw attention (often of a negative action)


절로

short for 저절로 (jeojeollo, “by oneself; naturally”)


고물고물

moving slowly in succession
somewhat lazily, somewhat sluggishly
somewhat wrigglingly


구물구물

moving slowly in succession
lazily, sluggishly
very wrigglingly


꾸물꾸물

alternative form of 끄물끄물 (kkeumulkkeumul, “with an overcast sky”)


고무락고무락

wrigglingly; squirmingly; while repeatedly moving slowly and slightly (e.g. of an inchworm)


꼬무락꼬무락

indeed wrigglingly; indeed squirmingly; while indeed repeatedly moving slowly and slightly (e.g. of an inchworm)


구무럭구무럭

squirmingly; while inching by; while repeatedly moving very slowly


꾸무럭꾸무럭

indeed squirmingly; while indeed inching by; while indeed repeatedly moving very slowly


곰실곰실

swarmingly; while moving collectively via a large number of tiny, individual movements


꼼실꼼실

indeed swarmingly; while moving collectively via a large number of tiny, individual movements


굼실굼실

swarmingly; while moving collectively via a large number of individual movements


꿈실꿈실

indeed swarmingly; while moving collectively via a large number of individual movements


곰지락

while wriggling once; while slowly moving one's body or body part by a small amount


곰지락곰지락

wrigglingly; while repeatedly slowly moving one's body or body part by a small amount


꼼지락

while indeed wriggling once; while indeed slowly moving one's body or body part by a small amount


꼼지락꼼지락

indeed wrigglingly; while indeed repeatedly slowly moving one's body or body part by a small amount


굼지럭

while squirming once; while sluggishly moving one's body or body part


굼지럭굼지럭

squirmingly; while repeatedly sluggishly moving one's body or body part


꿈지럭

while indeed squirming once; while indeed sluggishly moving one's body or body part


꿈지럭꿈지럭

indeed squirmingly; while indeed repeatedly sluggishly moving one's body or body part


꼼틀

while indeed squirming once with small motions


꼼트락꼼트락

squirmingly in all directions with small motions


바글바글

boilingly while spreading in all directions; bubblingly while spreading in all directions


빠글빠글

indeed boilingly while spreading in all directions; indeed bubblingly while spreading in all directions


뻐글뻐글

while indeed in great emotional distress


바그르르

while boiling loudly and spreading out; while bubbling vigorously and spreading out


빠그르르

while indeed boiling loudly and spreading out; while indeed bubbling vigorously and spreading out


뽀글뽀글

indeed boilingly; indeed bubblingly
in a very curly state


부글부글

while surfacing again and again; while being in emotional turmoil


뿌글뿌글

while indeed surfacing again and again; while indeed being in emotional turmoil


보그르르

while boiling suddenly or rapidly; while bubbling suddenly or rapidly


뽀그르르

while indeed boiling suddenly or rapidly; while indeed bubbling suddenly or rapidly


와글와글

teemingly
while boiling somewhat loudly
while falling down


워글워글

very teemingly
while boiling very loudly
while falling down


와그르르

very teemingly (often in a repulsive way)

while breaking, while failing to be kept


워그르르

excessively teemingly (in a repulsive way)


오글오글

very thickly and teemingly (often in a repulsive way)

while boiling very loudly within a small area


우글우글

very thickly and teemingly in a repulsive way


오그르르

very thickly packed (often in a repulsive way)

while boiling very suddenly within a small area


우그르르

while boiling very suddenly within a large area


바삭

crunchingly; while lightly stepping on, grinding, or breaking with a crunching sound

crunchingly; while biting on with a crunching sound

crisply, as to crack easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


바싹

carefully, earnestly, with rapt attention


바싹

quite crunchingly; while lightly stepping on, grinding, or breaking with a crunching sound

quite crunchingly; while biting on with a crunching sound

quite crisply, as to crack easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


바사삭

alternative form of 바삭 (basak, “crunchingly”)


빠삭

indeed crunchingly; while lightly stepping on, grinding, or breaking with a crunching sound

indeed crunchingly; while biting on with a crunching sound

indeed crisply, as to crack easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


빠사삭

alternative form of 빠삭 (ppasak, “crunchingly”)


파삭

very crunchingly; while lightly stepping on, grinding, or breaking with a crunching sound

very crunchingly; while biting on with a crunching sound

very dryly, as to crack easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


파사삭

alternative form of 파삭 (pasak, “crunchingly”)


버석

crunchingly; while stepping on or crushing, or snapping with a crunching sound

dryly, as to flake easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


버서석

alternative form of 버석 (beoseok, “crunchingly”)


버썩

while moving physically close to in an annoying way


버썩

quite crunchingly; while stepping on, crushing, or snapping with a crunching sound

quite dryly, as to flake easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


뻐석

indeed crunchingly; while stepping on, crushing, or snapping with a crunching sound

indeed dryly, as to flake easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


뻐서석

alternative form of 뻐석 (ppeoseok, “crunchingly”)


퍼석

very crunchingly; while stepping on, crushing, or snapping with a crunching sound

very dryly, as to flake easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))

without any moisture as to taste very bad (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


퍼서석

alternative form of 퍼석 (peoseok, “crunchingly”)


바삭바삭

crunchingly; while repeatedly lightly stepping on, grinding, or breaking with a crunching sound

crunchingly; while repeatedly biting on with a crunching sound

particularly crisply, as to crack easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


바싹바싹

repeatedly or continuously dryly, aridly, parchedly

repeatedly suddenly changing by a large amount

very carefully, very earnestly, with very rapt attention


바싹바싹

quite crunchingly; while repeatedly lightly stepping on, grinding, or breaking with a crunching sound

quite crunchingly; while repeatedly biting on with a crunching sound

quite particularly crisply, as to crack easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


