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577 words, each under the lesson that teaches it. The list is the course's: level 5 of the National Institute of Korean Language's graded list (whose lists ).
1 · 카일의 멜버른발 비행
Kyle's flight from Melbourne · read the scene
Word Meaning 기내 cabin 일반석 standard seat 항공기 airplane; aircraft 항로 sea route; seaway 이륙 takeoff; taking off 조종사 pilot 항공사 airline 저가 being cheap; being low-end 면세점 duty free shop 지연 delay; postponement 일시 temporarily; briefly 편 flight; connection
2 · 마을로 가는 길
Driving to the village · read the scene
Word Meaning 내비게이션 navigation 국도 national road; state highway 휴게소 rest area; service area 휘발유 gasoline 정체 traffic jam; congestion 체증 indigestion; traffic congestion 혼잡 confusion; mess 브레이크 brake 안전벨트 safety belt 시속 speed per hour 운전자 driver 횡단 crossing; traversing 한눈 one glance; one look
3 · 재단에서의 첫 만남
Making friends at the foundation · read the scene
Word Meaning 첫인사 first greeting 초면 stranger; first meeting in person 낯익다 familiar 낯 face; mug 서먹하다 awkward 친근감 friendliness 친근하다 close; familiar 친밀 closeness; intimacy 친밀감 sense of closeness; intimacy 친분 closeness; friendship 두텁다 close; reliable 터놓다 open; clear
4 · 카일의 방
Kyle's guest room · read the scene
Word Meaning 비좁다 cramped; small 아기자기하다 harmonious; picturesque 푹신하다 soft; spongy 잠자리 bedclothes; bed 온수 hot water 보일러 boiler 변기 toilet 세면도구 toiletries; washing accessories 선반 shelf; rack 고리 ring; loop 치다 draw; enclose 초인종 doorbell; bell
5 · 한옥의 공간
The rooms of a hanok · read the scene
Word Meaning 기와집 giwajip; tile-roofed house 가옥 home; house 온돌 ondol 굴뚝 chimney 난간 railing; handrail 울타리 fence 서재 study; seojae 출입구 entrance; exit 벽돌 brick 딸리다 be tied to; be attached to 때다 burn 훈훈하다 warm; warm-hearted
6 · 터 잡기
Choosing the site · read the scene
Word Meaning 터 lot; site 나침반 compass 남향 southward direction 동향 eastward 북향 facing north; northern direction 서향 west exposure; facing west 설계 plan; design 모형 model; example 평 pyeong 채 chae 너비 width; breadth 폭 width; breadth
7 · 목골조 세우기
Raising the timber frame · read the scene
Word Meaning 목재 lumber 베다 cut; chop 도끼 ax 쪼개다 split; spare 두들기다 strike repeatedly; pound 빼내다 pick out; pull out 조이다 be tight; tighten 반듯하다 straight; clean-cut 맞들다 lift together 휘감다 wind; coil 감기다 be wound; be twined 뻘뻘 profusely; drippingly
8 · 복원 실태 조사
The restoration survey · read the scene
Word Meaning 금 line; crack 하자 defect; flaw 흠 crack; scratch 손상 damage; harm 붕괴 collapse; breakdown 복원 restoration 문화유산 cultural heritage 예전 past; old days 온전히 soundly; wholly 보수 repair 때우다 solder; tinker 굳히다 harden; make hard
9 · 단청 채색
Painting the dancheong · read the scene
Word Meaning 청색 blue 홍색 red; red color 황색 being yellowish; straw color 흑색 black 적색 red; dark red 남색 deep blue 색상 color; hue 조합 combination; union 칠하다 apply; paint 붓 brush; writing tool 선명하다 clear 번지다 spread; run
10 · 현대 건축가의 방문
A modern builder visits · read the scene
Word Meaning 공사장 construction site 수칙 rules; regulations 통제 control; restriction 헛디디다 lose one's footing; miss one's step 건설업 construction industry 건축가 architect 건축물 building; structure 완공 completion of construction 개조 remodeling; renovation 방음 soundproofing 주거 habitation 동 dong
11 · 뚝의 물레 앞에서
At Ttuk's wheel
Word Meaning 진흙 mud 맨손 bare hands; being empty-handed 회전 spinning; turning around 공예 craftsmanship; craftwork 용기 container 대 large; large size 윤 shine; gloss 피어오르다 rise; come out 완성도 level of completion 실용성 practicality; utility 섬세하다 fine; accurate 혼 spirit
12 · 유약 시험
Testing the glaze
