이조

foreign imperial court
foreign country or territory


이조

two of the temple names, especially 고조(高祖) (Gojo) and 세조(世祖) (Sejo) of the Han dynasty of China

the second Patriarch, especially 혜가(慧可) (Hyega) of Zen Buddhism


인소

alternative form of 인(燐) (in, “phosphorus”)


인소

short for 인터넷 소설(小說) (inteonet soseol, “web fiction”)


흑백

black and white, monochrome
right and wrong, good and evil


외무부

foreign ministry, (department of) foreign affairs


잉어빵

synonym of 붕어빵 (bung'eoppang, “fish-shaped pastry”)


양보

giving up one's seat or possession; making way


양보

good or bad karma received in this world


양보

faithful servant who does well on assisting and advising his superior


염화

raging fire, blaze, inferno
intense, overwhelming emotions


염화

positive influence on one's thoughts and emotions


양곱창

tripe of the small intestines of cattle; or Korean dish including such offal along with other intestines, often as a stew or grilled


일무

line dance performed during ancestral rites at shrines, with equal numbers in the rows and lines of dancers


와우

synonym of 달팽이관(管) (dalpaeng'igwan, “cochlea”)


와우

Pyongan form of 왜가리 (waegari, “grey heron”)


아스라이

toweringly, loftily
vaguely, hazily, dimly (of memory)
distantly, remotely, faintly (of sound)


아스라

Root of 아스라하다 (aseurahada) / 아스라이 (aseurai). Rarely used alone.


아스라하다

towering, lofty; distant, remote
vague, hazy (of memory)
distant, remote, faint (of sound)


긁적긁적

repeatedly scratching
writing or drawing carelessly


외다

clipping of 외우다 (oe'uda, “to remember and recite”)


외다

placed in reverse and causing inconvenience to use


외다

to move aside to avoid
to escape, run away, flee


외다

nonstandard form of 외치다 (oechida)
Chungcheong form of 여위다 (yeowida)


-오이다

post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으오이다 (-euoida)


오롯이

completely, entirely, thoroughly, without missing anything


오롯

Root of 오롯하다 (orothada) / 오롯이 (orosi). Rarely used alone.


북마께도니아

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


마께도니아

Macedonia (a geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, including North Macedonia and parts of Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia)

Macedonia (an ancient Greek kingdom in Southeast Europe)

Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans)

Macedonia (a geographic region and former administrative region of Greece)

Macedonia (a geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia)

Macedonia (a former constituent republic of Yugoslavia)


-까

an interrogative particle not used in isolation in Modern Korean. It appears in the following compositions


티플리스

Tiflis, Tbilisi (the capital city of Georgia)


오지다

clipping of 올지다 (oljida, “satisfied; flawless”)


오지다

frustrating; expected or natural to be irritating or infuriating


오지다

Gyeongsang and Chungcheong form of 옹골지다 (onggoljida)


戴冠式

hanja form of 대관식 (“coronation (ceremony), enthronement”)


아아

Used when feeling deeply moved or sighing: ah, oh, aww, alas

Used to muster energy before a battle: Charge!; Fight!; let's go


아아

Indicating the sound of giggling or chuckling


아아

Root of 아아(峨峨)하다 (aahada, “towering”). Rarely used alone.


아아

short for 아이스 아메리카노 (aiseu amerikano, “iced Americano”)


아메리카노

short for 카페 아메리카노 (kape amerikano, “Americano”)


무산군

Musan County (a county of North Hamgyong Province, North Korea)


일인

the first हेतु (hetu, “cause”) (inherent nature possessed by all Buddhas and sentient beings)


재주꾼

very talented or skillful person, handyman


崇拜하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 숭배하다, “to worship”.


짠물

Used to mock someone from the seaside or living by the sea


잡상

peddler selling miscellaneous items without a fixed store


장독대

platform in the courtyard for placing large jars of ingredients to make soy sauce or fermented paste


장아찌

Korean dish with vegetables such as cucumber, daikon, garlic etc. pickled in soy sauce or brine, packed in soybean paste or chili paste, and then seasoned and preserved for a long time


지연

Personal affinity towards another person based on shared regional roots or ties.


저해

practice of soaking salted seafood with the corpse of a criminal for public display


정월 대보름

Korean holiday on the fifteenth day of the first month on the lunar calendar


조선무

Korean radish, distinct from Japanese radish.


조직폭력배

group of people committing organized violence; gangster


증편

Korean steamed rice cake with 막걸리 (makgeolli, “raw rice wine”) as a key ingredient, topped with jujube, chestnuts, or pine nuts before steaming and eaten in summer


증편

increasing services of regular transport


-지롱

Used to tease someone or to sound playful


지양탕

synonym of 보신탕(補身湯) (bosintang, “dog meat stew”)


-탕

soup, broth, stew
liquid remedy, tonic, decoction


직딩

slang form of 직장인(職場人) (jikjang'in, “office worker”)


끽다점

a Japanese style tea house, café, kissaten


천인

person who has qualities of a hermit or sage and follows Tao

person with exceptional skills or outstanding appearance

beings in the devaloka and the human realm


천인

person of the lowest social class; plebeian


천인

recommending someone for a task or position


ㅊㅋ

text messaging spelling of 축하하다 (chukhahada)


전돌

brick used to decorate the walls or floors of palaces, temples or royal tombs


징검다리

stepping stones across a stream
bridge, connection, mediator


징검다리

Chungcheong form of 소금쟁이 (sogeumjaeng'i, “water strider”)


장고

original Sino-Korean form of 장구 (janggu, Korean traditional percussion instrument)


장고

subordinate official of the 동궁(東宮) (donggung, “prince's palace”) who is responsible for guarding the warehouse and setting up displays in rites or ceremonies


장고

government official in charge of handling precedents


유연

Rouran (a khaganate that ruled much of present-day Mongolia, northern China and southern Siberia from the mid-4th to the mid-6th centuries, formed from a tribal confederation of pre-Mongolic peoples of Donghu origin)

Rouran (the language of the Rouran khaganate)


들쑥날쑥하다

uneven; not smooth
inconsistent; irregular


빔

caulk/calk, inserting a piece of cloth or paper for tighter fit


정재

sanctified, devotional property also used to help others


정재

concrete and individual existence, as opposed to essential existence


정재

Pyongan and Hamgyong form of 가마 (gama, “cauldron”)

Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Pyongan, and China form of 정주(鼎廚) (jeongju, “ondol kitchen”)


가련

being miserable, the root of 가련하다 (garyeonhada)


쭉정이

grain or fruit having only the chaff or skin and empty inside


反逆罪

hanja form of 반역죄 (“(crime of) treason”)


충개

traditional Korean medicine form of 옴 (om, “scabies”)


추임새

exclamation of praise called out by the drummer between verses to add energy and excitement; e.g. 좋지 (jochi, “well done”), 얼씨구 (eolssigu), 흥 (heung), etc.


깽깽이

Auritibicen japonicus (a type of cicada in East Asia)

short for 깽깽이걸음 (kkaengkkaeng'igeoreum, “hopping gait”)


깽깽

moaning repeatedly in severe pain or struggling

whining continuously when startled or in pain (of a puppy or similar animal)


깽깽

Gyeongsang form of 꽹꽹 (kkwaengkkwaeng, “gong clanging”)


깽깽

misspelling of 깨깨 (kkaekkae, “looking skinny”)


깽

Describing a sound made in intense pain or strain

whining when startled or in pain (of a puppy or similar animal)


깽

nonstandard spelling of 갱 (gaeng, “gang”)


깽

Gyeongsang form of 꽹 (kkwaeng, adverb describing a clang of the gong)


통자

presentation of a calling card to invite someone for a visit


통자

nonstandard form of 통(桶) (tong, “bucket, barrel”)


통자

complete type with all the characters engraved on a single block


폐인

the handicapped, the crippled
useless, worthless person
fanatic, maniac, fiend


폐인

charming person for being attuned to others


풋젓

jeotgal made with shrimps caught between the end of the first month and the fourth month on the lunar calendar


팽이버섯

colloquial form of 팽나무버섯 (paengnamubeoseot, “enoki mushroom”)


잘리다

passive of 자르다 (jareuda)
passive of 자르다 (jareuda)


잘려

infinitive of 잘리다 (jallida, “to be cut”)


현학금

synonym of 거문고 (geomun'go, “traditional Korean zither”)


현학

deep and complex theories that are difficult to comprehend


현학

boasting about one's knowledge or education; pretending to be a scholar


현학

prominent field of study or school of thought; renowned scholar


依하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 의하다, “to be due to”.


甚하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 심하다, “to be extreme”.


注視하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 주시하다, “to fix one's eyes on”.


依據하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 의거하다, “to be based (on)”.


沈滯

hanja form of 침체 (“depression; stagnation”)


擴散하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 확산하다, “to diffuse”.


因하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 인하다, “to be due to”.


팬츠

alternative form of 팬티 (paenti)
alternative form of 빤스 (ppanseu)


홧팅

clipping of 화이팅 (hwaiting, “fight; let's go”)


한판

ippon (single technique to end and win a match)


한-

correct, accurate; full-blown, in full swing, peak, mid-


한-

outside, external
outside of meals, out of mealtime


휑하다

empty, hollow; giving a sense of emptiness (of a space)


휑

Root of 휑하다 (hwenghada, “intelligent; spacious”). Rarely used alone.


흥건하다

immersed, drenched, submerged, saturated


흥건

Root of 흥건하다 (heunggeonhada). Rarely used alone.


사당

ancestral shrine (an East Asian temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families)


한문투

syntax used in Classical Chinese rather than native Korean


無所屬

hanja form of 무소속 (“independent, especially of political party”)


무소속

independent, especially of political party


시김새

embellishing sound added before or after the main tones


수막새

Korean eave imbrex with attached 드림새 (deurimsae, “tonguelike tile”) to prevent the 아귀토(土) (agwito, “eave closure”) from sliding off over time


항공편

flight (journey made by an aircraft)
airmail


응우옌

a transliteration of the Vietnamese surname Nguyễn


막새

Korean tongued imbrex or tegula along the eaves

short for 수막새 (sumaksae, “Korean tongued imbrex”)

part for applying 아귀토(土) (agwito, “eave closure material”)


大박

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 대박, “big win”.


大박

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 대박, “awesome, terrific”.


淸純하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 청순하다, “pure, innocent”.


總角김치

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 총각김치, “ponytail kimchi”.


甲질

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 갑질, “bullying, arrogance”.


貫子

hanja form of 관자 (“Korean hairnet ring”)


조개貫子

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 조개관자, “adductor muscle of clam”.


頓菜飯

hanja form of 돈채반 (“rice meal with vegetables”)


멍멍湯

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 멍멍탕, “dog meat broth”.


米飮床

hanja form of 미음상 (“table set with rice gruel”)


막醬

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 막장, “simple soybean paste”.


막場

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 막장, “final situation”.


띠우다

to belt, to sash, to gird
to charge with a task


꼬뜨디봐르

Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


지내

synonym of 너무, 지나치게 (neomu, jinachige, “too much, exessively”)


가말다

to manage, conduct, dispose of, deal with, take care of (a matter)


막杖

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 막장, “last fan rafter”.


커터

cutter (a tool used for cutting)
cutter (a type of boat)


영애

honored daughter; daughter of a respected person


-장

Jeolla dialect form of -지 (-ji), used in questions


病맛

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 병맛, “absurd, senseless taste”.


四철湯

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 사철탕, “dog meat broth”.


三체

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 삼체, “three acts of pretense”.


三諦

hanja form of 삼제 (“three truths of reality”)


상두

Sino-Korean form of 상투 (sangtu, “topknot of marriage”)


上投

hanja form of 상투 (“pouring water on tea”)


새알心

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 새알심, “glutinous rice ball”.