빠삭빠삭

indeed crunchingly; while repeatedly lightly stepping on, grinding, or breaking with a crunching sound

indeed crunchingly; while repeatedly biting on with a crunching sound

indeed particularly crisply, as to crack easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


파삭파삭

very crunchingly; while repeatedly lightly stepping on, grinding, or breaking with a crunching sound

very crunchingly; while repeatedly biting on with a crunching sound


버석버석

crunchingly; while repeatedly stepping on or crushing, or snapping with a crunching sound

excessively dryly, as to flake easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


버썩버썩

while moving physically close to in an annoying way

very suddenly and repeatedly moving to a large extent

repeatedly tensely, repeatedly strainedly


버썩버썩

quite crunchingly; while repeatedly stepping on, crushing, or snapping with a crunching sound

quite excessively dryly, as to flake easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


뻐석뻐석

indeed crunchingly; while repeatedly stepping on, crushing, or snapping with a crunching sound

indeed excessively dryly, as to flake easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


퍼석퍼석

very crunchingly; while repeatedly stepping on, crushing, or snapping with a crunching sound

very excessively dryly, as to flake easily (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))

without any moisture at all, as to taste extremely bad (must be followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


뽀삭

while indeed crumbling with a soft rustle


부석

seemingly pallidly and bloatedly (always followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


부석

Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, Gangwon, Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, and Hamgyong form of 부엌 (bueok, “kitchen”)


부썩

rapidly, suddenly, and significantly
stubbornly


푸석

seemingly pallidly, bloatedly, and coarsely (always followed by the adjective-deriving suffix 하다 (hada))


보삭보삭

while crumbling again and again with a soft rustle


뽀삭뽀삭

while indeed crumbling again and again with a soft rustle


포삭포삭

easily and continuously crumbling finely


부석부석

while crumbling again and again with a rustle


부썩부썩

while quite crumbling again and again with a rustle


부썩부썩

repeatedly rapidly, suddenly, and significantly


뿌석뿌석

while indeed crumbling again and again with a rustle


보사삭

alternative form of 보삭 (bosak, “crumblingly; rustlingly”)


뽀사삭

alternative form of 뽀삭 (pposak, “crumblingly; rustlingly”)


포사삭

alternative form of 포삭 (posak, “finely crumblingly”)


부서석

alternative form of 부석 (buseok, “crumblingly; rustlingly”)


뿌서석

alternative form of 뿌석 (ppuseok, “crumblingly; rustlingly”)


푸서석

alternative form of 푸석 (puseok, “crumblingly”)


보사삭보사삭

alternative form of 보삭보삭 (bosakbosak, “crumblingly; rustlingly”)


뽀사삭뽀사삭

alternative form of 뽀삭뽀삭 (pposakpposak, “crumblingly; rustlingly”)


포사삭포사삭

alternative form of 포삭포삭 (posakposak, “finely crumblingly”)


부서석부서석

alternative form of 부석부석 (buseokbuseok, “crumblingly; rustlingly”)


뿌서석뿌서석

alternative form of 뿌석뿌석 (ppuseokppuseok, “crumblingly; rustlingly”)


푸서석푸서석

alternative form of 푸석푸석 (puseokpuseok, “crumblingly”)


와삭

rustlingly; while brushing on each other or being stepped on with a rustling sound

crunchingly; while biting on with a loud crunching sound


와싹

very rustlingly; while brushing on each other or being stepped on with a loud rustling sound

very crunchingly; while biting on with a very loud crunching sound


워석

rustlingly; while brushing on each other forcefully or being stamped on with a rustling sound


워썩

very rustlingly; while brushing on each other forcefully or being stamped on with a loud rustling sound


와삭와삭

repeatedly rustlingly; while repeatedly brushing on each other or being repeatedly stepped on with a rustling sound

repeatedly crunchingly; while repeatedly biting on with a loud crunching sound


와싹와싹

repeatedly very rustlingly; while repeatedly brushing on each other or being repeatedly stepped on with a loud rustling sound

repeatedly very crunchingly; while biting on repeatedly with a very loud crunching sound


와싹와싹

in repeated swift, significant movements


워석워석

repeatedly rustlingly; while repeatedly brushing on each other forcefully or being repeatedly stamped on with a rustling sound


워썩워썩

repeatedly very rustlingly; while repeatedly brushing on each other forcefully or being repeatedly stamped on with a loud rustling sound


바스락

rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by lightly stepping on or lightly riffling once


와사삭

alternative form of 와삭 (wasak, “rustlingly; crunchingly”)


와사삭와사삭

alternative form of 와삭와삭 (wasagwasak, “rustlingly; crunchingly”)


워석버석

alternative form of 워석워석 (woseogwoseok, “rustlingly; crunchingly”)


바스락바스락

rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by lightly stepping on or lightly riffling through repeatedly


빠스락

quite rustlingly; with the loud rustling sound produced by lightly stepping on or lightly riffling once


빠스락빠스락

quite rustlingly; with the loud rustling sound produced by lightly stepping on or lightly riffling through repeatedly


블링블링

shinily, fancily, bling-bling-ly (often used to refer to celebrities)


파슬파슬

very flakily; while indeed drying and flaking off


버슬버슬

flakily; while drying and coming apart in small clumps


버스럭

rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by stepping on or riffling once


뻐스럭

quite rustlingly; with the loud rustling sound produced by stepping on or riffling once


퍼슬퍼슬

very flakily; while indeed drying and coming apart in small clumps


버스럭버스럭

rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by stepping on or riffling through repeatedly