Word Meaning 고체 solid 액체 liquid 기체 gas 산소 oxygen 알칼리성 alkalinity 중성 being neutral; neuter 농도 density; concentration 성분 constituent; component 불투명 opaqueness; uncertainty 곡선 curve 수직 being vertical; being straight 지속 maintenance
13 · 가마 소성 일정
The kiln firing schedule
Word Meaning 엿새 six days; sixth day 여드레 eight days; eighth day 아흐레 nine days; ninth day 이레 seven days; the seventh day 초순 the first ten days of a month 하순 end of month; latter part of month 이듬해 next year; following year 주기 interval; cycle 손꼽다 count with one's fingers; be highly regarded 자정 midnight 석 three 넉 four
14 · 어린이 공예 체험
A children's craft workshop
Word Meaning 오리다 cut 뾰족하다 pointed; sharp 본뜨다 benchmark; imitate 보자기 wrapping cloth 꿰매다 sew; stitch 겹 folds; layers 천 cloth; fabric 솜 cotton 취급 treatment; sale 꼬마 little boy; little girl 조그마하다 small; tiny 가지런히 uniformly
15 · 현의 공양간
Hyeon's kitchen
Word Meaning 주방장 chef 조리사 cook 조리법 recipe 졸이다 boil down; feel anxious 보글보글 boiling briskly; with a gurgling sound 푹푹 enough; well 갈다 sharpen; hone 토막 piece; fragment 가시 needle; fish bone 껍데기 shell; covering 질기다 tough 미역 seaweed; sea mustard
16 · 사찰음식의 지혜
Temple food
Word Meaning 채식 vegetarian diet 육식 meat diet; being carnivorous 빌다 beg 소식 light eating; eating little 영양소 nutrient; nutriment 주재료 main ingredient 첨가 addition 자극적 provocative 효능 effect; efficacy 섭취 intake; ingestion 기름지다 greasy; oily 꼭꼭 firmly; tightly
17 · 장 담그기와 김장
Making jang and kimchi
Word Meaning 김장 gimjang; kimchi-making for the winter 절이다 soak 장 soy sauce; sauce 파묻다 dig and bury; hide 포기 head 발효 fermentation 듬뿍 to the brim; much 반쪽 half; being sunken 매콤하다 spicy 짭짤하다 salty; shrewd 변함없다 same 대대로 from generation to generation
18 · 오색 밥상
Five colours on the table
Word Meaning 붉은색 red; red color 푸른색 blue color; green color 새까맣다 pitch-dark; as black as a crow 새하얗다 pure-white; snow-white 누렇다 deep yellow; sallow 벌겋다 red 허옇다 dimly white; pale 새파랗다 deep blue; deadly pale 시커멓다 deep-black; jet-black 먹음직스럽다 appetizing 푸짐하다 plentiful; abundant 찜 steamed dish
19 · 길거리 음식 탐방
Street food with Kyle
Word Meaning 식성 taste; preference 질리다 be frightened; be terrified 다시다 smack one's lips 새콤하다 sour 기름기 oily element; richness 순대 sundae 통조림 can; canned food 참치 tuna 판 board 반반 fifty-fifty; half-and-half 마저 majeo 포장마차 covered cart bar
20 · 궁중 연향 식단
A royal banquet menu
Word Meaning 궁중 Inside the place where the king lives. 진수성찬 banquet; lavish meal 진지 meal 찹쌀 glutinous rice 팥 red bean 대추 jujube 주식 staple 면 noodle 퓨전 fusion 제과 baking 부풀다 become fluffy; become fuzzy 떫다 astringent; puckery
21 · 차 여사의 다도
Madam Cha's tea
Word Meaning 향기롭다 fragrant; scented 모금 mogeum 내오다 carry outside; serve 정성껏 with great care 받치다 support; wear together 카페인 caffeine 차분하다 calm 편안히 comfortably; easily 서리다 fog up; steam up 수증기 vapor; steam 잠자코 silently; without a word 한가롭다 leisurely; unhurried
22 · 사찰 템플스테이
A temple stay
Word Meaning 종 bell 기원 praying 명상 meditation 정성스럽다 heartfelt; caring 불상 Buddhist image; Buddhist statue 도 morality; principle 심신 body and soul 즈음 jeu-eum 집착 obsession 내면 inner side 헛되다 vain; fruitless 읊다 recite; poeticize
23 · 카일의 문법 수업
Kyle's grammar lesson
Word Meaning 주어 subject 목적어 object 서술어 predicate 어순 order of words 조사 postpositional particle; postpositional marker 어미 ending of a word 어간 stem; base 문형 sentence pattern 예문 example sentence 빈칸 empty column; empty part 되묻다 repeat a question; ask again 더듬거리다 grope; fumble for
24 · 품사와 상징어
Nouns, verbs and sound words
Word Meaning 명사 noun 동사 verb 형용사 adjective 부사 adverb 대명사 pronoun; byword 관형사 determiner 감탄사 interjection 수사 numeral 낱말 word 의성어 onomatopoeic word; onomatopoeia 의태어 mimetic word 빈도 frequency
25 · 한글의 과학적 원리
The Korean alphabet