守志하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 수지하다, “to uphold principles”.


受持하다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 수지하다, “to receive adhisthana”.


순豆腐白飯

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 순두부백반, “soft tofu rice meal”.


神經쓰다

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 신경쓰다, “to pay attention”.


成덕

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 성덕, “geek, expert”.


司倉

hanja form of 사창 (“storage room official”)


宣暢

hanja form of 선창 (“airing, broadcasting”)


프래깅

fragging (fratricide of one's superior officer)


安那般那

hanja form of 안나반나 (“mindfulness of breathing”)


安般

hanja form of 안반 (“Buddhist anapanasati”)


아가리

slang form of 입 (ip, “mouth”): trap, gob, piehole


아가리

Gyeongsang and Chungcheong form of 아가미 (agami, “gill”)

Jeolla dialect form of 왜가리 (waegari, “grey heron”)


슬퍼하다

to mourn, grieve (someone's death, misfortune, etc.)


나고야

[~시(市)] Nagoya (the capital and largest city of Aichi Prefecture, Japan)


인영

silhouette of a person; figure of a person


燥劑

hanja form of 조제 (“dampness-removing drug”)


藥밥

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 약밥, “steamed glutinous rice”.


飮淸類

hanja form of 음청류 (“nonalcoholic beverage”)


-류

faction, camp, school, style (of a person or group)


-류

aneurysm, varix; outpouching in the circulatory system


差金

hanja form of 차금 (“(finance) difference, margin”)


吏曹

hanja form of 이조 (“government office for selection and appointment of civil officials”)


梨棗

hanja form of 이조 (“putting books into circulation”)


履祚

hanja form of 이조 (“ascension to the throne”)


-씨

Indicating a surname itself or the lineage or member of the surname


忍笑

hanja form of 인소 (“holding back a laugh”)


인小

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 인소, “webnovel”.


陽報

hanja form of 양보 (“karma received in the living world”)


鹽化水素

hanja form of 염화 수소 (“hydrogen chloride”)


羘곱창

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 양곱창, “tripe of beef intestine”.


달팽이管

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 달팽이관, “cochlea”.


雜商

hanja form of 잡상 (“peddler selling miscellaneous items”)


醬독臺

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 장독대, “platform for soy sauce jars”.


菹醢

hanja form of 저해 (“kimchi and salted foods”)


正月大보름

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 정월 대보름, “Korean holiday”.


大보름

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 대보름, “Great Full Moon”.


朝鮮무

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 조선무, “Korean radish”.


組織暴力輩

hanja form of 조직폭력배 (“organized violence group”)


蒸편

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 증편, “steamed rice cake”.


增便

hanja form of 증편 (“increasing transport services”)


職딩

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 직딩, “office worker”.


千仞

hanja form of 천인 (“extreme height or depth”)


塼돌

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 전돌, “decoration brick”.


長鼓

hanja form of 장고 (“Korean traditional drum”)


掌固

hanja form of 장고 (“official managing solid things”)


淨財

hanja form of 정재 (“devotional property”)


呈才

hanja form of 정재 (“court dance and songs”)


通刺

hanja form of 통자 (“presenting a calling card”)


통字

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 통자, “all characters on a single printing block”.


玄鶴琴

hanja form of 현학금 (“Korean traditional zither”)


衒學

hanja form of 현학 (“boasting about knowledge”)


漢文套

hanja form of 한문투 (“Classical Chinese syntax”)


定植

hanja form of 정식 (“transplanting to the field”)


情識

hanja form of 정식 (“feelings and knowledge”)


靚飾

hanja form of 정식 (“getting beautifully adorned”)


正食

hanja form of 정식 (“food allowed for monks”)


整飾

hanja form of 정식 (“being neatly arranged”)


갑자

The first term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Rat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


을축

The second term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Ox" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


병인

The third term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Fire Tiger" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


정묘

The fourth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Fire Rabbit" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


경오

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


계유

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


갑술

The eleventh term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Dog" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


을해

The twelfth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Pig" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


정축

The fourteenth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Fire Ox" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


병자

The thirteenth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Fire Rat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


무인

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


경진

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


임오

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


계미

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


버캐

scum, fur, incrustation, crust, dross, crystallization


갑신

The twenty-first term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Monkey" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


을유

The twenty-second term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Rooster" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


병술

The twenty-third term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Fire Dog" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


정해

The twenty-fourth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Fire Pig" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


무자

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


기축

The twenty-sixth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Ox" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


경인

The twenty-seventh term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal Tiger" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


신묘

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


임진

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


갑오

The thirty-first term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Horse" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


을미

The thirty-second term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Goat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


기해

The thirty-sixth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Pig" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


경자

The thirty-seventh term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal Rat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


임인

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


계묘

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


武臣

hanja form of 무신 (“government official serving a military and war (historical)”)


신축

to stretch out and draw back; to expand and contract; to lengthen and shorten; to telescope

to be flexible; to be adjustable; to be elastic


신축

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


갑진

The forty-first term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Dragon" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


을사

The forty-second term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Snake" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


병오

The forty-third term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Fire Horse" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


정미

The forty-fourth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Fire Goat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


기유

The forty-sixth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Rooster" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


경술

The forty-seventh term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal Dog" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


신해

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


계축

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


정사

The fifty-fourth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Fire Snake" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


갑인

The fifty-first term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Tiger" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


을묘

The fifty-second term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Wood Rabbit" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


병진

The fifty-third term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Fire Dragon" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


병진

Byungjin; the North Korean policy to develop nuclear weapons and the economy simultaneously.


무오

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


기미

The fifty-sixth term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Earth Goat" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


경신

The fifty-seventh term of the Chinese sexagenary cycle, sometimes glossed as "Metal Monkey" from its associated terms in the Chinese elements and zodiac.


신유

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


임술

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


계해

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


모아

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


항렬자

generation name (a character of an East Asian's given name that is common to family members of the same generation)


조주기능사

craftsman bartender, a bartender license qualification in South Korea.


봉사하다

to serve (one's nation, for the public, without caring oneself)


순애

romance story between two characters only (as opposed to a harem or love triangle)


참척

the death of a child before their parent


慘慽

hanja form of 참척 (“death of a child before his or her parent”)


舊蘇聯

hanja form of 구소련 (“former Soviet Union; ex-USSR”)


직박구리

brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis), a common songbird native to southern Korea


謝禮

hanja form of 사례 (“reward, compensation”)


농밀하다

to be dense; to be thick
to involve passionate physical contact
to be emotionally intimate


건필하다

to write with skill
Used to encourage writers.


교성

seductive female voice
woman's moan during sex


逆斜線

hanja form of 역사선 (“backslash (punctuation)”)


크리

damaging attack (beyond the gaming context)


스포

short for 스포일러 (seupoilleo, “spoiler”)
spoiling a plot.


천세

a millennium; a thousand years; very long time


천안

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


스포당하다

to accidentally read spoilers (of a film, drama, video game, etc.)


선남선녀

attractive man and attractive woman
Buddhist believers at large


육박하다

to approach (especially used with numbers)


스포이드

alternative form of 스포이트 (seupoiteu, “pipette”)


스포이트

pipette (a small tube used for transferring or delivering measured quantities of a liquid)


스포캔

Spokane (a city in Washington, United States)


鷄卵有骨

hanja form of 계란유골 (“some people always have bad luck”)


스폰

Appearing in game at a certain point and time.


난방기

heater (device that produces and radiates heat)


스프

Western style thick soup, especially yellowish-white types of cream soup.

Packaged seasoning powder in instant noodles.


화부

Washington, D.C. (a city, the capital city of the United States)


스플뎀

short for 스플래시 데미지 (seupeullaesi demiji, “splash damage”)


시침

hour hand (the hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours)


분침

minute hand (the hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes)


초췌하다

to be wan; to be sallow; to be haggard; to be weary and enervated


小針

hanja form of 소침 (“hour hand, little hand”)


관리소

kwalliso; labour and concentration camps operated by North Korea, especially used for political prisoners.


사우디

short for 사우디아라비아 (Saudiarabia, “Saudi Arabia (a country in Asia)”)


모르타르

mortar (mixture of lime or cement, sand and water)


스피드

Speed, especially of quick motion.
Pace of carrying out certain task.


슬그머니

stealthily; secretly
inwardly; implicitly


슬라임

A monster having the form of a slimy blob.

flubber (a rubbery polymer used as a plaything)


-슬람

A suffix combined with the first letter of a noun to form a word for a person who is fanatical and stubborn about the noun.

A suffix combined with the first letter of a noun and used in pairs with -독 (-dok) or -독교 (-dokgyo) to create a word that refers to one of two competing fandoms or fandoms of two rival nouns, which each shares obstinate support for the noun (e.g. 롤독 (roldok, “LoL fanboys”, literally “LoL Christianity”) and 도슬람 (doseullam, “Dota fanboys”, literally “Dota Islam”)).


슬래시

The slash mark ⟨/⟩, sometimes any similar symbol in the shape of a slash.


둔갑하다

to transform, to turn into, to change into


슬픈 눈

Sad man's eyes
Very droopy, sad-looking eyes


슬하

The scope of offsprings someone takes care of or regards as his/her children.

The sphere of parental influence; The zone of nurture which let one's parent assist, advice or control their child.


雜談

hanja form of 잡담 (“idle talk; chatting”)


습기가 차다

To fog up
To get wet; To be damp
To be humid weather


등목

washing or rinsing someone's back (while they are bent over)


습기차다

An alternative, more colloquial form of 습기가 차다 (seupgiga chada, “To fog up; to get wet or humid”)


경단

A kind of Korean rice cake consisting of balls of glutinous rice flour boiled and coated with various sweet toppings.


푸에르토 갈레라

Puerto Galera (a municipality of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines)


습득력

The ability to learn. It comes after a noun that tells the subject of 'learning'.

The ability to do well in new tasks; An overall adaptability to various conditions.


자개

act of measuring tax to be paid by oneself, self-assessment


자개미

collective term for the major hollows, i.e. the armpit, the knee pit or popliteal fossa, and the elbow pit or cubital fossa.


구국하다

to rescue the country; to save the nation


태생

birth (often after a place name)
viviparity; being viviparous


도강

to defect, leave North Korea for another country.


도강

sneaking into a lecture that one hasn't enrolled in.


도강

the act of students reciting what one has learnt in front of a teacher.


절규

shriek; scream at the top of one's lungs


습식

A liquid-based method, like water or oil.


錄音器

hanja form of 녹음기 (“recorder (e.g. tape recorder)”)


누드

a nude (image depicting a human in a state of undress)


습식난방

A floor heating system that uses cement in construction.


으느

Hamgyong and Yukjin form of -은 (-eun, “topical marker”)


소나기는 피하는 게 상책

"a rain shower is better off avoiding": don't pointlessly ask for trouble


습윤하다

to be humid; to have considerable humidity


습작

a study; draft work; an experimental work

drawing similarly or copying the existing artworks to improve drawing skills


음영

shading in a painting; (by extension) subtle shading on a face or object


울음보

burst of tears; the act of holding in tears and then releasing them suddenly


科學的

hanja form of 과학적 (“scientific (attributive)”)


남가주

short for 남캘리포니아 (namkaelliponia, “Southern California (a state of the United States)”)


북가주

short for 북캘리포니아 (buk'kaelliponia, “Northern California”)


왕사슴벌레

Dorcus hopei binodulosus (a large species of stag beetle kept as a pet)


봄동

A Korean variety of napa cabbage used mainly for kimchi.