뻐스럭뻐스럭

quite rustlingly; with the loud rustling sound produced by stepping on or riffling through repeatedly


보슬보슬

being too lacking in moisture to cohere, and coming apart

falling thinly and softly, often in a beautiful or contemplative way


문혁

short for 문화대혁명 (Munhwa Daehyeongmyeong, “Cultural Revolution”)


문화대혁명

Cultural Revolution (period of social turmoil in Maoist China)


보스락

very softly rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by very lightly stepping on or lightly touching once


보스락보스락

very softly rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by very lightly stepping on or lightly touching again and again


뽀스락

quite very softly rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by very lightly stepping on or lightly touching once


뽀스락뽀스락

quite very softly rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by very lightly stepping on or lightly touching again and again


포슬포슬

being far too lacking in moisture to cohere, and coming apart


부슬부슬

being too lacking in moisture to cohere, and coming apart in clumps


부스럭

softly rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by lightly stepping on or touching once


부스럭부스럭

softly rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by lightly stepping on or touching again and again


뿌스럭

quite softly rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by lightly stepping on or touching once


뿌스럭뿌스럭

quite softly rustlingly; with the rustling sound produced by lightly stepping on or touching again and again


푸슬푸슬

being far too lacking in moisture to cohere, and coming apart in clumps


붕가붕가

behavior in heat (humping)
sex; sexual intercourse


가가린

a transliteration of the Russian surname Гага́рин (Gagárin)


자기절로

by oneself, on one's own, without assistance


가갸시절

A period when a person learns their first alphabet

A period when a person is young and doesn't know much


오스트랄리아 련방

Commonwealth of Australia (formal and full name of Australia)


끔쩍

with a great surprise, with a great shock (chiefly negatively)


끔쩍끔쩍

while blinking one's eyes intently and repeatedly

while being repeatedly shocked and surprised (chiefly negatively)


끔벅

while suddenly darkening and then brightening in quick succession

while suddenly brightening and then darkening in quick succession


끔벅끔벅

while suddenly and repeatedly darkening and then brightening in quick succession

while suddenly and repeatedly brightening and then darkening in quick succession

while suddenly blinking one's eyes again and again


기다

contraction of 기이다 (giida, “to hide/conceal a fact from somebody”)


끔뻑

while indeed suddenly darkening and then brightening in quick succession

while indeed suddenly brightening and then darkening in quick succession

while indeed suddenly blinking one's eyes


끔뻑끔뻑

while indeed suddenly and repeatedly darkening and then brightening in quick succession

while indeed suddenly and repeatedly brightening and then darkening in quick succession

while indeed suddenly blinking one's eyes again and again


끔찍끔찍하다

to be extremely terrible; to be truly atrocious


곰작

with a slow and slight movement (chiefly in negative constructions, to emphasize that the subject does not move at all)


꼼작

with quite a slow and slight movement (chiefly in negative constructions, to emphasize that the subject does not move at all)


꼼짝

with truly a slow and slight movement (chiefly in negative constructions, to emphasize that the subject does not move at all)


꼼작꼼작

repeatedly moving quite slowly and slightly


꼼짝꼼짝

repeatedly moving indeed slowly and slightly


코로나

COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2


코로나

a corona; a circle or set of circles visible around a bright celestial object


몸조리

recuperation; taking care of one's health


사모

longing; yearning; love; deep attachment


사모

samo, black formal hat worn by Joseon-era officials


하필

of all things, why... (used to emphasize the question of why it must specifically be so)


광명

Gwangmyeong (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


큰굿

a large-scale shamanic ritual
a large-scale shamanic ritual


낯가리다

to be shy when meeting an unfamiliar person


꼰대

a stuck-up and condescending person, especially an older one; a curmudgeon


청초하다

to be unobtrusively but elegantly beautiful


청순

purity; innocence; restrained and unobtrusive beauty (typically of a young woman)


후줄근하다

to droop down shabbily and unkemptly
to be exhausted


가시화

the process of making real or visible; realization, visualization


초로

a dewdrop on a blade of grass
something ephemeral


넋두리

a procedure in Korean shamanic funerals in which the shaman speaks with the voice of the deceased and bids farewell to the bereaved family


한심

patheticness (chiefly in adjectival form)


사꾸라

a spy or agent for the opposing political party


전갱이

Japanese jack mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)


삼나무

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
cedar trees generally


향나무

Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis), a small aromatic tree


화살나무

burning bush (Euonymus alatus), an ornamental shrub


가시나무

Quercus myrsinifolia, a species of evergreen oak tree native to Korea and other East Asian countries.


투구꽃

aconite; monkshood; a poisonous herb of the genus Aconitum


할미꽃

Pulsatilla koreana, a pasque flower indigenous to Korea


투구

historical helmet (as part of military gear)


오촌

first cousin once removed (male or female)


육촌

first cousin twice removed (male or female)


칠촌

second cousin once removed (male or female)

first cousin thrice removed (male or female)


팔촌

second cousin twice removed (male or female)


손싸다

to be suitable and moderate to handle by hand


자결

honorable suicide; suicide for the sake of a cause


-거든

given that; especially used in rhetorical questions

In the intimate style, a declarative ending explaining a reason.


닥나무

a paper mulberry tree of the genus Broussonetia

In particular, of species Broussonetia kazinoki.


애니

short for 애니메이션 (aenimeisyeon, “animation”)


시왕

the ten kings who judge the dead in the underworld


사둘

A fishing net with a long handle and a ladle-like shape.


