Korean Vocabulary 6-10

Vocabulary 6:

가을 autumn

가장; 제일 the most

강릉 city of Kangnŭng in Kangwŏn Province

[강능]

거리 streets; 서울 거리 streets of Seoul

게다가 in addition, moreover (short form of 거기에다가)

경치 scenery

곡식 grains, food

과일 fruit

근처 vicinity, nearby place

꼼짝 can't move a bit; 꼼짝 하다 to budge, to stir

못하다

꽉 fully, tightly

꽤 quite, rather

내려 가다 to go down; 올라 오다 to come up, to rise

늦어지다 to become late

단풍이 to change to fall colors

들다

달 month

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 등 et cetera, and so on

떠나다 to leave

-마다 each, every

막히다 (Vi.) to be blocked; 막다 (Vt.) to block, to stop

맞이하다 to welcome, to face

명절 holiday

무덥다 to be humid and hot

비슷하다 to be similar, to be alike

산소 graves, cemetery (HON.)

새해 new year

생각이 to occur to one, to think of, to remember; 생각 thoughts

나다

설; 설날 New Year's Day

설악산 Sŏrak Mountains on the eastern coast

성묘하다 to visit grave to pay respect to ancestor

송편 rice cake (sweet-filled); 떡 rice cake (any kind)

신난다! Exciting! Super! Cool!; 신나다 to be excited

양력 [양녁] western calendar

음력 lunar calendar

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 [음녁]

-(이)나 either-or, and, as well

정월; 일월 January

준비하다 to get ready, to prepare

지방 local area, region, the country

차례 memorial service for ancestors on New Year's Day and Ch'usŏk; 차례

지내다 to have memorial service on New Year's Day and
Ch'usŏk; 제사 memorial service (in general); 제사 지내다 to have
memorial service

초하루 first day of the month

추석 Harvest Festival Day (August 15 on lunar calendar)

추수 harvest; 추수하다 to harvest

추수감사절 Thanksgiving

친척 relative, family member

큰아버지 father's older brother

텅 비다 totally or completely empty

특별한 special; 특별하다 to be special; 특별히 specially

풍부하다 to be plentiful, to be abundant

한두달 one or two months

행사 event

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Vocabulary 7:

고속 버스 express bus

관광 tour, tourism; 관광 산업 tourist industry

그리다 to draw, to paint

그림 drawing, painting

글 writing

글쎄 Well, Let me see

기르다 to raise (a child), to grow

나오다 to come out

남편 husband; 부인 wife

단풍 fall colors, maple (leaves); 단풍철 fall season

달 moon; 달이 뜨다 the moon rises

당시 at that time

-댁 house, residence (HON.)

돕다 to help; 도움 help, aid

뛰어나다 to be outstanding

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 뜨다 to rise, to come up, to float

모범 model, good example

바닷가; 해변 beach

바로 just, exactly; 바로 이것 exactly this one; 곧바로 immediately

반가워하다 (Vt.) to be glad, to rejoice; 반갑다 (Vi) to be glad

발달하다 to develop; 발달되다 to be developed; 발달 development

[발딸하다]

사이 between, gap, relationship

산업 industry; 수산업 marine industry

소나무 pine tree

솜씨 skill (mostly manual skills)

수영 swimming; 수영하다 to swim

시 poem, poetry

아이 child, kid

양반 yangban class, nobility

얘기 story, tale, talk, news (short form of 이야기); 얘기하다 to say

어렸을 때 when one was young

역사적으로 historically

예쁜 pretty; 예쁘다 to be pretty

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 외동딸 only daughter; 외동아들/외아들 only son

유명하다 to be famous

인상적 impressive

자연 nature

자유롭게 freely; 자유 freedom; 자유롭다 to be free

재주 talent; 재주가 있다 to be talented

지도 map

-처럼 like; 남자처럼 like a man

터미널 bus terminal; 고속 버스 터미널 express-bus terminal

포도 grapes

풀벌레 plant insect/bug; 쌀벌레 rice bugs

학문 [항문] learning, study, scholarship, academic studies, academic learning

학자 scholar

한창이다 to be in the prime of, to be in full (bloom, color)

현모양처 wise mother and good wife

호수 lake

효도 filial piety

Vocabulary for Extra Reading

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 공사 construction work

관광객 tourist

관광지 tourist place

그 동안 in the mean time

늘다 to increase

늘리다 to widen, to make it increase

도로 (paved) road

보통이다 to be usual, to be common

불편하다 to be uncomfortable, to be inconvenient

영동 고속 도로 Yŏng-dong Expressway (from Seoul to Kangnŭng)

-이상 more than, above, over

좁다 to be narrow

줄 lane, line; 두 줄 two lanes, two lines

-중에 among, between

피하다 to avoid

휴가(철) vacation (season)

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Vocabulary 8:

과학 science

광고 advertisement; 광고하다 to advertise

근무 시간 work hour

남다 to be left over

단지 complex, compound; 마산 공업 단지 Masan Industrial Park

대덕 city of Taedŏk (south of Seoul and next to Taejŏn); 대덕 과학 연구

단지 Taedŏk Science Town

대전 city of Taejŏn (south of Seoul)

도시 city

돈 money

맞아. [마자] You are right.