附着力

hanja form of 부착력 (“adhesion (the ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance)”)


쾨니히스베르크

Königsberg (the former capital of East Prussia)


멧새

A bunting, particularly the meadow bunting (Emberiza cioides).


強請

hanja form of 강청 (“blackmail, extortion, persistent demand”)


오색

the five colors (blue, yellow, red, white, black); all colors


말풍선

word bubble, speech bubble (in comics, manhwa)


돈표

emergency currency used in substitute of the North Korean won


건승하다

Used to wish people health or good luck.


漢字圈

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


지랄

commotion, hubbub, ruckus, misbehavior, uncouth activity


세인트빈센트 그레나딘

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean, comprising the islands of Saint Vincent and the island chain of the Grenadines)


담낭

gall bladder (pear-shaped organ that stores bile)


풍등

sky lantern, Chinese lantern, Kongming lantern


부전승

bye (a situation in which a person or team is automatically advanced to the next round of a tournament, without having to play an opponent in an early round)


예지

intelligence, intellect, sagacity, wisdom


소집

call to form a group
summons
conscription


倦怠期

hanja form of 권태기 (“period of boredom, ennui, or lethargy”)


에어백

airbag (protective system in automobiles)


던지기

verbal noun of 던지다 (deonjida)
throw, toss


낭패

in an awkward or difficult position
fatigued; exhausted; tired
untidy; slovenly
flustering; confusion


-노

In the plain style, an interrogative suffix marking wh-word questions.

A general-purpose sentence-ending suffix attached to verbs and adjectives.


아득하다

distant, remote
distant, remote
to be at a loss


포환

shot (the heavy iron ball used for the shot put)


알레포

Aleppo (a city in Syria)
Aleppo (a governorate of Syria)


퐁퐁남

betabux (beta male provider for a woman who has settled down)


두름

long bundle of fish, greens or so on woven in straw or something

nonstandard form of 두둑 (duduk, “bank between ploughlands; ridge in a field”)


두름

a unit of counting 20 fish in two braids of 10 fish per single braid

a unit of counting woven bundles of about 10 wild vegetables


앨빈

a transliteration of the English male given name Alvin


평택

[~시(市)] Pyeongtaek (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


유심

the "mind-only" idealism of Yogachara and his followers


強襲

hanja form of 강습 (“storm, assault, violent attack”)


상파울루

São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil)

São Paulo (a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil)


-으서요

alternative form of -으세요 (-euseyo, “A non-past honorific informal polite style suffix expressing declarative, interrogative, imperative, and suggestive moods depending on context.”)


리유

North Korea standard form of 노자(理由) (noja, “reason; cause”)


리유

North Korea standard form of 노자(離乳) (noja, “weaning”)


나무잎

North Korea standard spelling of 나뭇잎 (namunnip, “tree leaf”)


뒤집히다

to turn over, to flip, to capsize
to reverse, to be turned inside out
to be overthrown, upset, overturned


물 만난 고기

to find oneself in a suitable environment where one can perform well, up someone's alley, in one's element


바다포도

Caulerpa lentillifera (a type of edible seaweed)


괭이밥

creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)


나와바리

territory of a person or group, area of influence; (by extension) home ground, place one knows well


회양목

Korean box tree (Buxus microphylla var. koreana)


산호해

Coral Sea (a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean)


再昨年

hanja form of 재작년 (“the year before last, two years ago”)


법왕

ex-emperor and monk; ex-emperor in cloister who is also in Buddhist priesthood


그라이프스발트

Greifswald (a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)


메클렌부르크포어포메른

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (a state in northeast Germany)


슈베린

Schwerin (a city, the state capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)


로스토크

Rostock (a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)


비로비잔

Birobidzhan (a city, the administrative center of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia)


유대인 자치주

Jewish Autonomous Oblast (an autonomous oblast of Russia)


자치주

autonomous prefecture, autonomous oblast


유즈노사할린스크

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (a city, the administrative center of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia)


콤소몰스크나아무레

Komsomolsk-on-Amur (a city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia)


하바롭스크

Khabarovsk (a city, the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia)


國民學校

hanja form of 국민학교 (“(South Korea, historical or dated) elementary school”)


사하

Saha (a district of the Metropolitan City of Busan, South Korea)


사하

something that causes diarrhea
something that gushes downwards


울란우데

Ulan-Ude (the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia)


여존남비

female chauvinism, valuing women above men


難攻不落

hanja form of 난공불락 (“impregnability; invincibility”)


大恐慌

hanja form of 대공황 (“the Great Depression”)


혼절

swoon; faint; loss of consciousness (especially out of shock)


코뿔새

rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)

hornbill (any bird in the family Bucerotidae)


파부침주

burning one's boats; crossing the Rubicon


세인트피터즈버그

St. Petersburg (a city in Florida, United States)


무침

muchim, a type of seasoned banchans (side dishes) made with various vegetables, dried fish and/or seaweed.


으깨다

to grind or crush through pressing, to mash


방아깨비

Oriental longheaded grasshopper (Acrida cinerea)


실베짱이

sickle-bearing bush-cricket (Phaneroptera falcata)


벼메뚜기

Oxya chinensis sinuosa, a species of grasshopper native to Korea


각시메뚜기

Patanga japonica, a species of grasshopper native to East Asia


조정자

mediator, arbitrator, go-between
peacemaker


調停者

hanja form of 조정자 (“mediator, arbitrator, go-between; peacemaker”)


알배추

small, young, sweet napa cabbage, used for dishes such as salads, 쌈 (ssam) wraps, and 겉절이 (geotjeori).


鎭痛劑

hanja form of 진통제 (“analgesic, painkiller”)


미국자리공

American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana)


할미새사촌

A minivet, particularly the ashy minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus).


바람꽃

narcissus-flowered anemone (Anemonastrum narcissiflorum)


모데미풀

Megaleranthis saniculifolia, a species endemic to Korea.


꿩의다리

columbine meadow-rue (Thalictrum aquilegiifolium)


경질

solidity; hardness; (attributive) hard, solid, tough


기전

a game of baduk or of chess
baduk or chess competition


상술하다

to mention earlier; to be aforementioned


상술하다

to detail; to elaborate; to describe in detail


기둥서방

unemployed man whose wife is the breadwinner


월간

monthly publication (such as a magazine)


낮져밤이

freak in the sheets; someone (usually a man) who is normally kind but dominant during sex


戰鬪機

hanja form of 전투기 (“(aircraft, military) fighter plane”)


로판

short for 로맨스 판타지 (romaenseu pantaji, “romantic fantasy novel”)


英帝

hanja form of 영제 (“British Empire (abbreviation); British imperialism”)


토끼풀

A clover, especially the white clover (Trifolium repens).


惡女

hanja form of 악녀 (“bad woman; evil woman; villainess”)


덧나무

Japanese red elder (Sambucus sieboldiana)


성전환자

transgender, espeically a person who transitioned from female to male or male to female


비격식체

the Korean informal speech level, including 해체 (haeche, for non-polite usage) and 해요체 (haeyoche, for polite usage)


非格式體

hanja form of 비격식체 (“Korean non-formal speech level”)


똘가내다

Hamgyong form of 쫓아내다 (jjochanaeda, “to drive out”)


열폭

short for 열등감 폭발 (yeoldeunggam pokbal, “outburst of an inferiority complex”)


가막사리

three-lobe beggarticks (Bidens tripartita)


점철

interspersion; trail of flecks
sequence; series


인맥

connections (people with whom one is acquainted who can offer help and influence), contacts, network


무망감

feeling of utter despair; feeling of having nothing at all to look forward to


無望感

hanja form of 무망감 (“feeling of utter despair”)


열패감

feeling of self-inferiority or inadequacy in a competition


견지하다

to hold fast to; to maintain (a role, a position, a belief)


공작실거리나무

peacock flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima)


붉은머리오목눈이

vinous-throated parrotbill (Suthora webbiana)


실새풀

Calamagrostis arundinacea, a species of bunchgrass.


도찐개찐

two situations which are basically the same; similar enough; similar in what matters


거미불가사리

A brittle star, especially the species Ophioplocus japonicus.


드림

verbal noun of 드리다 (deurida, “(honorific) to give (to someone higher)”)

yours sincerely (typically in an email); used after the name in the same line


연고지

place a person or group has close ties to (e.g. a past hometown for a person)


노상강도

holdup, highway robbery (also figurative)


여미새

short for 여자에 미친 새끼 (yeoja-e michin saekki, “fucker crazy for girls”), someone who tries to get women's attention no matter what


어처구니없다

be absurd, ridiculous, preposterous, ludicrous


물꼬

rice paddy ditch; channel carrying water to or from a rice paddy

catalyst, lead, something that begins a process


계삼탕

A traditional Korean soup made with ginseng and various other ingredients, often served for its medicinal properties.


총아

emblem, chief beneficiary; something emblematic of, or which has expanded greatly due to


전산

abbreviation of 전자계산기(電子計算機) (jeonjagyesan'gi)


양갈보

foreigner's whore, a prostitute who is patronized by foreigners


불호불

a situation or relationship characterized by mutual dislike or antipathy


로수

a traditional Polish soup made from broth


막이

damming (up), banking (up)
protection (against), defence
end piece


마기

ultimately, at the end of the day
really, in actuality


방풍

coastal hog fennel (Peucedanum japonicum), a namul vegetable.

siler (Saposhnikovia divaricata), a medicinal herb.

beach silvertop (Glehnia littoralis), a namul vegetable.


우산이끼

A thallose liverwort of the order Marchantiales.


석송

A club moss, particularly the common club moss (Lycopodium clavatum).


돌양지꽃

Potentilla dickinsii, an alpine species of cinquefoil native to Japan.


날치기

snatching, stealing in plain view
snatcher, (petty) thief


성화

pestering; insisting on something one wants to do


성화

making or becoming holy:
making or becoming holy:


피로연

banquet held to celebrate an announcement; usually a wedding reception


숫기

assertiveness (in personality); outgoing confidence


뉴잉글랜드

New England (a geographic region of the northeastern United States, consisting of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont)


탄탄대로

wide, easy road for travel
bright, guaranteed future


두부김치

dubu kimchi (tofu with stir-fried kimchi and pork)


칼을 뽑았으면 무라도 썰어라

"Once you've taken out your knife/sword, cut something, even a radish"; once you've begun something, you ought to produce some kind of result, no matter how trivial or little; don't give up halfway


악화가 양화를 구축한다

people of mediocre talent, or items of mediocre value, drive out real talent or value


발이 넓다

Literally, “to have wide feet”; to be a social butterfly, to know a lot of people


인도교

Religion of Humanity, developed by Auguste Comte


ㄱㅅ

abbreviation of 감사(感謝)합니다 (gamsahamnida, “thanks”); thx


밀대

rolling pin
synonym of 대걸레 (daegeolle, “mop”)


이를테면

so to speak; marks a figure of speech or a summary of what has been previously said.


야구 동영상

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

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 야구 (yagu), 동영상 (dong'yeongsang): baseball video


머리가 나쁘면 몸이 고생한다

Literally, “If you are stupid, it's the body that suffers”: if you do not think things out, you will have to resort to physical force to do something


취급하다

to treat, to consider (usually negatively)


빛을 발하다

to turn out to be useful; to prove its worth


동프

abbreviation of 동방 프로젝트 (dongbang peurojekteu)


조선적

Koreans in Japan, especially who neither North nor South Korean nationality after the surrender of Japan


가필드

a transliteration of the English surname Garfield


소방목

sapan, sappanwood (Biancaea sappan, syn. Caesalpinia sappan)


키신저

a transliteration of the English surname Kissinger


ㅅㄱ

abbreviation of 수고(受苦) (sugo) Often used in a sarcastic intention. Similar to the English interjection GG or good going.