공수

short for 공수부대 (gongsubudae, “airborne troops”)


공수

speech uttered by a Korean shaman in a trance state, thought to be from a deity or ancestor who has possessed the shaman


연해주

Primorsky Krai (a region of Russia) (Russian region adjourning Korea)


말미

time off for a necessary task; leave, leave of absence


말미

the ritual narration of the tale of Princess Bari


신법

ritual regulations abided by Korean shamans


몰골

a shabby or repulsive appearance (of a person or thing)


말이 아니다

to be unreasonable; to be ridiculous
to be very difficult, to be atrocious


닙다

Pyongan and Yukjin form of 입다 (ipda, “to wear, put on”)


오스트랄리아

North Korea standard form of 오스트레일리아 (Oseuteureillia):


섶

articles used to make silkworms work, silkworm bed

the outer collar of a coat, a gusset, a gore


弁韓

hanja form of 변한 (“Byeonhan confederacy”)


련락

North Korea standard spelling of 연락 (yeollak)


-이라서

See -이다 (-ida, “to be”) and -라서 (-raseo, “since, because”).


돌하르방

a stone statue used to protect villages in Jeju Island


마중

meeting; picking up (e.g. someone from the airport)


안부

news; tidings
a person's day-to-day well-being
regards


된디읃

the name of jamo ㄸ (tt), doubled ㄷ (d) in hangul


된지읒

the name of jamo ㅉ (jj), doubled ㅈ (j) in hangul


된기윽

the name of jamo ㄲ (kk), doubled ㄱ (g) in hangul


된비읍

the name of jamo ㅃ (pp), doubled ㅂ (b) in hangul


남초

a group or environment consisting mostly of men


여초

a group or environment consisting mostly of women


한남

Korean men. The source word is hannamchung (hanja=韓男蟲) likening them as vermin. (usually used by South Korean women)


삼신

[~할머니] the usually female deity of childbirth, often depicted as a crone


세습무

a type of village priest in Korean shamanism (Korea's indigenous religion) traditionally found in southern Korea, who inherit their position within priestly lineages and do not have any personal contact with the divine, in contrast to trance-possession shamans of the north who are personally, directly selected by the gods to serve as their oracles; today mostly displaced by the latter even in South Korea


산딸나무

kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa), a small tree native to East Asia


리해

North Korea standard spelling of 이해 (ihae, “understanding, comprehension of something”)


학벌

an academic clique, school fraternity, educational background


메쏘드

North Korea standard form of 메소드 (mesodeu)


말이 씨가 된다

Watch what you say; be careful of what you say; if you say something bad, it might come true


全知全能

hanja form of 전지전능 (“omniscience and omnipotence”)


견실하다

to act reliably; to act in a trustworthy manner; to be reliable


견실

Root of 견실하다 (gyeonsilhada). Rarely used alone.


위화감

a sense of disharmony or that something does not fit in/is out of place


달맞이

enjoying the first full moon of a new year in the lunar calendar on Daeboreum


대보름

short for 정월(正月) 대(大)보름 (Jeong'wol Daeboreum, Korean holiday)


率先垂範

hanja form of 솔선수범 (“setting an example”)


칩다

Dialectal form of 춥다 (chupda, “(of weather) to be cold”)


이화우

a shower of pear blossoms, scattered by the wind


全速前進

hanja form of 전속 전진 (“full speed ahead”)


들쭉날쭉하다

to be uneven
to be irregular, to be inconsistent


송편

songpyeon (Korean food made of rice powder, traditionally consumed during the Chuseok festival)


전무이사

subordinate C-suite executives, excluding the CEO


비단조개

Megangulus venulosus (syns. Tellina venulosa, Peronidia venulosa), a visually attractive species of bivalve mollusk


청산가리

potassium cyanide, an extremely poisonous chemical


마이웨이

Acting independently, without regard for how others act


드립

a joke, especially an inappropriate or risqué one


차이다

to be rejected by a crush; to get dumped by a partner


그치만

contraction of 그렇지만 (geureochiman, “nonetheless; however; but”)


퉁명스럽다

to be curt, to be brusque, to be gruff (of an attitude or way of speaking)


배부르다

to be full (satisfied, in relation to eating)


다름이 아니라

Used to initiate a formal and highly polite conversation


돌팔이

a medical student drafted as an army physician, who is inexperienced and generally lacks medical expertise


급격

Root of 급격하다 (geupgyeokhada). Rarely used alone.


임질

gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease


셤

contraction of 시험(試驗) (siheom, “test, exam”)


미다

to fall out enough to expose the skin
to tear accidentally
to ostracize


미어지다

to be torn accidentally
to be about to burst
to be in great emotional distress


일그러지다

to be contorted, to be twisted, to be mutilated (physical)


사쿠라

sakura; cherry blossoms, especially in Japan

the suit of cherry blossoms in hwatu playing cards, representing the month of March

alternative form of 사꾸라 (sakkura, “political spy; fraud”)


철부지

kid, child (especially when emphasizing immaturity)


의협심

gallantry, chivalrousness, a spirit of self-sacrifice for others


안절부절

while being on tenterhooks, while being on pins and needles


안절부절못하다

to be on tenterhooks, to be on pins and needles


안절부절하다

alternative form of 안절부절못하다 (anjeolbujeolmothada, “to be on tenterhooks”)


땅거미

purseweb spider, a family of spiders that live in sock-like webs on the ground


살풍경

desolate scene, desolate landscape
appalling scene, appalling landscape


하느작

while swaying lightly and idly (rarely used alone or non-reduplicated)


흐느적

while swaying lethargically (rarely used alone or non-reduplicated)


연간

per year; during the course of a year; for a year


외식하다

to eat out; to dine out (to dine at a restaurant)


눈곱

rheum, sleep, eye mucus (the substance in the eyes after waking up)