매진이다; to be sold out; 매진 sold-out

매진되다

매표원 ticket agent; 매표구 ticket window; 매표소 box office

미래 future

백제 Paekche (one of the Three Kingdoms)

벌다 to earn; 돈을 벌다 to make money

보내다 to spend (time)

부여 city of Puyŏ

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 상대하다 to deal with

선배 senior classmate; 후배 junior classmate

심리학 psychology; 심리 state of mind, mentality

연구 research; 연구 단지 research complex

왕복표 round-trip ticket

월급 monthly salary

이틀 two days

자랑 pride, boast, self-conceit; 자랑하다 to be proud of, to show off

전자 공학 electronic engineering

졸업하다 to graduate

주식; 주 stock; 주가 [주까] stock price

지루하다 to be boring, to be tedious

짧다 [짤따] to be short

찾아 보다 to find, to look for, to search

취직하다 to get a job; 취직 getting a job

투자 investment; 투자 회사 investment company

표 ticket

하루 one day

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 흥미 interest; 흥미 있다 to be interested, to be interesting

Vocabulary for Extra Reading

기술 technology, skill; 과학 기술 대학 institute or college of science and

technology

따라서 therefore

새로 newly

실리콘 밸리 Silicon Valley

엑스포 exposition

연구소 research institute

열리다 to be held

정보 information

중심지 central region, core area

편리하다 to be convenient

하이테크 high-tech

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Vocabulary 9:

경영학 study of business administration; 경영 business

administration

경찰관 police officer

계획 plan

고등학교 high school

교육학 study of education; 교육 education

[교유칵]

그냥 for no reason, as it is, as it stands

꿈 dream; 꿈꾸다 to dream

남녀 평등 gender equality, women's equality

당연하다 to be expected, natural; 당연히 naturally, justly

뚜렷하다 to be clear, to be sure

[뚜려타다]

-만큼 to the extent, as much as, as well as

맞다 to fit, to be suitable, to be correct

매일 everyday

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 배우 actor or actress

법관 judge

법대 law school

법학 study of law
[버팍]

변하다 to change, to become different, to turn into

변호사 lawyer

분야 field
[부냐]

불다 (Vt.) to blow (trumpet, bugle), to play on (flute); (Vi.)

to blow; 바람이 불다 The wind blows.

붙이다 to acquire, to glue; 취미를 붙이다 to find pleasure in

[부치다]

사라 Sarah

살아 to be alive (HON.)
계시다

식구 immediate family member

어리다 to be very young, to be immature; 어려서부터 from

the time of youth

엘샡 LSAT

여성 female; 남성 male

연극 drama, play

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 유학 오다 to come to study abroad; 유학하다 to study abroad

음악 music; 음악가 musician

의학 medical study, medicine

자주 frequently, many times

장래 future

적성 aptitude

중학교 middle school

직업 profession, occupation; 직업 여성 professional

[지겁] woman

진학하다 to move on (to next level of school)

찾다 to find

초등학교 elementary school (formerly 국민학교)

취미 interest, hobby

트럼펫 trumpet

평등 equality

훌륭한 great; 훌륭하다 to be great

Vocabulary for Extra Reading

가족 family

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 결혼하다 to marry

경우 occasion, case

관습 custom, usual practice

구하다 to look for, to seek

그만두다 to quit

기회 opportunity, chance

남아 있다 to still exist, to remain

돌보다 to look after

맞벌이 부부 working couple

불평등 inequality

사회 society

없어지다 to disappear, to vanish

예 example; 예를 들면 for example

예외 exception

적다 to be few (in number), to be little (in quantity)

점점 gradually

직장 job, employment, workplace

차별하다 to discriminate against

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 현대 present age, modern times

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Vocabulary 10:

건국 founding a nation; 건국하다 to found a nation

경주 city of Kyŏngju (Silla's capital city)

고려 Koryŏ dynasty (918-1392)

국가 state, nation

국립 [궁닙] national, government-established

굴 grotto, cave

귀걸이 earring; 목걸이 necklace

금반지 gold ring

기억나다 to recall, to remember; 기억 memory

기원 전 B.C.; 기원 후 A.D.

깨끗하다 to be clean

깨다 (Vt.) to break; (Vi.) to wake up; 깨우다 (Vt.) to wake up

꼭 for sure

다방 tearoom

데려다가 having brought

마을 village

마치 as if, just as

말 horse

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 멋있다 to be stylish, to be cool, to be chic
[머시따]

모셔 놓다 to set up, to place (respectfully); 모시다 to serve

무겁다 to be heavy; 가볍다 to be light

무덤 grave, tomb

무척 very, immensely, highly

문화 culture

미소 smile

발전하다 to make progress; 발전 progress, advancement

보통 ordinary, common, usual, average

부처님 the Buddha (HON.)

불교 Buddhism

불국사 Pulguk-sa temple in Kyŏngju

불상 Buddha statue

빵집, 제과점 bakery

사내 man; 사내 아이 boy

삼국 Three Kingdoms (Silla, Koguryŏ, Paekche)

석굴암 Sŏkkuram Grotto (where stone Buddha was built)

석탑 stone pagoda; 탑 tower; 시계탑 clock tower

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 성(姓) last name

세기 century; 2 세기 second century

세우다 to erect, to build, to found

숲 forest

신라 [실라] Silla dynasty

신화 myth, mythology

알 egg

언덕 hill

역사 history

왕관 (royal) crown

왕릉 [왕능] king's grave

왕비 queen

용감하다 to be brave

이름 name

임금님 king

장수 warrior, general

절 Buddhist temple

정돈 order, proper arrangement; 정돈되다 to be put in order

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 촌장 village chief

칼 sword, knife

커다란 large, big, gigantic; 커다랗다 to be large, to be gigantic

허리띠 waistband, belt

훨씬 much more, by far

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