헨리

a transliteration of the English male given name Henry


실성

mansion 13 of the 28 lunar mansions, the Encampment constellation.


통배추

whole napa cabbage, not cut longitudinally


동학

Donghak (academic and political movement in Korea)


고성

unrelieved fortress; besieged fortress without hope of a relief force


고성

Goseong (a county of Gangwon Province, South Korea)

Kosong (a county of Kangwon Province, North Korea)


고성

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


강북

the north area of the Han River, especially of Seoul

Jiangbei (the region of China around the Yangtze Delta)


머쓱하다

embarrassed, awkward
embarrassingly tall, lanky, gangly


滿點

hanja form of 만점 (“full marks; perfect score”)


호드기

a flute made from the skin of willow or piece of wheat straw


삼가다

to refrain from, eschew, forgo
be careful, be watchful, mind


問題兒

hanja form of 문제아 (“problem child; troublemaker”)


문간

the gate section, the space just within a gate


미묘

Root of 미묘하다 (mimyohada). Rarely used alone.


대만인

Taiwanese (person); especially Han Chinese (person who live in Taiwan)


지목하다

to choose; name (i.e. to choose or name someone as something)


귀청

synonym of 고막(鼓膜) (gomak, “eardrum”)
synonym of 귀지 (gwiji, “earwax”)


싸늘

Root of 싸늘하다 (ssaneulhada). Rarely used alone.


處世術

hanja form of 처세술 (“the art of living; the art of worldly wisdom”)


처세술

the art of living; the art of worldly wisdom


作定

hanja form of 작정 (“intention; determination; resolution”)


풀피리

blowing into a blade of grass or a piece of willow bark between lips


되레

Contraction of 도리어 (dorieo, “instead, rather”)


사람인

a hanja name of the person radical: 人 (in)


사람인변

a hanja name of the person radical: 亻 (in)


물수

a hanja name of the water radical: 水 (su)


삼수변

a hanja name of the water radical: 氵 (su)


쇠금

a hanja name of the iron radical: 金 (geum)


달월

a hanja name of the moon radical: 月 (wol)


연화발

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


拘引

hanja form of 구인 (“arrest, apprehension”)


헤르체고비나

Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)


일러스트

clipping of 일러스트레이션 (illeoseuteureisyeon)


못 본 체하다

to pretend not to see, to ignore, to overlook, to turn a blind eye


날개옷

(an imaginary) robe of feathers (worn by fairies), wings (of a fairy)


機械化步兵

hanja form of 기계화보병 (“mechanized infantry”)


홍대병

hipsterism, hipster subculture; (by extension) being unconventional for the sake of it


磨斧作針

hanja form of 마부작침 (“no matter how difficult a task is, with persistent effort, it can be accomplished”)


마부작침

no matter how difficult a task is, with persistent effort, it can be accomplished; Practice makes perfect.


패류

mollusc shellfish, such as clams, oysters, abalone and whelks.


패류

absurdity, preposterous and immoral conduct


패륜

depravity, immorality
depravity, immorality


첫소리법칙

the "initial law" (a phonetical rule which sometimes also applies to North Korean, but mainly to South Korean)


얼갈이

winter plowing
winter greens, winter cabbage


알자스로렌

Alsace-Lorraine (a historical state in Germany (1871-1918); modern Grand Est)


情報化

hanja form of 정보화 (“computerization; digitization”)


출입

entrance and exit
access
income and expenses


딸아이

(my/our) young daughter (when talking to other people)


아들아이

(my/our) young son (when talking to other people)


여간

just a little
being normal, being ordinary


잘나다

to have a pretty face, (to be) good-looking


서초

[~구] Seocho (a district of Seoul, South Korea)


용산

[~구] Yongsan (a district of Seoul, South Korea)


광진

[~구] Gwangjin (a district of Seoul, South Korea)


금천

[~구] Geumcheon (a district of Seoul, South Korea)


노원

[~구] Nowon (a district of Seoul, South Korea)


도봉

[~구] Dobong (a district of Seoul, South Korea)


계양

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


미추홀

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


해운대

[~구] Haeundae (a district of Busan, South Korea)


대덕

[~구] Daedeok (a district of Daejeon, South Korea)


시흥

[~시] Siheung (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


군포

[~시] Gunpo (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


제천

[~시] Jecheon (a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea)


태백

[~시] Taebaek (a city in Gangwon Province, South Korea)


강릉

[~시] Gangneung (a city in Gangwon Province, South Korea)


정읍

[~시] Jeongeup (a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea)


남원

[~시] Namwon (a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea)


당진

[~시] Dangjin (a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea)


왜냐면

alternative form of 왜냐하면 (waenyahamyeon)


호가호위

using powerful connections to intimidate people


旅客車

hanja form of 여객차 (“(South Korea) railway passenger car”)


旅客車

hanja form of 려객차 (“(North Korea) railway passenger car”)


具體的

hanja form of 구체적 (“concrete; not abstract”)


제이차 세계 대전

alternative form of 제2차 세계 대전 (je2cha segye daejeon)


칠요

the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)


變電所

hanja form of 변전소 (“electrical substation”)


화력

heating power (of a stove, etc.)
firepower


자이르

Zaire (former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997)


얻어먹다

To exploit the generosity of others without giving anything in return; to freeload.


-을 테니까

can be used at the end of a sentence to express speaker's assumption


수리부엉이

An eagle owl, particularly the Eurasian eagle owl.


캘거리

[~시(市)] Calgary (the largest city in Alberta, Canada)


起工式

hanja form of 기공식 (“groundbreaking ceremony”)


쿠르디스탄

Kurdistan (a cultural region in Western Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)

Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)

Kurdistan (a province in northwestern Iran, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)


응웬

a transliteration of the Vietnamese surname Nguyễn


아리키다

synonym of 가르치다 (gareuchida, “to teach”)


베들레헴

Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


나블루스

Nablus (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


팔레스타인국

State of Palestine (official name of Palestine: a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


디마스끄

Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)


스꼬뼤

Skopje (the capital city of North Macedonia)


더반

Durban (a city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)


요하네스버그

Johannesburg (a city in Gauteng, South Africa)


화수분

widow's cruse, galore, never-ending supply


배움터

a place where learning is taking place, school


머귀나무

Zanthoxylum ailanthoides, the ailanthus-like prickly ash


초피나무

Zanthoxylum piperitum, the Japanese prickly-ash or sanshō


구명

saving a life; (in compounds) life-saving


救命浮環

hanja form of 구명부환 (“life preserver, life belt”)


훈계하다

to discipline, to admonish, to teach a lesson


타우마타와카탕이항아코아우아우오타마테아투리푸카카피키마웅아호로누쿠포카이웨누아키타나타후

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu (a hill in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand)


감성돔

black porgy, black seabream, blackhead seabream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii)


검은딱새

A stonechat, particularly the Amur stonechat.


바티칸 시국

Vatican City State (official name of Vatican City: a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


태양상

the smiling portraits of the Supreme Leaders (Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) of North Korea


재우다

to put someone to bed, to lull (a baby)
to marinate, to season
to write down, to put down


신선놀음에 도낏자루 썩는 줄 모른다

If one is too focused on entertainment, one might forget something important


사연

story
situation, circumstances
reason, grounds


사연

holding a royal banquet with one's subjects


사자성어

chengyu; a set phrase from Classical Chinese that is four characters long


四字成語

hanja form of 사자성어 (“chengyu; a set phrase from Classical Chinese that is four characters long”)


景福宮

hanja form of 경복궁 (“Gyeongbokgung (main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty)”)


월대

raised stone platform in front of important palace structures


영달

attaining a prestigious status; career success


𢓡

ninth note (夷則 (夷则) - Yí Zé) of the Shí-èr-lǜ musical scale


기우

unexpected encounter; fortuitous meeting (between people)


國璽

hanja form of 국새 (“royal seal; state seal”)


아오테아로아

Aotearoa (new Zealand, a country in Oceania; the Māori name, used especially in a Polynesian or pre-colonial context)


심오

profound; abstruse; difficult to understand; esoteric


불판

A thread on an internet forum; A post that allows you to write a user review of the topic in a row of comments.


反知性主義

hanja form of 반지성주의 (“anti-intellectualism”)


일색

all, totally, nothing but...
singularly beautiful woman


종마

horse used for breeding (whether stallion or mare)


한강의 기적

Miracle on the Han River; a period of high-speed economic development of South Korea during the Third to Fifth Republic period


분꽃나무

Korean spice viburnum (Viburnum carlesii)


구정

Korean New Year; Lunar New Year celebrated in Korea


폐차

wreck (car that has been junked)
junking, salvaging


어름

junction, border; place where multiple things meet


바다거북

A sea turtle, particularly the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).


애스터리스크

asterisk (symbol used to highlight words or sentences)


穿孔機

hanja form of 천공기 (“punch; perforator; boring machine”)


명물

local speciality; local product
celebrity; famous person


무너뜨리다

to tear down, knock down, demolish, destroy


과실

fructus, i.e. goods naturally created by other property


音譯語

hanja form of 음역어 (“a word that represents the sounds of a foreign language using Chinese character sounds”)


음역어

a word that represents the sounds of a foreign language using Chinese character sounds


힐링타임

respite; break; breather; rest; pause; intermission


힐링

destressing; mental uplifting; psychological rejuvenation

act of restoring hit points or removing status ailment/s


시나위

sinawi, Korean shamanic improvised music


제례악

jeryeak, traditional Korean ritual music


북베트남

North Vietnam (a former Communist country in Southeast Asia that governed northern Vietnam from 1945 to 1975)


남베트남

South Vietnam (a former country in Southeast Asia that governed southern Vietnam from 1955 to 1975)


단결

A battle cry used by Special Warfare Command and KATUSA personnel when saluting.


카투사

Korean Augmentation to the United States Army; a corps of South Korean military personnel seconded to the Eighth United States Army


호찌민시

Ho Chi Minh City (the largest city in Vietnam)


낫 놓고 기역 자도 모른다

Literally, “Even if a sickle [which is shaped like the letter giyeok or "ㄱ"] were planted [in the ground], you wouldn't recognise or see it resembles the letter giyeok.”: hence, Used to indicate that one is very clueless or ignorant


計算臺

hanja form of 계산대 (“checkout counter”) .


초급

elementary level, beginning grade, beginner's class


초급

salary received upon first appointment or office


초급

a term that refers to both cutting firewood and collecting water


직찍

short for 직접 찍은 사진 (jikjeop jjigeun sajin, “unofficial fan photo, usually of celebrities”)


사라다

alternative form of 샐러드 (saelleodeu, “salad”)


스트로우

alternative form of 스트로 (seuteuro, “drinking straw”)


창성하다

to be prosperous, to be thriving and splendid


싸라기

graupel; snowflakes in the shape of rice, created by abrupt freezing of raindrops in the air


밭다

to be very close or tight in space or time


설빔

new clothes or shoes worn for Lunar New Year


큼

nominal form of 크다 (keuda, “big”): bigness


크

North Korean synonym of 키읔, ㅋ (k) in hangul


큐

The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.


對譯本

hanja form of 대역본 (“bilingual book; a book with translations printed side by side or on opposite pages”)


계기반

instrument panel, especially in a car or another vehicle


零次元

hanja form of 영차원 (“zero dimensions, zero-dimensional”)


一次元

hanja form of 일차원 (“one dimensions, one-dimensional”)


四次元

hanja form of 사차원 (“four dimensions, four-dimensional”)


다시 보기

rewatch (the act of watching something again)


폐쇄공포증

synonym of 폐소공포증(閉所恐怖症) (pyesogongpojeung, “claustrophobia”)


건전가요

geonjeongayo; a genre of propaganda song during the Fourth Republic and Fifth Republic of Korea.