련습

North Korea standard spelling of 연습 (yeonseup)


가슴주머니

an anime style in which a female character's clothing clings unnaturally to her breasts, outlining them


㪲

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


㫇

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


낙동강 오리알

a loner, a person isolated or excluded from the rest of the group


標題語

hanja form of 표제어 (“entry; headword (in a dictionary)”)


표제어

entry (in a dictionary), headword, lemma


꼴불견

a disgusting, repulsive, or indecent person or thing; an ugly scene, eyesore


앵기다

alternative form of 안기다 (an'gida, “to be hugged”)

to be clingy towards someone, to attach oneself to someone in a dependent manner


안기다

to be hugged, to be embraced, to be cuddled


언저리

edges or vicinity, especially of a place


애삐리다

alternative form of 내버리다 (naebeorida, “to throw away definitively”)


만나기

meeting (action noun of the verb to meet)


꼴볼견

nonstandard form of 꼴불견 (kkolbulgyeon, “someone or something disgusting”)


엄두

the very thought (usually in negative constructions)


단풍국

synonym of 캐나다 (Kaenada, “Canada (a country in North America)”)


불곰국

synonym of 러시아 (Reosia, “Russia (a country in Eastern Europe and Asia)”)


천조국

synonym of 미국(美國) (Miguk, “America, United States of America (a country in North America)”)


진니기다

misspelling of 짓이기다 (jinnigida, “to trample, to crush”)


통금

curfew, especially one imposed on a child by a parent


雨量計

hanja form of 우량계 (“pluviometer; rain gauge”)


공성계

Empty Fort Strategy (strategy to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes)


某時

hanja form of 모시 (“some hour, a certain hour”)


무엇하다

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 무엇 (mueot), 하다 (hada).

to be uncomfortable, to be awkward, to be off


곰실

Root of 곰실곰실 (gomsilgomsil, “swarmingly”) / 곰실대다 (gomsildaeda, “to swarm”) / 곰실거리다 (gomsilgeorida, “to swarm”). Rarely used alone.


후줄근

Root of 후줄근하다 (hujulgeunhada, “to droop shabbily”). Rarely used alone.


정녕

certainly, definitively, really, for sure


수포자

someone who has given up on studying math (in school)


영포자

someone who has given up on studying English (especially in school)


과포자

someone who has given up on studying science (in school)


兒孩

hanja form of 아해 (“obsolete form of 아이 (child)”)


싸홈

obsolete form of 싸움 (ssaum, “fighting, fight, quarrel, battle, contest”)


개암나무

Corylus heterophylla, the Asian hazelnut, in particular


물푸레나무

Fraxinus chinensis, the Chinese ash tree, in particular


수청목

synonym of 물푸레나무 (mulpurenamu, “ash tree”)


너나들이

abandoning linguistic formality distinctions in conversation

a personal relationship intimate enough to forgo formality distinctions


말을 놓다

to forgo linguistic formality distinctions in conversation, a sign of intimacy


변이 지방

synonym of 트랜스지방 (teuraenseujibang, “trans fat”)


未安

hanja form of 미안 (“(colloquial) I'm sorry”)


오마카세

chef's choice restaurant, omakase restaurant


롱담

North Korea standard spelling of 농담 (nongdam)


신호총

starter pistol, firearm used as a signal


아니꼽다

to be annoying, to be bothersome (of a person's attitude or speech)


막돌

useless stone, random stone, unimportant stone


블록

blocks of cement or stone
block-shaped toy
urban block of residential buildings


블럭

alternative form of 블록 (beullok, “block of cement, etc.; bloc”)


태백성

the evening star; the planet Venus in the western sky


손님네

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 손님 (sonnim), 네 (ne).


손님네

the deities of epidemic (historically smallpox in particular), euphemistically referred to as "the guest folk"


어장관리

keeping someone in the friend zone, typically for manipulative purposes


정념

passion, sentiments provoked by deep emotion


무쌍

Root of 무쌍하다 (mussanghada, “to be matchless, to be peerless”). Rarely used alone.


서사시

epic poem, narrative poem, narrative poetry (poetry that recounts a narrative)

epic poem, epic poetry (as opposed to other genres of narrative poetry)


끝말잇기

shiritori; word chain (a Korean word game wherein each player must produce a word that begins with the syllable that the previous player's word ended with - only nouns may be used; words may not be repeated)


0개 국어

not being very fluent in any language, or a person who is such


데띠기

occasional customer, non-regular customer


도꾸이

Pyongan and Seoul form of 도끼 (dokki, “axe, hatchet”)


섀르밴대

weakling, physically frail person
Polygonum aviculare, prostrate knotweed
frail maize or millet plants


도삽

trickery, confoundment, hyperbole, sleight of hand


랭면

North Korea standard form of 냉면 (naengmyeon)


시주

donor; benefactor
donation to a temple or to monks


조공

tribute; payment from one nation to a superior one


새리밴대

alternative form of 섀르밴대 (syaereubaendae, “(dialectal) weakling; prostrate knotweed”)


가다붙다

(of two distant objects) to approach each other


잘 먹겠습니다

I/we will eat; let's eat (a stock phrase used before starting a meal)


씹덕

fucking otaku, fucking weeaboo (social outcast fascinated with Japanese animation)


불멸

immortality; athanasia; indestructibility; imperishability


양놈

Westerner, Western bastard, Western scum


감정아이

a child born to a girl before her first menstruation


도모

plan, scheme (with a connotation of strong intentionality)


도모하다

to plan for, to scheme for (with a connotation of intentionality)


내팽개치다

to hurl something to the ground
to utterly abandon, to give up on


키배

clipping of 키보드 배틀 (kibodeu baeteul, “Internet argument”)


검출

detection of a chemical or microbe from a sample


모살

murder; a killing committed after having previously conspired to do so


용하다

to be skilled, to be excellent (especially of a shaman)

to be accomplished or to have occurred despite difficulty or unlikely circumstances


인간 말종

scum of the earth, worst of humanity, human filth


선지

seonji; animals' blood, used as an ingredient in food when chilled and solidified


캐더링

alternative form of 케이터링 (keiteoring, “catering”)


엘에이

LA, Los Angeles (a city in California, United States)


조림

Food which has been cooked down; preserves.