Word Meaning 자모 single letter; alphabet 자음 consonant 모음 vowel 음 sound 동화 assimilation 기호 mark; sign 표기법 notation 표기 writing; marking 한자어 Sino-Korean word 외래어 borrowed word; loan word 어원 origin of a word; etymology 모국어 mother tongue
26 · 공손한 말씨와 예절
Speaking politely
Word Meaning 존댓말 honorific 호칭 name; title 호칭어 term of address 자네 jane 군 gun 양 both 완곡하다 euphemistic; roundabout 사무적 being official; being businesslike 말끝 the end of one's talk 화법 style of speech; rhetoric 청자 listener; hearer 욕설 curse; abuse
27 · 관용구와 사자성어
Idioms and proverbs
Word Meaning 관용어 idiom 사자성어 four-character idiom 비유적 analogical 속어 slang; vulgarism 문어 written language 일거양득 killing two birds with one stone 다다익선 the more, the better 천차만별 diversity 희로애락 joys and sorrows; all kinds of emotions 무소식 no news 희소식 good news 십중팔구 almost all; supermajority
28 · 나날이 느는 한국어
Kyle's Korean improves
Word Meaning 습득 acquisition; learning 구사 competence 의사소통 communication 어학 linguistics; studying foreign languages 말재주 gift of gab 척척 quickly without hesitation; easily 혼잣말 utterance to oneself; monologue 경험담 story of one’s experiences 정확성 accuracy 나날이 day by day 끌어올리다 pull up; raise 뒤처지다 fall behind; lag behind
29 · 몸짓 언어와 예절
Body language and manners
Word Meaning 손짓 gesture; signal 눈짓 eye gesture 엄지손가락 thumb 입가 sides of the mouth; around one's lips 깜짝하다 blink 꼬다 twist; twine 팔짱 arms crossed; arm in arm 쑤시다 poke; pick 눈살 frown; brow 버릇없다 rude 큰절 keunjeol 정중하다 polite
30 · 문화의 다름과 같음
Kyle compares cultures
Word Meaning 대조적 being contrastive 뚜렷이 clearly 동서양 East and West 서양식 Western style; Occidental manner 특색 distinct characteristic; peculiarity 특유 uniqueness; peculiarity 특이 being unusual; being unique 다양성 diversity 선입견 prejudice; stereotype 인종 race 지구촌 global village 외래 being foreign; being alien
31 · 관습과 금기
Customs and taboos
Word Meaning 관습 custom 금기 taboo; contraindication 격식 formality 가부장적 patriarchy; being patriarchal 우수성 excellency 자국 one's own country 본국 one's own country; s native country 점치다 do fortune telling; expect 으레 as a matter of course; always 하필 of all things 변함없이 same; invariably 여전하다 being as before
32 · 세계의 종교
Religions of the world
Word Meaning 신 god; deity 악마 Mara; Satan 이슬람교 Islam 성경 Bible 십자가 cross 사원 temple 낙원 paradise; heaven 성직자 cleric 성인 saint; holy man 선행 virtue; beneficence 선의 kind heart; virtuous attitude 부도덕 being immoral; being unethical
33 · 마을 이웃들
Village neighbours
Word Meaning 상부상조 mutual help; mutual aid 계 gye 협동 cooperation; joining forces 화합 harmony; concord 공경 respect 새댁 newlywed bride 여사 Mrs.; Lady 호 household; house 가구 household 집집 every house 거주자 resident; occupant 한적하다 deserted; secluded
34 · 장터 열리는 날
Market day in the village
Word Meaning 시끌벅적하다 noisy 장바구니 shopping basket 달다 weigh; measure 원산지 country of origin; native habitat 한우 hanu; Korean cattle 조개 shellfish; clam 수산물 marine products 특산물 specialty; regional product 농수산물 agricultural and marine products 도매 wholesale 소매 retail 후하다 generous; liberal
35 · 수확의 계절
Harvest time
Word Meaning 추수 fall harvest 수확 harvest; outcome 풍년 bumper year; rich year 햇곡식 new crops of grain 곡물 grain 농작물 crop; produce 생산량 output; production 풍성하다 abundant; plentiful 논 paddy field; rice field 밭 field 논밭 fields and paddies; farmland 들 field; plain
36 · 텃밭 가꾸기
The vegetable garden
Word Meaning 잡초 weed 매다 weed; weed out 비료 fertilizer 토양 soil; earth 토지 land; lot 메마르다 dry; infertile 새싹 sprout; shoot 싹 sprout; shoot 화초 flowering plant; flower 우량 high quality 농장 farm 라일락 lilac
37 · 축산 농장 견학
Visiting a livestock farm
Word Meaning 농축산물 agro-livestock products 축산물 livestock products 수산 marine goods; being marine 가공 processing 유기농 organic farming 축산업 livestock industry 농가 farming family; farmhouse 가축 livestock; domestic animals 목장 farm 몰이 herding 염소 goat 병아리 chick; novice