높은 곳 공포증

synonym of 고소공포증(高所恐怖症) (gosogongpojeung, “acrophobia”)


회덮밥

Hoe-deopbap, a Korean dish made by placing raw hoe on a bowl of rice and mixing it with seasoning


감자튀기

North Korea standard spelling of 감자튀김 (gamjatwigim)


太虛

hanja form of 태허 (“(literary) the void, cosmos, universe”)


-다는

Used for the indirect quotation of sentences in the declarative, additionally modifying the noun that follows it.


-다능

A sentence-final declarative mood suffix.


-라능

Alternative form of -다능 (-daneung, (humorous) declarative mood suffix) in the following environments:


우주 비행사

astronaut, cosmonaut (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose)


보늬

inner skin (of a chestnut, acorn, or similar)


본의

original or fundamental purpose or meaning


유념하다

to think dearly as not to forget or become careless


유념

dear thought as not to forget or become careless about something


늘어놓다

to spread out
to spread out
to spread out
to spread out
to talk a lot


갈음

to replace or substitute something
to replace or substitute something


모아키

A hangul keyboard layout developed by Samsung for their mobile devices, characterized by its use of swiping gestures to input entire syllable blocks at once.


모아치기

(in Sebeolsik keyboard layouts) a method of inputting entire syllable blocks at once.


이어치기

A method of inputting syllable blocks sequentially in the order of choseong, jungseong, and jongseong.


국한문 혼용

mixed script; the use of hanja in a Korean text


서양식

synonym of 양식(洋食) (yangsik, “western food”)


긴바늘

minute hand (the hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes)


짧은바늘

hour hand (the hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours)


니거

nigger (a racial slur referring to a black person)


-올시다

Used with -이다 (-ida) and 아니다 (anida) to make declarations. A politer version of -ㄹ세 (-lse) and -로다 (-roda).


-세

Let's. Hortative suffix for sentence-final verbs in the 하게체 (hageche) speech level.


-습디다

Indicates the speaker had learned or realized new information at the time of event. A politer version of -데 (-de) and -더라 (-deora).


-마

Post-vowel allomorphic form of -으마 (-euma)


-으마

Sentence-ending suffix used to promise to do something to the listener.


초코파이

a confection consisting of marshmallow or cream between two biscuits, covered with chocolate


懷姙

hanja form of 회임 (“gestation; pregnancy”)


빌런

villain (especially of American superhero comics)

a person with weird, eccentric, or extreme behavior


再起

hanja form of 재기 (“resurgence, comeback”)


빤쓰

alternative spelling of 빤스 (ppanseu, “briefs, underpants, panties, boxer shorts”)


오피

synonym of 오피스텔 (opiseutel, “officetel”)

a brothel, chiefly one operating in an officetel


여순 사건

short for 여수·순천 사건 (yeosu·suncheon sageon, “Yeosu–Suncheon rebellion”); a communist mutiny in the South Korean Constabulary of Police Reserve


0차원

alternative spelling of 영차원 (yeongchawon)


겉바속촉

(chiefly of food) being crispy on the outside and moist on the inside


셀기꾼

a person who looks much better in selfies than in real life, especially due to an excessive use of filters


고자

eunuch; a man with no or incomplete reproductive organs


마기꾼

a person who looks much better when wearing a facemask


마해자

a person who looks worse when wearing a facemask


상차림비

table setting fee; an extra base fee charged at some restaurants, usually per person


뒷다마

(in four-ball billiards) to hit the object ball from the back

the act of talking negatively behind someone's back


앞담

the act of insulting someone face-to-face


수련회

A trip or event where several people go to train their bodies and minds.


틀린 그림 찾기

synonym of 다른 그림 찾기 (dareun geurim chatgi)


뽑기

verbal noun of 뽑다 (ppopda)
synonym of 달고나 (dalgona, “dalgona”)


민초

short for 민트 초콜릿 (minteu chokollit, “mint chocolate”)


뒤태

appearance from behind, figure from behind


衛星政黨

hanja form of 위성정당 (“bloc party; satellite party”)


발자욱

alternative form of 발자국 (baljaguk, “footprint; tracks”)


목안소리

synonym of 인두음(咽頭音) (indueum, “pharyngeal”)


목안염

synonym of 인두염(咽頭炎) (induyeom, “pharyngitis”)


날로 먹다

to achieve or attain without effort; to free ride


날먹

achieving or attaining without effort; free riding


唯心聖敎

hanja form of 유심성교 (“The Holy Church of the Heart-Only”)


別世

hanja form of 별세 (“death; passing away”)


삼가하다

nonstandard form of 삼가다 (samgada, “to refrain from”)


-으려고

Used with 하다 (hada) to try to, to intend to


닥후

latter without question (when presented with two options)


닥전

former without question (when presented with two options)


노구

a small, portable hanging pot made of brass or copper


전자시계

electronic clock, clock operated by electronic devices


화투

hanafuda, a kind of playing cards consisting of 12 suits of 4 cards, or any game played using them


바우첸

Bautzen (a town and rural district of Saxony, Germany)


서낭당

The shrine of the patron deity of a Korean village, often located in a cairn or sacred tree.


서낭신

The patron deity of a village in Korean shamanism.


닭강정

A Korean food made from fried chicken with seasonings such as garlic and chili pepper and then boiled or stir-fried with soy sauce (or gochujang) and starch syrup.


風蘭

hanja form of 풍란 (“wind orchid (Vanda falcata)”)


잼순이

a young girl, especially an elementary schooler


개간년

contraction of 개같은 년 (gaegat-eun nyeon, “fucking bitch”)


케찹

nonstandard form of 케첩 (kecheop, “ketchup”)


전승

passing down (of traditional cultures and customs, from generation to generation)


콘치즈

corn cheese (a South Korean dish made of sweet corn (often canned) and mozzarella cheese)


오리엔테이션

orientation (events to orient new students at a school)


오티

abbreviation of 오리엔테이션 (orienteisyeon, “orientation”): OT


3·1 운동

the March 1st Movement; an uprising in Korea opposing Japanese colonial rule


성조기

Star-Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States


조중동

The Chosun Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo and Dong-a Ilbo; 3 conservative South Korean national newspapers that achieve near monopoly in South Korean mass media.


야쿠르트

alternative spelling of 요구르트 (yogureuteu)


소시지 야채 볶음

stir-fried sausage and vegetables (a Korean dish consisting of sausage, vegetables, ketchup, syrup, and sometimes gochujang stir-fried together)


쏘야

abbreviation of 소시지 야채 볶음 (sosiji yachae bokkeum)


버츄얼

nonstandard spelling of 버추얼 (beochueol, “virtual”)


들박

suspended congress; ekiben (sex position which consists of one participant carrying the other while penetrating them)


프

North Korean synonym of 피읖, ㅍ (p) in hangul


옘병

alternative form of 염병 (yeombyeong) (see usage notes below)


오성홍기

Five-star Red Flag, the flag of the People's Republic of China


플레이

play in sports; gameplay
play (BDSM, sexual roleplay)


안 봐도 비디오

[like] a video tape even without watching (For something to be immediately obvious or clear, as if being played back from a video tape)


안 봐도 블루레이

alternative form of 안 봐도 비디오 (an bwado bidio, “for something to be obvious”)


서유럽

Western Europe (a sociopolitical region in the west of Europe)


브이튜버

synonym of 버츄얼 유튜버 (beochueol yutyubeo, “virtual YouTuber”)


빼빼로 게임

Pepero game: a game where two people bite down on an end of a Pepero snack; the person who lets go first is the loser, and if there are no losers, both players kiss.


선제후

a prince-elector, a member of the electoral college of the Holy Roman Empire


국학

study of national history, language and culture, Korean studies


ㅠ.ㅠ

alternative form of ㅠㅠ (emoticon representing a crying face)


일본서기

The Chronicles of Japan (Japan's famous mythological and historical text, written mostly in Literary Chinese)


고음

ancient pronunciation (especially in reference to Chinese characters)


의정부

Uijeongbu (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


곡절

twists and turns, complications, ups and downs


을사오적

the Five Eulsa Traitors: Yi Wan-yong, Yi Geun-taek, Yi Ji-yong, Pak Chesoon, Gwon Jung-hyeon, who signed the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 that made the Korean Empire a protectorate of Japan


성도

Chengdu (a subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China)


쿵

thump! slam! wham! (the sound of a hard object hitting another)


필화

government repression against criticizing or satirizing literary works


밀실공포증

synonym of 폐소공포증(閉所恐怖症) (pyesogongpojeung, “claustrophobia”)


사회공포증

social anxiety disorder; social anxiety; social phobia


남자공포증

synonym of 남성공포증(男性恐怖症) (namseonggongpojeung, “androphobia”)


여자공포증

synonym of 여성공포증(女性恐怖症) (yeoseonggongpojeung, “gynophobia”)


大越史記全書

hanja form of 대월사기전서 (“Complete Annals of Đại Việt”)


大越史記

hanja form of 대월사기 (“Annals of Đại Việt”)


업로드

upload (transmit data to computers on a network, especially servers on the Internet)


대월

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


모르모트

a guinea pig (tailless rodent)
a guinea pig (an experimental subject)


수치플

humiliation play (sexual roleplay involving deliberate humiliation)

any act causing humiliation or embarrassment


쏴아

alternative form of 솨아 (swaa, sound of rushing water)


트랜스

transformer (static device that transfers electric energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling)


트랜스

trance (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention)

trance music (genre of electronic dance music)


프로드러그

prodrug (drug that is administered in an inactive form that is metabolised in the body into a biologically active compound)


전구체

precursor (one of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound)


王舍城

hanja form of 왕사성 (“Rajgir (a historical town in Nalanda district, Bihar, India)”)


에키벤

ekiben (bento sold at railroad stations)

ekiben; suspended congress (sex position which consists of one participant carrying the other while penetrating them)


동예

Dongye (an ancient Korean kingdom, later conquered by Goguryeo)


옥저

Okjeo (an ancient Korean kingdom, later conquered by Goguryeo)


自己嫌惡

hanja form of 자기혐오 (“self-loathing; self-hatred”)


죽도

Jukdo (an island of Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)


구루병

rickets (disorder of infancy and early childhood caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft bones)


쨍그랑

clink; tinkle (sound of hitting glass)
clang (sound of hitting metal)


구걸

Root of 구걸하다 (gugeolhada). Rarely used alone.


절이 싫으면 중이 떠나야 한다

Literally, “If the monk hates the monastery, he should leave”; if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen


식별

discrimination, identification, discernment, distinction


안채

In traditional Korean architecture, a residential building reserved for women


별찌

phosphene flashes (sensation of lights induced by dizziness or concussion, as when seeing stars)


제이팝

J-pop (Japanese pop music influenced by Western styles)


음가자

a phonetically-adapted phonogram; in East Asia, a Chinese character which is used as a phonogram to write non-Chinese morphemes in a non-Chinese language; it retains only the phonetic value of the original Chinese.


훈독자

a semantically-adapted logogram; in East Asia, a Chinese character which is used as a logogram to write non-Chinese morphemes in a non-Chinese language; it retains only the semantic value of the original Chinese.


음독자

a semantically-adapted phonogram; in East Asia, a Chinese character used for all morphemes loaned from Classical Chinese and perceived as such; it retains both the semantic and phonetic values of the original Chinese.