먼 무당이 용하다

the grass is always greener on the other side


자시다

extreme honorific of 먹다 (meokda, “to eat, drink, consume”) (traditionally used for high officials, kings, etc)

never mind... (dismisses the preceding verb or adjective; both are given with the connective suffix 고 (go))


범아귀

the space between the thumb and the forefinger.


케바케

case-by-case basis (depending on the situation)


자낳괴

a person who would do anything for money


로동계급

North Korea standard form of 노동계급 (nodonggyegeup, “the working class”)


紀念物

hanja form of 기념물 (“souvenir, memento; memorial”)


私生兒

hanja form of 사생아 (“illegitimate child”)


버러지

bug, insect, pest
insect (contemptible, repulsive person)


서류가방

alternative form of 서류 가방 (seoryu gabang)


ᆜ

a vowel of the alphabet of the Korean writing system, hangul


챙피하다

nonstandard form of 창피하다 (changpihada, “to be embarrassed; to be ashamed”)


구휼

relief, aid (to people affected by a disaster)


救恤

hanja form of 구휼 (“relief, aid (to people affected by a disaster)”)


상성

rising tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)


거성

departing tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)


입성

entering tone (one of the four tones in Middle Chinese)


저리 가라

enough with, out with, it's over for (Used to refer to something which has just become obsolete or been done away with due to the introduction of something newer or better)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See 저리 (jeori, “there”), 가다 (gada, “to go”).


황당무계하다

to be nonsensical, to be very absurd, to be balderdash


황당무계

Root of 황당무계하다 (hwangdangmugyehada). Rarely used alone.


가누다

to steady or control the body or a body part

to steady or control one's breath, an emotion, an attitude, household affairs, etc.


어휘장

semantic field, lexical field (group of words relating to the same subject)


자타공인

something universally recognized by both oneself and others


事實無根

hanja form of 사실무근 (“being groundless; being unfounded”)


삘

irrealis adnominal of 삐다 (ppida, “to sprain”): which will sprain

irrealis adnominal of 삐다 (ppida, “to ebb”): which will ebb


먄

contraction of 미안(未安) (mian, “sorry, sowwy”)


日帝

hanja form of 일제 (“Japanese empire (abbreviation); Japanese imperialism”)


지성이면 감천이다

sincerity moves heaven; if one is truly sincere about achieving something, one shall attain it


봉착하다

to face or run into a difficult situation


逢着

hanja form of 봉착 (“encounter with a difficult situation”)


심해

the non-photic zone of the ocean, beginning at 200 meters below sea level

the deep sea, beginning at 2000 meters below sea level


심해

Infinitive of 심하다 (simhada, “to be excessive”)


디디다

to tread, to tread with (with object such as 걸음 (georeum, “step”), etc.)


로망

a dream, a desired ideal, something one craves for


로망

North Korea standard form of 노망(老妄) (nomang)


미소녀

a beautiful young girl, usually in her teens


사대주의

Koreans' historical reverence of the Chinese empire, in which China was honored as the most civilized country on earth and the source of Korea's political legitimacy

a subservient, self-disparaging, or self-negating attitude towards one's own country, culture, or society (especially by a Korean) in favor of a more powerful or dominant one


손뼉

the whole floor of the palm and fingers combined


호구

the jaws of death; a very dangerous situation

position surrounded by three enemy stones; if a player places their stone here, they will be immediately taken by the enemy in the next move

overly naive and submissive person; pushover, doormat, sucker


운하다

to say; to speak (used when quoting from a source)


현자타임

a moment when one realizes that what one is doing is actually pointless


다스리다

to rule (over), govern (a state, country)

to manage, administer (a household, organization)

to correct, rectify (a bad or messy situation)

to alleviate, satisfy (one's appetite or hunger)


能히

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 능히, “easily; competently”.


字素

hanja form of 자소 (“(linguistics) grapheme”)


書記素

hanja form of 서기소 (“(linguistics) grapheme”)


아메리카 합중국

United States of America (a country in North America)


왈가왈부

a comment or argument over whether something is right or wrong


객사

dying away from home; dying in a foreign land


노국

Russia (a country in Eastern Europe and Asia)


로국

North Korea standard spelling of 노국 (Noguk)


급한 데

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 급하다 (geuphada), 데 (de).


긴 것

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 길다 (gilda), 것 (geot).


천세 후

the future death of the currently reigning monarch


적대

The lowest social class in North Korean society.


생살여탈권

alternative form of 생사여탈권 (saengsayeotalgwon, “absolute authority over others”)


생사여탈권

absolute authority over others; the power to save them and to kill them, to give to them and to take from them


붉은오름

Bulgeunoreum, a volcano in Jeju City, Jeju-do


개독교

fucking Christianity (usually referring to right-wing Evangelical Protestantism)

Bible thumper; fucking Christian; Christard (usually referring to right-wing Evangelical Protestants)


손아귀

the space between the thumb and the other four fingers.


명말청초

the Ming-Qing transition period; the seventeenth century in Chinese history


首都圈

hanja form of 수도권 (“capital area, metropolitan area”)


光化門

hanja form of 광화문 (“Gwanghwamun (main gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace, in Seoul, South Korea)”)


-스무니다

Alternative form of -습니다 (-seumnida) used to denote that the person speaking is Japanese.


