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가게 [noun]
shop, store
[ga-ge]
exact meaning 1. a relatively small part of a building where things are sold such as food or fruits.
2. remember that ‘가게’ refers to a small shop or store in Korean.

가수 [noun]
singer
[ga-su]
exact meaning a person who sings, especially as a job.

good to know 1. in Korean, you can add music genre in front of the noun ‘가수’ which means a singer.
- i.e.) rock 가수, ballad 가수, hip hop 가수
2. Koreans tend to call a singer who also writes songs a ‘musician’ and a k-pop boy and girl
band an ‘idol’.

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개 [noun]
dog
[gae]
exact meaning a very common four-legged animal that is often kept by people as a pet or to guard or hunt and
barks ‘woof’.

good to know barking sound of dogs in Korean is ‘멍멍’.

강아지 [noun]
puppy
[gang-a-ji]
exact meaning a young dog.

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게 [noun]
crab
[ge]
exact meaning a sea creature with a flat round body covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with large claws
on the front pair. Crabs usually move sideways.

경영학 [noun]
business management
[gyeong-yeong-hak] business administration
exact meaning one of the courses in university which teaches mainly the process of managing business.

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경영 [noun]
management
[gyeong-yeong] administration
exact meaning 1. the control and organizing of a business or other organization.
2. the range of activities connected with organizing and supervising the way that an
organization or institution functions.

경찰서 [noun]
police station
[gyeong-chal-seo]
exact meaning the local office of a police force in a particular area.

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계획 [noun]
plan
[gye-hoek]
exact meaning a method of achieving something that you have worked out in detail beforehand.

고기 [noun]
meat
[go-gi]
exact meaning flesh taken from a dead animal that people cook and eat.

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기차 열차 [noun]
train
[gi-cha] [yeol-cha]
exact meaning a number of carriages which are all connected together and which are pulled by an engine
along a railway. Trains carry people and goods from one place to another.

고속열차 [noun]
high-speed train
[go-sok-yeol-cha]
exact meaning high-speed train run on electricity.

good to know Koreans just call it KTX which is the abbreviation of ‘Korean Train eXpress’.

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지하철 [noun]
subway
[ji-ha-cheol] underground railway
exact meaning 1. a train travels underneath a road and is run on electricity.
2. an underground railway.

good to know subway trains don’t always travel underneath the ground. so, some people call it ‘전철’ which
means ‘electric train’.

지하철역 [noun]
subway station
[ji-ha-cheol-yeok]
exact meaning where subways stop so that people can get on or off.

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버스 [noun]
(loanword)
bus
[beo-seu]

버스정류장 [noun]
bus stop
정류장 stop
[beo-seu-jeong-ryu-jang]
exact meaning a place where route buses regularly stop so that people can get on and off.

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고속버스 [noun]
express bus
[go-sok-beo-seu]
exact meaning express buses that travel between a province and a province or a city and a city through
expressway or highway.

고속버스터미널 [noun]
express bus terminal
터미널 (loanword)
terminal
[go-sok-beo-seu-teo-mi-neol]
exact meaning a place where express buses regularly stop so that people can get on and off.

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택시 [noun]
(loanword)
taxi
[taek-si]

비행기 [noun]
airplane
[bi-haeng-gi]

공항 [noun]
airport
[gong-hang]
good to know Koreans don’t use ‘terminal’ for an airport normally.

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고통 [noun]
pain
[go-tong]
exact meaning 1. feeling of great discomfort you have, for example when you have been hurt or when you
are ill.
2. feeling of unhappiness that you have when something unpleasant or upsetting happens

공기 [noun]
air
[gong-gi] atmosphere
exact meaning 1. the mixture of gases which forms the earth's atmosphere and which we breathe.
2. ‘공기’ of a place is the general impression that you get of it.

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공연 [noun]
concert
[gong-yeon] performance
exact meaning any stage performance involves entertaining an audience by doing something such as singing,
dancing, or acting

콘서트 [noun]
(loanword)
concert
[kon-seo-teu]

공원 [noun]
park
[gong-won]
exact meaning a public area of land with grass and trees, usually in a town, where people go in order to relax
and enjoy themselves.

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놀이공원 [noun]
amusement park
[nol-yi-gong-yeon]
exact meaning a fixed location which has a group of entertainment attractions, rides, and other events for the
enjoyment of large numbers of people.