한드

abbreviation of 한국 드라마 (Han'guk deurama, “Korean TV drama”): K-drama


일드

abbreviation of 일본 드라마 (Ilbon deurama, “Japanese TV drama”): J-drama


오색기

the first national flag of the Republic of China (1912–1928)


ㄲㅂ

initialism of 까비 (kkabi, “to be a pity”)


ㅇㄲㅂ

initialism of 아까비 (akkabi, “to be a pity”)


ㅎㅇㅌ

initialism of 화이팅 (hwaiting, “fight; let's go”)


센빠이

senpai (upperclassman or elder student, in the context of Japan)


센세이

sensei (teacher, guide or mentor, in the context of Japan)


형 라인

hyung line (elder members of a male K-pop group as a collective)


막내 라인

maknae line (younger members of a K-pop group as a collective)


언니 라인

unnie line (elder members of a female K-pop group as a collective)


근동

Near East (the geographic region of Western Asia located southeast of Eastern Europe, comprising Anatolia, Transcaucasia, the Levant, and Mesopotamia; used primarily in historical contexts)


령토

North Korea standard form of 영토 (yeongto, “territory”)


김포

Gimpo (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


용인

Yongin (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


남양주

Namyangju (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


부천

Bucheon (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


파주

Paju (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)


憲法裁判所

hanja form of 헌법재판소 (“constitutional court”)


반전세

banjeonse (a form of lease in the South Korean real estate market which is a hybrid between jeonse and wolse, in which the lessee provides the landlord with a smaller lump sum deposit than would be required with jeonse, while agreeing to pay a lower rate of monthly rent than would be required with wolse)


시세

the times (circumstances of a certain time)

market price (price at which a product, financial instrument, service or other tradable item can be bought and sold at an open market)


병참

logistics (procurement, supply, maintenance, and transportation of equipment, facilities, and personnel)


병참장교

quartermaster (officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel etc.)


자이바쓰

zaibatsu (a large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual)


서북청년회

the North-West Youth Association; an anticommunist organization in South Korea known for perpetrating massacre during the Jeju uprising


남로당

short for 남조선로동당 (namjoseollodongdang, “Workers' Party of South Korea”)


보도연맹

short for 국민보도연맹 (gungminbodoyeonmaeng, “National Bodo League”); an organization before the Korean War aiming for the reeducation of supposed communists. It's members are subject to indiscriminate massacre regardless whether they held communist belief.


싸구려

interjection used to invite customers to purchase low-priced goods


중원

the Central Plain (area on the lower reaches of the Yellow River which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization)


서광

daybreak, the first light of dawn
rays of hope, prospects


씨팝

C-pop (Chinese pop music influenced by Western styles)


니 삭스

knee socks, knee highs (a sock that reaches almost up to the knee)


살스

abbreviation of 살색 스타킹 (salsaek seutaking, “apricot stocking”)


-ㄹ수록

the more: a suffix which expresses the equivalent of "the more (x), (result)"


年貰

hanja form of 연세 (“lease in which rent in paid annually”)


이송

To transfer (a patient, criminal, legal case, etc.)


계율

religious discipline; religious precept; commandment


여덥

Gyeongsang, Hamgyong, and Yanbian form of 여덟 (yeodeol, “eight”)


흰스

abbreviation of 흰색 스타킹 (huinsaek seutaking, “white stocking”)


긴급체포

warrantless arrest (subject to retroactive prosecutorial approval) when serious crimes are suspected to be committed.


보라문어

common blanket octopus (Tremoctopus violaceus)


우무문어

Japanese flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis depressa)


시민군

the armed protesters during the Gwangju Uprising


緊急逮捕

hanja form of 긴급체포 (“warrantless arrest”)


제비고깔

Siberian larkspur (Delphinium grandiflorum)


남산

Namsan Mountain (a mountain in Seoul, South Korea)

the KCIA or the ANSP, which had their headquarters on Namsan


안기부

short for 국가안전기획부(國家安全企劃部) (gukgaanjeon'gihoekbu, “ANSP, the intelligence and counterintelligence agency during the Fifth Republic of Korea”)


울라지미르

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

Vladimir (a city in Vladimir Oblast, Russia)


절멸

to wipe out; to eliminate; to annihilate


암닭

North Korea standard spelling of 암탉 (amtak, “hen”)


수닭

North Korea standard spelling of 수탉 (sutak, “rooster”)


명백

Root of 명백하다 (myeongbaekhada, “evident; explicit”). Rarely used alone.

Root of 명백히 (myeongbaekhi, “clearly; unmistakeably”). Rarely used alone.


버튜버

short for 버츄얼 유튜버 (beochueol yutyubeo, “virtual YouTuber”)


일본장지뱀

Japanese grass lizard (Takydromus tachydromoides)


장지뱀

grass lizard (lizard of the genus Takydromus)


줄장지뱀

mountain grass lizard (Takydromus wolteri)


도나스

nonstandard form of 도넛 (doneot, “doughnut”)


아헤가오

ahegao (an exaggerated facial expression consisting of flushed cheeks, rolled-back eyes, and the tongue hanging out, intended to depict a person having an orgasm)


끼이다

to be fastened
to get stuck, to be caught


세인트키츠 네비스

Saint Kitts and Nevis (a country comprising the islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean)


악착

tenacity, perseverance
stubbornness, pushiness
narrow-mindedness
a stubborn, tenacious person


중국자라

Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)


감태

paddle weed, kajime (Ecklonia cava)
a species of laver (Neopyropia tenera)


미국선녀벌레

citrus flatid planthopper (Metcalfa pruinosa)


비제이

streamer, a person who streams a live video feed on the Internet.


鷄蔘湯

hanja form of 계삼탕 (“soup made with ginseng and various other ingredients”)


義務敎育

hanja form of 의무교육 (“compulsory education”)


淸廉

hanja form of 청렴 (“honesty; uncorruptedness; integrity”)


항주

Hangzhou (a prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Zhejiang, in eastern China)


은인자중

hiding one's emotion and acting with prudence


은인자중하다

to hide one's emotion and act with prudence; to hold back


-는가

a final ending indicating a question or a guess, attached to a verb

combined with 보다 (boda): it seems, it appears, it looks like


-인가

a final ending indicating a question or a guess, attached to a noun


-은가

a final ending indicating a question or a guess, attached to an adjective


-ㄴ가

alternative form of -은가 (-eun'ga) (for adjectival stems ending in a vowel or ㄹ (l))


城砦

hanja form of 성채 (“citadel; fortress; stronghold”)


런민비

renminbi (the currency in mainland China)


긴꼬리엄지도치

Eumicrotremus jindoensis, a species of lumpsucker native to the northwest Pacific Ocean.


엄지도치

Eumicrotremus awae, a species of lumpsucker endemic to the Pacific coast of Honshu.


물미거지

Crystallias matsushimae, a species of snailfish native to the northwest Pacific.


분홍꼼치

salmon snailfish (Careproctus rastrinus)


동해분홍꼼치

Careproctus notosaikaiensis, a species of snailfish endemic to the Sea of Japan.


사레

cough due to an object entering the windpipe, splutter, choking sound, pulmonary aspiration


축구장

soccer field; football pitch; soccer pitch


蹴球場

hanja form of 축구장 (“soccer field; football pitch; soccer pitch”)


반민특위

short for 반민족행위특별조사위원회 (Banminjokhaeng'witeukbyeoljosawiwonhoe, “Special Investigation Committee of Anti-National Activities”), a short-lived government committee of the Republic of Korea to investigate pro-Japanese collaborators (chinilpa)


흡인

aspiration
suction, drawing in, sucking in


슬러시

slush (flavored shaved ice served as a drink)


非武裝地帶

hanja form of 비무장 지대 (“demilitarized zone”)


土木工學

hanja form of 토목공학 (“civil engineering”)


委員部

hanja form of 위원부 (“(Soviet Union) commissariat”)


뻥튀기

puffed snacks, generally made from rice, potato or corn

act of exaggeration of a fact or object to make it appear more impressive


맥날

short for 맥도날드 (Maekdonaldeu, “McDonald's”)


녹화사업

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 녹화(綠化) (nokhwa), 사업(事業) (sa'eop).


녹화사업

forcible conscription of university students to spy on their anti-government peer activists during the Fifth Republic of Korea


국보위

short for 국가보위비상대책위원회 (Gukgabowibisangdaechaegwiwonhoe, “Special Committee for National Security Measures”), the military junta established by Chun Doo-hwan after the Coup d'état of December Twelfth


한나산

North Korea standard spelling of 한라산 (hallasan, “Mt Halla”)


치비

chibi (a child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime)

chibi (a style of cartooning in which the characters are drawn to be very small and cute)


세븐

clipping of 세븐일레븐 (sebeunillebeun, “Seven-Eleven”)


造船所

hanja form of 조선소 (“shipyard; dockyard”)


公娼

hanja form of 공창 (“registered prostitute”)


에이스

an ace (point scored without the opponent hitting the ball)


불로초

elixir of immortality (a mythological herb said to grant eternal life)

lingzhi (a fungus of the Ganoderma genus)


不老草

hanja form of 불로초 (“immortality fungus”)


보스턴

Boston (the capital city of Massachusetts, United States)


햄버거스테이크

nonstandard form of 햄버그스테이크 (haembeogeuseuteikeu, “Hamburg steak”)


國務會議

hanja form of 국무회의 (“State Council of South Korea”)


대법원

supreme court (especially the Supreme Court of Korea)


녀자친구

North Korea standard spelling of 여자친구 (yeojachin'gu)


물억새

Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)


개밀

Elymus tsukushiensis, a species of wild rye in the genus Elymus.


숲개밀

slender false brome Brachypodium sylvaticum


금잔디

golden turf (yellow grass in autumn)
Korean grass (Zoysia tenuifolia)


개여뀌

long-bristled smartweed (Persicaria longiseta)


雇傭契約

hanja form of 고용계약 (“employment contract”)


에이야퍄들라이외퀴들

Eyjafjallajökull (a glacier and volcano in southern Iceland)


토막글

a short piece of writing on a specific topic


아욱

Chinese mallow (Malva verticillata) (plant and vegetable)


산달래

Allium macrostemon, a species of wild onion common in East Asia.


송이풀

Pedicularis resupinata, a species of lousewort used in Korean traditional medicine.


며느리밥풀

cow-wheat (plant of the genus Melampyrum)


中食

hanja form of 중식 (“lunch, Chinese food”)


촉새

black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)


섬촉새

The masked bunting (Emberiza personata), formerly considered an island subspecies of the black-faced bunting.


오리지널 캐릭터

original character (a fan-created character in a fanwork)


오리캐

short for 오리지널 캐릭터 (orijineol kaerikteo, “original character”)


백운산어

White Cloud Mountain minnow, a popular aquarium fish.


白雲山魚

hanja form of 백운산어 (“White Cloud Mountain minnow”)


백운산

Baegunsan (a mountain in Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, South Korea)

Baiyun Mountain (a mountain in Baiyun district, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)


광양

Gwangyang (a port city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea)


에너지바

energy bar (bar showing remaining energy)


인도르

Indore (a city in Indore district, Madhya Pradesh, India)


하마스

Hamas (a Palestinian Islamist militant group and political organization)


헤즈볼라

Hezbollah (a Lebanese Shi'a Islamist political party and paramilitary group)


이적

moving to a different group (especially athletes or actors)


이적

barbarians (peoples inhabiting regions peripheral to the historical Chinese heartland)


利敵

hanja form of 이적 (“benefiting the enemy”)


쎄바스또뽈

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


젤렌스끼

a transliteration of the Russian surname Зеле́нский (Zelénskij)

a transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Зеле́нський (Zelénsʹkyj)


단삼

tan shen, red sage, or Chinese sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza)


긴꼬리쥐

birch mouse (rodent of the genus Sicista))


제남

[~시(市)] Jinan (the provincial capital of Shandong, China)

[~동(洞)] a dong in Tokchon, South Pyongan Province, North Korea


항저우

Hangzhou (the provincial capital of Zhejiang, China)


푸저우

Fuzhou (the provincial capital of Fujian, China)


심양

Shenyang (the provincial capital of Liaoning, China)


할빈

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


롄윈강

Lianyungang (a prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China)


단둥

Dandong (a prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China)


개인용 컴퓨터

personal computer (small computer for use by one person at a time)


철저

Root of 철저하다 (cheoljeohada). Rarely used alone.