-스무니까

Alternative form of -습니까 (-seumnikka) used to denote that the person speaking is Japanese.


목석

unfeeling person, especially in romantic contexts; aromantic or asexual


남남북녀

in dynastic Korea, the notion that the most competent men are from the southernmost provinces and that the most beautiful women are from the northernmost provinces

the stereotype that South Korean men are more handsome than North Korean men and that North Korean women are more beautiful than South Korean women

a South Korean man and a North Korean woman


南男北女

hanja form of 남남북녀 (“the stereotype that women are beautiful in North Korea and men are handsome in South Korea”)


避匿

hanja form of 피닉 (“avoiding and hiding away from someone”)


대륙의 기상

an event of extraordinary nature or scale, both positive and negative, that could only have occurred in China


흡연자

smoker (person who smokes tobacco habitually)


搾取

hanja form of 착취 (“exploitation (e.g. of labour); squeezing/bleeding (dry)”)


착취

exploitation (e.g. of labour)
squeezing/bleeding (dry)


改訂版

hanja form of 개정판 (“revised edition; revision”)


일러두기

explanatory notes; introductory remarks; legend


김치녀

Korean women, especially those considered to be taking advantage of men (used by men)


스시녀

Japanese women, especially those considered to be better romantic partners than Korean women (used by men)


김치국

North Korea standard spelling of 김칫국 (gimchitguk, “a sort of Korean soup made of kimchi”)


김치국

synonym of 한국(韓國) (Han'guk, “South Korea (a country in East Asia)”)


스시국

synonym of 일본(日本) (Ilbon, “Japan (a country in Asia)”)


맘카페

an Internet forum for parents (usually mothers) of a neighborhood; membership is sometimes restricted to women of above a certain age


자잘하다

to be teeny, to be tiny
to be trivial, to be unimportant


자잘

Root of 자잘하다 (jajalhada, “(of multiple objects) to be tiny”). Rarely used alone.


유적

a place of historical or archaeological importance; ruins, remains


民泊

hanja form of 민박 (“a private residence temporarily taking lodgers, similar to B&B”)


민박

a private residence temporarily taking lodgers, similar to B&B


사대

traditional East Asian states' deferential diplomacy towards the Chinese empire

a sycophantic or self-effacing diplomacy towards a stronger nation

any situation in which a person or country acts deferentially towards a stronger power


소중화

a non-Chinese country which had nonetheless attained the heights of Chinese civilization

Korea after the Manchu conquest of China, as Koreans believed themselves to have inherited Ming civilization


小中華

hanja form of 소중화 (“little China; a non-Chinese nation which has attained the heights of Chinese civilization”)


加害者

hanja form of 가해자 (“assailant; attacker”)


갈아신다

to change shoes; to change what one is wearing on feet


感電

hanja form of 감전 (“(receiving) an electric shock”)


일제시대

Japanese occupation period of Korea from 1910 to 1945.


내과

department in a hospital that practises this medical discipline


꽁초

butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)


동호회

society; club; association of like-minded people


마트

market; convenience store; shop/store; supermarket; mall/shopping centre


례배

North Korea standard spelling of 예배 (yebae)


반창고

adhesive plaster; sticking plaster; band-aid


배웅하다

to see off (to accompany someone to a point of departure)


保健所

hanja form of 보건소 (“(public) health (care) center”)


訓蒙字會

hanja form of 훈몽자회 (“Collection of Characters for Training the Unenlightened”)


성지

hallowed ground, holy place; the Holy Land


례절

North Korea standard spelling of 예절 (yejeol)


리용자

North Korea standard spelling of 이용자 (iyongja)


이정표

milepost; milestone; signpost; road sign


里程標

hanja form of 이정표 (“(South Korea) milepost; milestone; signpost; road sign”)


里程標

hanja form of 리정표 (“(North Korea) milepost; milestone; signpost; road sign”)


出金

hanja form of 출금 (“withdrawal (of money)”)


조회

morning meeting/assembly (at a school or office)


불도

teaching of Buddha; Buddhist doctrines
Buddhism and Taoism


우인

guardian of mountains and lakes; caretaker of parks and reservations


미제

something made in the United States of America


미제

short for 미국 제국주의(美國帝國主義/米國帝國主義) (“American imperialism”)


로획

North Korea standard spelling of 노획 (nohoek)


끝장

the very end, a final situation with nothing left


밋구라지

obsolete spelling of 미꾸라지 (mikkuraji, “Chinese muddy loach”)


강점기

short for 강제점령기 (gangjejeomnyeonggi, “forced occupation period”)


일제

short for 일본 제국주의(日本帝國主義) (Ilbon jegukjuui, “Japanese imperialism”)


일제

short for 일본 제국(日本帝國) (Ilbon Jeguk, “Empire of Japan”)


언간

any pre-contemporary letter written in hangul between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries


유기견

abandoned dog; dog abandoned by their owner; stray dog


송나라

various Chinese polities named 송 (宋, Song), notably:


한본어

a (typically humorous) blend of the Korean and Japanese languages; “Korpanese”


달래다

to soothe; to comfort (the feeling or emotion of another person)

to calm down; to drown (one's sorrow or discomfort)

to console; to appease (a ghost or spirit)


임진조국전쟁

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


새로 고침

alternative spelling of 새로고침 (saerogochim, “refreshing a webpage, etc. (computing)”)


억새

A variety of eulalia, particularly purple eulalia (Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens).