놀이 [noun]
play
[nol-l]
exact meaning a common noun for things, activities or games that entertain or make people joyful.

과일 [noun]
fruit
[gwa-il]
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포도 [noun]
grape
[po-do]

토마토 [noun]
tomato
[to-ma-to]

수박 [noun]
watermelon
[su-bak]

사과 [noun]
apple
[sa-gwa]
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과정 [noun]
course
[gwa-jeong]
exact meaning 1. a series of lessons or lectures on a particular subject.
2. a series of actions which are carried out in order to achieve a particular result.

good to know 1. the exact meaning #1 is close to the English noun ‘course’.
2. the exact meaning #2 is close to the English noun ‘process’.

궁전 [noun]
palace
[goong-jeon]
exact meaning a very large impressive house, especially one which is the official home of a king, queen, or
president. especially ones found in the western world.

good to know Korean traditional palaces are called ‘궁궐’ actually.

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권한 [noun]
authority
[gwon-han]
exact meaning 1. the right to command and control other people.
2. the range that someone’s right and power can reach.

권리 [noun]
right
[gwon-li]
exact meaning Your ‘권리’ are what you are morally or legally entitled to do or to have.

귀걸이 [noun]
earring
[gwi-geol-i]
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귀신 [noun]
ghost
[gwi-sin]
exact meaning the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see or feel.

good to know originally ‘귀신’ does not necessarily have to be bad, but normally it is not used in a good
way these days.

그림 [noun]
painting
[geu-rim] drawing
exact meaning shape or image that you make normally on flat surface whether you paint it or not.

good to know ‘그림’ can mean both a painting and drawing.

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까치 [noun]
magpie
[gga-chi]

꽃 [noun]
flower
[kkot]

나라 [noun]
country
[na-ra]
exact meaning 1. one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
2. a world of a particular thing or type.

good to know ‘국가’ is another word which means exactly the same as ‘nation’ in English.

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낮잠 [noun]
midday nap
[nat-jam]

내일 [noun]
tomorrow
[nae-il]

다람쥐 [noun]
squirrel
[da-ram-jwi]

담배 [noun]
cigarette
[dam-bae]

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다리 [noun]
bridge
[da-ri]

대사관 [noun]
embassy
[dae-sa-gwan]
exact meaning a group of government officials, headed by an ambassador, who represent their government in
a foreign country. The building in which they work is also called an embassy.

대통령 [noun]
president
[dae-tong-ryeong]
exact meaning ‘대통령’ of a country that has no king or queen is the person who serves as the head of state
of that country.

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대학교 [noun]
university
[dae-hak-gyo] college
exact meaning an institution where students study for degrees after graduating school.

good to know Koreans normally don’t distinguish between ‘university’ and ‘college’ these days.

데이트 [noun]
(loanword)
date
[de-i-teu]
exact meaning 1. an appointment to meet someone or go out with them, especially someone with whom you
are having, or may soon have, a romantic relationship.

good to know Koreans use a lot of loanwords or English itself because of the influence of globalization.
of course, there are pros and cons for this.

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돈 [noun]
money
[don]

동물 [noun]
animal
[dong-mul]

뚜껑 [noun]
cover, top, lid
[ddu-ggeong]
exact meaning 1. something which is put over an object, usually in order to protect it.
2. the top of a container which can be removed or raised when you want to open the container
and be covered again when you want to close it.

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라면 [noun]
instant noodle
[ra-myeon]
good to know only instant noodles are called ‘라면’.

마음 [noun]
mind
[ma-eum] heart
exact meaning 1. someone’s thoughts.
2. someone’s deep feelings.
3. someone’s characters and personalities.’
4. a good feeling toward a person especially to someone with whom you want to be in a
romantic relationship.

good to know in Korean, when someone asks you ‘why did you so this?’, you can sarcastically answer ‘it’s
my mind’ using ‘마음’.
,or when you want to say ‘do whatever you wish’ sarcastically in Korean, you can say ‘do as
your mind’.

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말 [noun]
speech
[mal]
exact meaning 1. the act of speaking.
2. the sound coming out of someone’s mouth when they speak.
3. a story or piece of information that may or may not be true, but that people are talking about.

good to know ‘말’ itself doesn’t really have the strong meaning of a language, but when it’s used with the
name of a country, it can mean a language.