사범

master, instructor
pedagogical training, normal


진들딸기

cloudberry, bakeapple (Rubus chamaemorus)


타카기

a transliteration of the Japanese surname 高木 (“Takagi”)


이토

a transliteration of the Japanese surname 伊藤 or 伊東 (“Ito”)


꼬쏘보

Kosovo (a partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


리겜

short for 리듬 게임 (rideum geim, “rhythm game”)


가로지르다

to cross, be across, traverse
to cut across, to cut through


teenager (person aged between thirteen and nineteen)


國際通貨基金

hanja form of 국제 통화 기금 (“International Monetary Fund”)


마산

Masan (an administrative region of Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea)


황기

Mongolian milkvetch (Astragalus propinquus)


서빙고

Seobinggo (a neighborhood of Yongsan district, Seoul, South Korea)


미국 사람

American (person born in or citizen of the USA)


대만 사람

Taiwanese (person); especially Han Chinese (person who live in Taiwan)


선제

preemptive action; making the first move


동서남북

east, west, south and north
everywhere; all direction


바람잡이

someone who pretends to be doing something very enthusiastically in order to trick the target into doing the same thing (especially in cases of fraud, gambling, prostitution, and other illicit activities)

someone who diverts the target's attention, e.g. during pickpocketing or fraud


리뷰

review (account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work)


스샷

short for 스크린샷 (seukeurinsyat, “screenshot”)


곰의말채나무

large-leafed dogwood (Cornus macrophylla)


층층

layer upon layer, in layers
level by level


옆으로

by (to the side of), beside, close to, next to


화살치

Japanese naked barracudina (Lestidium prolixum)


참다랑어

A bluefin tuna, particularly the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis).


착시현상

synonym of 착시(錯視) (chaksi, “optical illusion, parablepsy”)


錯視現象

hanja form of 착시현상 (“optical illusion, parablepsy”)


錯視效果

hanja form of 착시효과 (“optical illusion, parablepsy”)


얼죽아

even if I freeze to death, I want iced Americano/iced coffee


平均臺

hanja form of 평균대 (“(gymnastics) balance beam”)


사고 공화국

the Kim Young-sam administration, which was marred with frequent accidents


햇볕정책

the Sunshine Policy, South Korean reunification policy towards North Korea by the progressive camp involving peacemaking and investment in the North.


메이드 카페

maid café, a type of café featuring servers who cosplay as maids and treat customers accordingly as their master


폰카메라

synonym of 카메라폰 (kamerapon, “cameraphone”)


폰카

abbreviation of 폰카메라 (ponkamera, “phone camera”)


무릎양말

knee socks, knee highs (a sock that reaches almost up to the knee)


외연

scope, coverage; the specific entities that a concept, activity, etc., covers

the denotation; the outer form in opposition to the interior connotation


러시아 극동

Russian Far East (a region of Russia), co-extensive with the Far East Federal District.


쥐손이풀

Siberian cranesbill (Geranium sibiricum)


족주

to execute all of somebody's relatives (as a punishment)


멸족

to exterminate an entire family (as a form of punishment)


억양

intonation
accent
modulation, rise and fall of the voice


이스라엘국

State of Israel (official name of Israel: a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


캠

cam (rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage)


엘

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.


엠

The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.


에이

The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.


제드

The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.


에이치

The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.


에프

The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.


제이

The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.


케이

The name of the Latin-script letter K/k.


에스

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.


브이

The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.


엑스

The name of the Latin-script letter X/x.


와이

The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.


에녜

The name of the Latin-script letter Ñ/ñ.


핸드 스피너

synonym of 피젯 스피너 (pijet seupineo, “fidget spinner”)


도당

a group of people pursuing wrong or evil targets


매생이

maesaengi, the seaweed Capsosiphon fulvescens


납줄갱이

alternative form of 납줄개 (napjulgae, “bitterling”)


청황베도라치

Japanese blacktail triplefin (Springerichthys bapturus)


大西洋靑魚

hanja form of 대서양청어 (“Atlantic herring”)


맥적

maekjeok, a dish of barbecued pork marinated in doenjang


맥적

a flute-like musical instrument made of the cut stalks of barley


샤프펜슬

mechanical pencil (pencil with replaceable lead)


샤프

clipping of 샤프펜슬 (syapeupenseul, “mechanical pencil”)


완전 시합

synonym of 퍼펙트 게임 (peopekteu geim, “perfect game”)


캐릭

character, a fictitious person or creature


ㅈㅈ

transliteration of "gg", which is short for "good game".


정착

settlement, settling down, becoming established


정착

tying or securing a material to another solid object


정착하다

to tie or secure a material to another solid object


아지매

madam, in the Gyeongsang dialect and Gangwon dialect.


마리오

a transliteration of the Italian male given name Mario


勤勞者

hanja form of 근로자 (“worker; manual laborer ("North Korea")”)


긴가락박쥐

common bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersi)


우수리강

Ussuri (A river that flows through the Russian Far East and Northeast China)


우수리관코박쥐

Ussuri tube-nosed bat (Murina ussuriensis)


창강

Yangtze (the chief river of central China)


청량

a green variety of foxtail millet (Setaria italica)


淸涼

hanja form of 청량 (“coolness, being refreshing”)


매운

realis adnominal of 맵다 (maepda, “to be spicy”)


요요

Root of 요요하다 (yoyohada). Rarely used alone.


방패연잎성게

Japanese sea biscuit (Clypeaster japonicus)


판수

A traditional professional fortune-teller.


요요하다

young and elegant
pleased; amiable; cheerful


요요하다

slowly billowing upwards; curling upwards; spiralling up


요요하다

swaying; shaking
uneasy; disturbed; frantic
distant; faraway


요요하다

hollow; empty
lonely; lonesome
very few; hardly any; handful of
vast; spacious
clear and melodious


요요하다

high and steep; tall and lofty
upright; honest


꽁고

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

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


민주 콩고

Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo)


꽁고 공화국

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, the smaller of the two countries named Congo)


두르가

Goddess Durga (daughter of Himavat and wife of Shiva)


천고마비

the sky is clear, and the horses are strong and well-fed


天高馬肥

hanja form of 천고마비 (“the sky is clear, and the horses are strong and well-fed”)


塞翁之馬

hanja form of 새옹지마 (“(four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) human destiny being unpredictable”)


竹馬故友

hanja form of 죽마고우 (“close friend since childhood”)


賣票所

hanja form of 매표소 (“ticket office, booking office, box office”)


체육복

sportswear, jogging suit, sweatsuit, sweatshirt


體育服

hanja form of 체육복 (“sportswear, jogging suit, sweatsuit, sweatshirt”)


오토만

ottoman (fabric)
ottoman (sofa)
ottoman (low stool)
Ottoman


펠트

felt (cloth made of matted fibres of wool)


법치주의

the rule of law (as a political doctrine or philosophy)


攻擊戰

hanja form of 공격전 (“liver and intestines”)


아이싱

icing (sweet glaze used for baked goods)


피그테일

twintails; pigtails (hair style)
pigtails (cable)


캄푸치아

Kampuchea (former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989)


금방망이

gold baseball bat
ragwort (plant of the genus Senecio)


勇婦

hanja form of 용부 (“heroine (female hero)”)


족보

scoring combination, yaku, poker hand; a combination of cards or tiles that scores points.


자린고비

The name of a famous legendary miser, used figuratively like Scrooge in English.


비타민 디

alternative spelling of 비타민 D (bitamin di)


비타민 디삼

alternative spelling of 비타민 D3 (bitamin disam)


비타민 디이

alternative spelling of 비타민 D2 (bitamin dii)


비타민 비

alternative spelling of 비타민 B (bitamin bi)


비타민 비십이

alternative spelling of 비타민 B12 (bitamin bisibi)


비타민 비육

alternative spelling of 비타민 B6 (bitamin biyuk)


비타민 비이

alternative spelling of 비타민 B2 (bitamin bii)


비타민 비일

alternative spelling of 비타민 B1 (bitamin biil)


비타민 시

alternative spelling of 비타민 C (bitamin si)


비타민 에이

alternative spelling of 비타민 A (bitamin ei)


비타민 이

alternative spelling of 비타민 E (bitamin i)


비타민 케이

alternative spelling of 비타민 K (bitamin kei)


큐알 코드

alternative spelling of QR 코드 (kyual kodeu)


피시통신

alternative spelling of PC통신 (pisitongsin)


피씨통신

alternative spelling of PC통신 (pissitongsin)


별말

unexpected or strange word(s), nonsensical remark


랭동고

North Korea standard spelling of 냉동고 (naengdonggo)


총독

zongdu; governor-general; viceroy (of a Chinese province)

governor-general; viceroy (of a colony, etc.)


大爆發

hanja form of 대폭발 (“(cosmology, astrophysics) Big Bang”)


어느정도

to some degree, somewhat
how much?, about how long?


-으려나

creates a sentence expressing a guess, often to oneself


-려나

Post-vowel and post-ㄹ allomorphic form of -으려나 (-euryeona, “creates a sentence expressing a guess, often to oneself”)


시프트 키

shift key (key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard)


컨트롤

control; management; regulation
pitcher's aim/control
security policy, data control measures


시프트

a shift (a change in position, the situation, or one's attitude)


골뱅이

bladder moon snail (Neverita didyma)
at sign


皮膜

hanja form of 피막 (“film, skin, membrane”)


백월

Baiyue (the "hundred Yue tribes" to China's south between the first millennium BC and the first millennium AD)


高利貸金業者

hanja form of 고리대금업자 (“loan shark; usurer”)


高利貸金

hanja form of 고리대금 (“loansharking; usury”)


救命環

hanja form of 구명환 (“life preserver, life belt”)


救命浮標

hanja form of 구명부표 (“life preserver, life belt”)


救命부이

Hanja-Hangul mixed script form of 구명부이, “life preserver, life belt”.