노동계급화

becoming the working class, working-classization, proletarianization


로동계급화

North Korea standard spelling of 노동계급화 (nodonggyegeuphwa, “proletarianization”)


모란

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


派生語

hanja form of 파생어 (“(linguistics) derivative; derived word”)


중단하다

to discontinue; to abort; to stop; to cease


家刻本

hanja form of 가각본 (“a book published by individuals”)


-에다가

right by, right at; an emphatic locative particle

on top of, in addition to; an emphatic particle used in enumeration


바이든

a transliteration of the English surname Biden


혹자

some, someone, some people (an unspecified person or people)


혹자

synonym of 혹시 (hoksi, “possibly, by chance”)


두루치

a type of skirt worn by lower-class women in the past, with a narrow width and short length


없는 자리에서는 나라님 욕도 한다

People like to talk behind the backs of others; people like to speak badly of others


강권

forced or persistent recommendation (against one's will)


월영

reflection of the moon, or the appearance of the moon in the clouds


뇨리

Yukjin form of 요리 (yori, “cooking; cuisine”)


피눈물

tears brought on by extreme agony, grief, or frustration


독방

room for one person
a solitary confinement cell


獨房

hanja form of 독방 (“room for one person; a solitary confinement cell”)


文化語

hanja form of 문화어 (“standard language, literary language; North Korean standard Korean language”)


공변

Root of 공변되다 (gongbyeondoeda, “to be fair, to be equitable (dated or archaic)”). Rarely used alone.


공번

North Korea standard form of 공변 (gongbyeon, root)


피임약

contraceptive medicine, a contraceptive agent


서당

private village schools (during the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties of Korea)


과메기

A half-dried Pacific herring or Pacific saury


뉵디

Yukjin form of 육지(陸地) (“dry land, shore”)


정교

Orthodoxy (the Eastern Orthodox Church and its foundations)


정교

Root of 정교하다 (jeonggyohada, “exquisite; elaborate; delicate”). Rarely used alone.


풍미

flavour; savour
decorum; having a respectable character


臣下

hanja form of 신하 (“retainer; subject; liege; vassal”)


시즌

season (part of year with something special)


終身刑

hanja form of 종신형 (“life sentence; life imprisonment”)


빠구리

a fuck, a fucking (highly vulgar word for sexual intercourse)


즘게

a great person metaphorically compared to a towering tree


넢다

Seoul and Chungcheong form of 높다 (nopda, “to be high, tall”)


참나물

Pimpinella brachycarpa, a plant in the parsley family eaten as a vegetable in Korea.


사마리아

Samaria (a historical area of the region of Palestine, mostly in the northern part of the modern West Bank)


경영하다

to run, to manage (a company, organization, etc.)


二壘手

hanja form of 2루수 (“(baseball) second baseman”)


三壘手

hanja form of 3루수 (“(baseball) third baseman”)


포수

hunter; poacher
gunner, artilleryman, cannoneer


호랑나비

A swallowtail, particularly the Asian swallowtail (Papilio xuthus).


서인

in dynastic East Asia, a commoner without royal or aristocratic privileges


서인

a political faction in the Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, and which held power for most of the seventeenth century


서인

Gyeongsang and Hamgyong form of 성인(聖人) (“saint, sage”)

a holy Buddhist priest, a supernaturally potent priest


주체사상

Juche (the state ideology of North Korea)


태종

a temple name used for Chinese emperors, Vietnamese emperors, or Korean monarchs


어렙다

to be difficult to bring up in conversation; to invite caution when speaking of it


어시 없이는 살아두 쉐 없이는 못 산다

A proverb about the importance of cattle in traditional Korean life.


마괘

magoja, a jacket worn in traditional Korean clothing


선약

previous engagement; promise that was made in the past; previous promise


별것

a rarity; a curiosity; an oddity
another/a different thing


중추절

the Mid-Autumn Festival (usually referring to the Chinese version of the festival)


이란어

synonym of 페르시아어 (pereusia'eo, “Persian language”)


-단이

A derivational suffix for girls, also common in pet names for children or nicknames between friends.


마루타

human test subject of Unit 731
human test subject, guinea pig


사까시

blowjob (general vulgar word for fellatio)


치료제

medicine, medical drug, medical treatment


치열

ferociousness, fierceness, intensity, vigor


녀인

North Korea standard spelling of 여인 (yeoin)


서울공화국

"Republic of Seoul", a satirical nickname for South Korea criticizing the fact that the country is dominated by the capital, Seoul, to the detriment of the provinces


최고존엄

His Supreme Dignity, a title of the Supreme Leader of North Korea


공안

the police in certain countries or historical contexts, today most commonly the police forces of the People's Republic of China or of Vietnam


공안

Gong'an (a county of Jingzhou, Hubei, China)


지숙사

Gyeongsang form of 기숙사 (gisuksa, “dormitory”)


송부

sending, remittance (of a letter, money, goods, etc.)


모에

moe (affection towards fictional characters from Japanese or similar media)


푼

a classifier for a small amount of money

a candareen (unit of weight equivalent to 378 miligrams)

alternative form of 분(分) (bun, “bun, unit of length”)


푼

alternative form of 분(分) (bun, “one tenth, 10⁻¹”)


푼

past determiner of 푸다 (puda)
past determiner of 풀다 (pulda)


워싱톤

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

[~시(市)] alternative form of 워싱턴 (Wosingteon): Washington, Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)

alternative form of 워싱턴 (Wosingteon): a transliteration of the English surname Washington


화성돈

obsolete form of 워싱턴 (Wosingteon) (= Washington): a state of the United States

obsolete form of 워싱턴 (Wosingteon) (= Washington): the capital city of the United States

obsolete form of 워싱턴 (Wosingteon, “Washington (English surname)”)