맛 [noun]
flavor
[mat]
exact meaning the individual quality which it has when you put it in your mouth and which distinguishes it from
other things.

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맥주 [noun]
beer
[maek-ju]

모임 [noun]
gathering
[mo-im]
exact meaning a group of people meeting together for a particular purpose especially for non-commercial
purpose such as alumni gathering, family reunion and etc.

모자 [noun]
hat, cap
[mo-ja]
good to know ‘모자’ is a common noun for any type of caps or hats that you wear on your head.

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물 [noun]
water
[mul]

미국 [noun]
The United States
[mi-guk] of America

미국사람 [noun]
American
[mi-guk-sa-ram]
good to know you can just add to‘사람’ to the name of any country to refer to people in that country in
Korean.

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바보 [noun]
fool
[ba-bo]
exact meaning an action or person that is not at all sensible and shows a lack of good judgment.

good to know 1. you don’t use it to a mentally challenged child. it can be quite offensive.
2. ‘바보’ can be used in a cute way.

새벽 [noun]
dawn
[sae-byeok]
good to know ‘새벽’ means the time between about 01:00 am and about 06:00 am in Korean.

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아침 [noun]
morning
[a-chim] breakfast
good to know 1. ‘아침’ means the time between about 06:00 am and about 09:00 am in Korean.
2. ‘아침’ can mean ‘breakfast’ too.
3. ‘아침밥’ also means ‘breakfast’.

오전 [noun]
morning
[o-jeon] before noon
good to know ‘오전’ means the time between about 09:00 am and about 12:00 pm in Korean.

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오후 [noun]
afternoon
[o-hu]
good to know ‘오후’ means the time between about 12:00 pm and about 06:00 pm in Korean.

점심 [noun]
lunch
[jeom-sim]
good to know 1. some people use ‘점심’ to refer to the time between 12:00pm and 02:00 pm.
2. ‘점심밥’ also means ‘lunch’.

낮 [noun]
daytime
[nat]
exact meaning the part of a day between the time when it gets light and the time when it gets dark.

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저녁 [noun]
evening
[jeo-nyeok] dinner
good to know 1. ‘저녁’ means the time between about 06:00 pm to about 09:00 pm in Korean.
2. ‘저녁’ can also mean ‘dinner’.
3. ‘저녁밥’ also means ‘dinner’.

밤 [noun]
night
[bam]
good to know ‘밤’ means the time between about 09:00 pm to about 00:00(12:00) am in Korean.

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밥 [noun]
meal
[bab] cooked rice
exact meaning 1. steamed rice or barley that is prepared for a meal
2. a meal that you eat, usually at a regular time.

good to know animal feed can be ‘밥’ too in Korean.

방 [noun]
room
[bang]

배우 [noun]
actor, actress
[bae-u]
good to know when an actor is a male, you add ‘남’ which means a man and when the actor is a female, you
add ‘여’ which means a woman to ‘배우’.

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배 [noun]
belly, abdomen,
[bae] stomach
exact meaning 1. the part of your body below your chest where your stomach and intestines are.
2. it can also refer to inside of the belly, but it normally refers to the surface of the belly.

위 [noun]
stomach
[wi]
exact meaning the organ inside your body where food is digested before it moves into the intestines.

배 [noun]
boat
[bae]
exact meaning a common noun for something in which people can travel across water.

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별명 [noun]
nick name
[byeol-myeong]
exact meaning an informal name for someone or something based on their appearance or characteristics.

보석 [noun]
jewelry
[bo-seok]

부엌 [noun]
kitchen
[bu-eok]

사람 [noun]
human, person
[sa-ram]
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사진 [noun]
photo
[sa-jin]
exact meaning a picture that is made using a camera.

사촌 [noun]
cousin
[sa-chon]
exact meaning the child of your uncle or aunt.

good to know when you call your cousin in Korea,

1. you use ‘형’, ‘오빠’, ‘누나’, ‘언니’ if they are older than you.
2. you use their names if they are equal to or younger than you.

상자 [noun]
box
[sang-ja]
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색 색깔 [noun]
color
[saek] [saek-ggal]

생일 [noun]
birthday
[saeng-il]

생신 [noun] higher respect form of ‘생일’

[saeng-sin]

선물 [noun]
gift, present
[seon-mul]
exact meaning something that you give to someone, for example at Christmas or on their birthday.

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