38 · 관광객의 방문
Tourists arrive
Word Meaning 부쩍 greatly; dramatically 성수기 peak season; busy season 끊이다 cease; be cut off 우르르 in crowds; rushingly 줄짓다 line; stand in line 삼삼오오 being in twos and threes; being in groups 남녀노소 men and women of all ages; people of all ages and both sexes 명소 famous place; tourist attraction 찰칵 with a clack; with a clatter 군데군데 here and there 거닐다 walk; stroll 한산하다 quiet; free
39 · 안내 데스크 업무
The information desk
Word Meaning 책자 books; publications 유의 being mindful 공중 public 소인 child; kid 내보이다 take out and show; show 습득 acquisition; learning 미아 missing child 행인 passerby; pedestrian 현지 field; spot 동행 accompanying; companion 도보 walking 각지 various places; all parts
40 · 한옥 스테이의 하룻밤
A night in a hanok stay
Word Meaning 객실 guest room; compartment 실 room 독방 single room; solitary cell 민박 temporary lodging; temporary lodging house 체류 stay; sojourn 여정 journey; itinerary 참맛 true flavor; genuine meaning 일주 tour; round 호화 luxury; sumptuousness 동반 company; accompanying 재충전 recharge 가시다 disappear; vanish
41 · 가족 투숙 예약
A family books a room
Word Meaning 인 man; person 이중 being double; being two fold 단기간 short period 심야 dead of the night; late night 안성맞춤 perfect fit; being ideal 따위 et cetera; ttawi 덜하다 less 한데 one place; same place 차지 possession 소재 being located; existing 헛걸음 fool's errand; vain attempt 뜨다 depart; leave
42 · 해설사 실무 교육
Training new guides
Word Meaning 빈번하다 frequent 유익 advantage 시간적 time-based 그리 that way; not greatly 구애 trouble; obstruction 끌어내다 take something out; drag something 개개인 each person; individual 이 person; man 관하다 concern 치다 count; consider 뒤엎다 turn around; turn over 지장 impediment
43 · 버스와 기차, 그리고 여객선
Bus, train and ferry
Word Meaning 첫차 first bus; first train 승강장 platform 종착역 last stop 통로 path; route 항구 port; harbor 선박 ship; vessel 승강기 elevator 해상 being on the sea 뛰어오다 come running; run and pass 금세 immediately; soon 하마터면 almost; barely 뛰쳐나가다 rush out; leap out
44 · 마을 안길의 화물차들
Trucks on the village road
Word Meaning 포장 pavement; surfacing 개통 opening 구간 section 기점 starting point 지점 point; spot 굴러가다 roll; run 톤 ton 대형차 full-sized car; luxury-sized car 소형차 compact car; small car 승합차 van 소모 consumption 지상 ground; reality
45 · 일기예보 살피기
Reading the forecast
Word Meaning 기상청 Korea Meteorological Administration 기상 weather 기압 air pressure 고기압 high pressure 저기압 low pressure; depression 강우량 precipitation 연중 time of one year; being annual 연평균 yearly average 예년 normal year; ordinary year 건기 dry season 우기 rainy season; monsoon 온화하다 mild; temperate
46 · 봄과 가을의 정취
Spring and autumn
Word Meaning 꽃샘추위 sudden frost; spring frost 환절기 change of seasons 벚꽃 cherry blossom 피어나다 bloom; come out 흩날리다 flutter; scatter 내비치다 shine through; be transparent 가리다 hide; cover 연일 for days on end; day after day 노을 morning glow; evening glow 지다 occur; form 저물다 get dark; set 갈대 reed
47 · 한여름 무더위
A summer heatwave
Word Meaning 열대야 tropical night 불쾌지수 discomfort index; temperature-humidity index 따갑다 scorching; sultry 자외선 ultraviolet rays; ultraviolet radiation 차단 block; obstruction 일광욕 sunbathing 해수욕 sea bathing; playing in the sea 개장 opening 빙수 shaved ice 이열치열 fighting fire with fire 찜질방 jjimjilbang 고온 high temperature
48 · 폭풍우 치는 날
A storm hits
Word Meaning 강풍 strong wind 거세다 violent; fierce 뒤흔들다 shake hard; convulse 벼락 lightning; harsh scolding 꺾이다 break; snap 호우 heavy rain; downpour 흠뻑 fully; greatly 고이다 stagnate; fill with tears 뚝뚝 dripping; pattering 물방울 water drop 한차례 bout; spell 딱 suddenly; all of a sudden
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