세시

all year long
time; years
season (of the year)


칠색

seven prismatic colors; seven colors of the rainbow


코스어

short for 코스플레이어 (koseupeulleieo, “cosplayer”)


분식

bunsik (snack foods found at a bunsikjeom or the act of eating them)


미혼

a single (not married) person, bachelor; being unmarried


마임

synonym of 팬터마임 (paenteomaim, “pantomime”)


때수건

Italy towel (exfoliating washcloth, a Korean innovation)


의기소침

feeling crestfallen, being low in morale


意氣銷沈

hanja form of 의기소침 (“crestfallen, disheartened”)


ㄱㅂㅈㄱ

initialism of 가보가자 (gabogaja, “Let's go”)


쿼드

a quad: a spacer used in metal typesetting


보스니아 헤르쩨고비나

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


이슬란드

Iceland (an island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe)


아제르바이쟌

Azerbaijan (a country in Europe and Asia)


그리니치 표준시

synonym of 그리니치 평균시(平均時) (geurinichi pyeonggyunsi)


그리니치

Greenwich (a town in London, England)
Greenwich (a borough of Greater London)
Greenwich (a town in Connecticut)


세리머니

ceremony (official gathering to celebrate)


포트폴리오

portfolio (case for carrying flat documents)

portfolio (a group of assets held by an investor)


입을 모으다

to speak with one voice; to be unanimous


숯불

a piece of charcoal that is on fire, a glowing coal


경락

meridian (any of the pathways on the body along which chi or qi (life force) is thought to flow and, therefore, the acupoints are distributed; especially, one of twelve such pathways associated with organs of the body)


충족하다

to meet, to satisfy (demands, requirements)


구당서

Old Book of Tang (history of the Tang dynasty completed in A.D. 945)


신당서

New Book of Tang (history of the Tang dynasty completed in A.D. 1060)


한서

Book of Han (history of the Western Han dynasty finished in 111)


후한서

Book of the Later Han (a book covering the history of the Han dynasty from 6 to 189 CE)


特別引出權

hanja form of 특별인출권 (“special drawing right”)


치킨무

chikin-mu, Korean daikon served with fried chicken


녕변

North Korea standard form of 영변 (yeongbyeon)

a county of North Korea, Nyongbyon County (녕변군 Nyŏngbyŏn-gun)


자발푸르

Jabalpur (a city in Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India)


역주행

wrong-way driving, counterflow driving
resurgence in the charts


백련교

White Lotus (a religious and political movement that originated in China in the late 13th century)


샷

shot (measure, such as alcohol or similar)


백년국치

the Century of Humiliation (period of Chinese history between 1839 and 1949 during which Western powers and Japan intervened with China; 1839 refers to the First Opium War, and 1949 refers to the establishment of the People's Republic of China)


의화단

Boxer (a Chinese anti-imperial and xenophobic rebel of the early 1900s)


廢語

hanja form of 폐어 (“obsolete word, paleologism”)


관메추리

synonym of 캘리포니아메추리 (kaelliponiamechuri)


남조

Nanzhao (a kingdom that flourished in present-day Yunnan, China, between 739 and 902 CE)


특무상사

sergeant major; master chief petty officer


元士

hanja form of 원사 (“sergeant major; master chief petty officer”)


하사

staff sergeant; petty officer first class; technical sergeant


큰물칭개나물

water speedwell (Veronica anagallis-aquatica)


소금통

salt shaker (a small container designed to hold salt and facilitate sprinkling)

salt cellar (container holding salt for use in the kitchen or on a dining table)


숙고하다

to ponder, to deliberate, to contemplate


삼자경

the Three Character Classic (a classic Chinese text)


삼강

the three bonds:
the three bonds:
the three bonds:


오상

the five virtues:
the five virtues:
the five virtues:
the five virtues:
the five virtues:


삼강오상

the three fundamental bonds and five constant virtues


삼강오륜

the three fundamental bonds and five cardinal relationships


三綱五倫

hanja form of 삼강오륜 (“three fundamental bonds and five cardinal relationships”)


예지몽

predictive dream; dream that tells the future


삼교

the three principal philosophies originated from China:


知能指數

hanja form of 지능 지수 (“intelligence quotient”)


계피

cinnamon bark, especially of Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)


계피

chicken skin
aged skin of an elderly person


육계

ushnisha, the fleshy swelling or top-knot on the head in depictions of the Buddha.


육계

chicken raised and fattened primarily for their meat


육계

ṣaḍdhātu, the Six Elements (earth, water, fire, wind, space and consciousness)

the Six Paths, three evil and three good


엑스선

alternative spelling of X선 (ekseuseon, “X-ray”)


춘추

the Spring and Autumn Annals (the chronicle of the state of Lu)


오경

the Five Classics (pre-Qin Chinese books that form part of the traditional Confucian canon)


십삼경

the Thirteen Classics (thirteen classics of Confucian tradition)


촌각을 다투다

to be a race against time, to be very urgent


두공

dougong (a structural element consisting of interlocking wooden brackets as used in traditional Chinese architecture)


입위

ekiben; suspended congress (sex position which consists of one participant carrying the other while penetrating them)


레몬수

synonym of 레모네이드 (remoneideu, “lemonade”)


卓球選手

hanja form of 탁구 선수 (“table tennis player”)


포스터컬러

synonym of 포스터물감 (poseuteomulgam, “poster paint”)


곡산

Koksan (a county of North Hwanghae Province, North Korea)


포스터칼라

alternative form of 포스터컬러 (poseuteokeolleo)


칠십인역 성경

Septuagint (an ancient translation of the Hebrew Bible into Ancient Greek)


닭개장

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


쓰리디 프린터

alternative spelling of 3D 프린터 (sseuridi peurinteo)


중이병

alternative spelling of 중2병 (jung'ibyeong)


오십일구역

alternative spelling of 51구역 (Osibil-guyeok, “Area 51”)


閣令

hanja form of 각령 (“cabinet decree; cabinet order”)


出演者

hanja form of 출연자 (“performer, actor; cast”)


수소문하다

to ask around, to enquire here and there


차우셰스쿠

a transliteration of the Romanian surname Ceaușescu


歲暮

hanja form of 세모 (“the end of the year”)


급식하다

to provide a meal, such as for students or employees


냥냥펀치

Refers to the swatting/batting motion that cats engage in.


알비노

albino (one congenitally lacking melanin)


련인

North Korea standard form of 연인 (yeonin, “one's love; lover; boyfriend or girlfriend”)


송엽국

trailing iceplant (Lampranthus spectabilis)


중형

heavy sentence (punishment), severe penalty


重刑

hanja form of 중형 (“heavy sentence (punishment), severe penalty”)


대행

doing by proxy
a person in an acting position


굉장

Root of 굉장하다 (goengjanghada) / 굉장히 (goengjanghi). Rarely used alone.


비화

arsenic trioxide, as the mineral claudetite; chemical formula As₂O₃


비화

something that sparks another, generally not directly related


비화

an unexpected disaster that happens because of something else


정수론

synonym of 수론(數論) (suron, “number theory”)


최소공분모

least common denominator; lowest common denominator


액체괴물

flubber (a rubbery polymer used as a plaything)


액괴

short for 액체괴물 (aekchegoemul, “flubber (a rubbery polymer used as a plaything)”)


기관사

engineer (person who drives or operates a locomotive)


빨간불

a signal that indicates a dangerous situation


초록불

green light (traffic light)
a signal that things are going smoothly


타이포그라피

alternative form of 타이포그래피 (taipogeuraepi)


레이서

racer (someone who takes part in a race)


사운드트랙

soundtrack (the sound (especially the music) component of a movie)

soundtrack (recording of such music for sale)


도와드리다

Humble form of 도와주다 (dowajuda, “to help (with), to assist”)


포르노

clipping of 포르노그래피 (porunogurafi, “pornography”): porn


가애

an expression used mainly in letters to encourage the other person to take good care of themselves


기역니은디귿순

alternative spelling of ㄱㄴㄷ순 (giyeongnieundigeutsun)


살사

salsa (condiment)
salsa (music)
salsa (dance)


지도하다

to guide
to instruct, to coach, to tutor


생리

physiology
nature, way of life
menstruation, menses


개물통이

small-flower pellitory (Parietaria micrantha)


물통이

Pacific Island clearwater (Pilea peploides)


-ㄴ들

Used to express denial toward the following result (usually framed as a rhetorical question), despite or regardless of concession to the preceding condition.


채찍피티

alternative form of 챗지피티 (chaetjipiti, “ChatGPT”).


지피티

alternative form of 챗지피티 (chaetjipiti, “ChatGPT”)


은정

grace (shown towards an inferior), affection


초라하다

insignificant, humble
insignificant, humble


꺼무위키

alternative form of 나무위키 (Namuwiki, “Namuwiki”).


덕 테이프

alternative form of 덕트 테이프 (deokteu teipeu, “duct tape”)


경화수월

flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface

something which can be seen, but cannot be obtained or won over; dream, fantasy

the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words


스카모르차

scamorza (an unfermented cow's-milk cheese from southern Italy)


繰言

hanja form of 조언 (“tedious talk; repetition; complaint”)


패널

panel (rectangular section of a surface)

panel (group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc)


乳糖不耐症

hanja form of 유당불내증 (“(medicine) lactose intolerance”)


모짜렐라

alternative form of 모차렐라 (mocharella, “mozzarella”)


음폭

range, compass (of a musical instrument or the human voice)


일민주의

Ilminism; the far-right, anticommunist and ultranationalist ideology of Syngman Rhee


잭팟

jackpot (accumulating money prize pool or a large cash prize)


정시

looking square at, looking someone or something straight in the face


정시

presentation (of a passport, ID, bill of exchange, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents)


呈示

hanja form of 정시 (“presentation (of a passport, ID, bill of exchange, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents)”)


아우슈비츠

Auschwitz (a city in Poland) (former city name)


새비나무

Callicarpa mollis, a species of beautyberry native to Korea and Japan.


쥐오줌풀

A valerian, in particular Valeriana fauriei.


스크롤

scrolling as a method of using the GUI of a piece of software


하이라이트

highlight (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph)

highlight (especially significant or interesting detail or event)


시외

outside of a city, countryside (as opposed to city)


앞세우다

to make somebody go ahead, to let somebody lead, to somebody sb at the head


꼽히다

to be in a range or ranking
to be chosen


꼽다

to count (on one's fingers)
to pick, to choose


先任

hanja form of 선임 (“seniority; predecessor”)


스노클

snorkel (hollow tube used for breathing underwater)


만수대

Mansu Hill (a neighbourhood of Pyongyang, North Korea)


만델라 이펙트

synonym of 만델라 효과 (mandella hyogwa, “Mandela effect”)


만델라

a transliteration of the Xhosa surname Mandela


소철

sago palm (Cycas revoluta), a palm-like cycad


쿼터

quarter (a period into which a game is divided)


금송

Japanese umbrella pine (Sciadopitys verticillata)


음나무

prickly castor oil tree (Kalopanax septemlobus)


히어리

Korean winter hazel (Corylopsis coreana)


꿩고사리

pheasant's tail fern (Plagiogyria euphlebia)


느릅나무

An elm, particularly the Japanese elm (Ulmus davidiana var. japonica).


평양냉면

Pyongyang naengmyeon (aka "P'yŏngyang-raengmyŏn")


양은 냄비

a small pot with two handles preferred in Korean culture for instant noodle


감소하다

to reduce, to decrease, to come down, to lessen


도를 아십니까

cliche often uttered by proselytizers of certain religions


연계

connection, integration, association, link


고인물

someone who has been in a particular field, game, or activity for a long time


썩은물

augmentative of 고인물
alternative form of 지지랑물 (jijirangmul)


쓰담다

Jeolla dialect variation of 쓰다듬다 (sseudadeumda)


쨍쨍

with a sound of a metal object hitting another object

with an intensely bright or hot sun, as if the sun is banging against the ground


걍

Contraction of 그냥 (geunyang, “just, simply”).


양아치

thug, punk, bully, or anyone of poor morality


어쩌구저쩌구

alternative form of 어쩌고저쩌고 (eojjeogojeojjeogo)


샵차리다

to establish oneself in a location or situation


중심부

central part or heart, especially of a city


力動的

hanja form of 력동적 (“(being) dynamic (North Korea)”)


力動的

hanja form of 역동적 (“(being) dynamic (South Korea)”)


力動

hanja form of 력동 (“dynamics (North Korea)”)


力動

hanja form of 역동 (“dynamics (South Korea)”)


心靈寫眞

hanja form of 심령사진 (“spirit photography”)


막장드라마

soap opera, especially one with an extremely dramatic storyline


막장 드라마

alternative form of 막장드라마 (makjangdeurama, “dramatic soap opera”)


에어프라이어

air fryer (small countertop convection oven)


존-

Contraction of 좆나 (jonna, “fucking, as fuck”).


돌돌

while a small round object is rolling down

while wrapping something in layers (e.g. tape)


쫀득이

a fried Korean snack with a chewy texture


찍찍

while ripping haphazardly, or the sound thereof (less intense than 직직 (jikjik))