Native Korean words

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Native Korean words (韓國語의 固有語), also called sunurimal (순우리말), are the native words of the Korean vocabulary, excluding Sino-Korean words and loanwords. They are also called tobagimal (토박이말), taenmal (탯말), etc. Because native words are written only in Hangul, some people call them 'Hangul words' (한글 낱말) or 'Hangul' (한글), but this confuses a language with a writing system. Currently, some of the dong (洞) names in Seoul Special City and all of the dong names in Sejong Special Self-Governing City are native words. Native place names in South Korea include even 'Seoul' (서울).

Dictionary of pure Korean words (sunurimal)

ㄱ (g)

가납사니 (ganapsani) - ① A person fond of idle talk. ② A person fond of arguing.
가년스럽다 (ganyeonseureopda) - To look extremely shabby and poor. cf) 가린스럽다 (garinseureopda): to be extremely stingy.
가늠 (ganeum) - ① A standard for judging whether something meets a target or criterion. ② How a matter is progressing.
가루다 (garuda) - To sit side by side together. To stand against and compare.
가래다 (garaeda) - To confront someone and argue over right and wrong.
가래톳 (garaetot) - A painful lump from a swollen lymph node in the thigh.
가라사니 (garasani) - The perception or clue that lets one judge things.
가말다 (gamalda) - To handle a matter with good judgment.
가멸다 (gamyeolda) - To have much property and live in plenty.
가무리다 (gamurida) - To steal something secretly and keep it for oneself.
가분하다 :가붓하다 (gabunhada : gabutada) - Just right to lift. (strong form) 가뿐하다 (gappunhada).
가살 (gasal) - A cunning and obnoxious attitude.
가시버시 (gasibeosi) - A vulgar way of referring to ‘a married couple (夫婦)’
가위춤 (gawichum) - Opening and closing empty scissors.
가장이 (gajangi) - The body of a tree branch.
가재기 (gajaegi) - A flimsily made object.
가직하다 (gajikada) - To be a little close in distance.
가축 (gachuk) - Carefully tending to something and keeping or gathering it well.
가탈 (gatal) - ① Being difficult by picking unreasonable faults. ② Interfering so that a matter cannot proceed smoothly.
각다분하다 (gakdabunhada) - Very hard and arduous to carry out.
간동하다 (gandonghada) - Neat and simple, well arranged.
간정되다 (ganjeongdoeda) - For an illness or a commotion to subside.
갈개꾼 (galgaekkun) - A person who interferes with others' affairs.
갈래다 (gallaeda) - ① To be confused in mind or about the way and unable to tell where to go. ② For an animal to wander about, not knowing where to go.
갈마보다 (galmaboda) - To look at this and that by turns. cf) 갈마들다 (galmadeulda): to take turns
갈무리 (galmuri) - ① Putting things in order and storing them well. ② Wrapping up a task
감잡히다 (gamjapida) - In a dispute (是非) with someone, to have a weakness exposed because one's argument doesn't hold together.
강짜를 부리다 (gangjjareul burida) - To act spitefully out of jealousy.
강파르다 (gangpareuda) - ① To be thin and pale. ② To be harsh and cantankerous in temperament.
갖바치 (gatbachi) - A person whose occupation is making leather shoes.
개골창 (gaegolchang) - A small ditch where drain water flows.
개구멍받이 (gaegumeongbaji) - A child abandoned outside by someone and taken in and raised by another. = 업둥이 (eopdungi).
개맹이 (gaemaengi) - Sharp energy or spirit.
개사망 (gaesamang) - A curse said when someone gains an unexpected profit or stroke of luck.
개어귀 (gaeeogwi) - The mouth where a river or stream flows into the sea.
개차반 (gaechaban) - Meaning ‘dung’; a term of abuse for a person who behaves disgracefully.
개평 (gaepyeong) - Something gotten for free, obtained bit by bit from another's share.
객쩍다 (gaekjjeokda) - Pointlessly frivolous and dull in words and actions.
거니채다 (geonichaeda) - To notice a sign.
거레 (geore) - Dawdling around and moving slowly for no reason.
거우다 (geouda) - To provoke someone into anger.
건목 (geonmok) - Making something roughly without careful finishing, or a thing so made
걸싸다 (geolssada) - Very quick in one's work movements.
걸쩍거리다 (geoljjeokgeorida) - To be cheerful by nature and dive into anything readily.
걸태질 (geoltaejil) - Greedily raking in goods.
게정 (gejeong) - Words and actions of loudly complaining out of discontent.
게염 (geyeom) - Envious and covetous greed.
겨끔내기 (gyeokkeumnaegi) - Taking turns with each other.
겨리 (gyeori) - A large plow pulled by two oxen.
결곡하다 (gyeolgokada) - For one's face or disposition to be clean and firm, without flaws.
겯고틀다 (gyeotgoteulda) - (So as not to lose when competing over right and wrong or victory) to hold out against each other and twist.
결딴 (gyeolttan) - A state of being completely ruined beyond any remedy.
결두리 (gyeolduri) - Food a farmer eats as a snack between meals during hard work. Saecham (새참).
고갱이 (gogaengi) - The core of a thing.
고거리 (gogeori) - The meat on a cow's foreleg.
고빗사위 (gobitsawi) - The most precarious moment of a critical point.
고삿 (gosat) - ① A narrow alley in a village. ② The space of a narrow valley.
고수련 (gosuryeon) - Attending to a sick person so they are not uncomfortable.
고뿔 (goppul) - A cold
곧추다 (gotchuda) - To straighten something bent. cf) 곧추뜨다 (gotchutteuda): to glare with wide-open eyes.
골갱이 (golgaengi) - ① The hard part inside a substance. ② The gist of a matter.
골막하다 (golmakada) - For a bowl to be not quite full, a little short.
곰살궂다 (gomsalgutda) - Gentle and affectionate in nature.
곰상스럽다 (gomsangseureopda) - Petty and meticulous in nature or behavior.
곰비임비 (gombiimbi) - The way things pile up repeatedly or matters overlap.
곰파다 (gompada) - To examine things closely and scrutinize them.
곱살끼다 (gopsalkkida) - To fuss a lot or act mischievously.
공성이 나다 (gongseongi nada) - To become experienced. To get used to something.
공중제비 (gongjungjebi) - A trick of putting both hands on the ground, lifting both legs into the air, and flipping over in the opposite direction.
공치하다 (gongchihada) - To go wrong by unfortunate coincidence.
괴덕 (goedeok) - Fussy and frivolous words or actions.
구듭 (gudeup) - Bothersome and burdensome cleaning up after others.
구메 농사 (gume nongsa) - ① Small-scale farming. ② Farming whose harvest (豊凶) varies by location.
구쁘다 (guppeuda) - To have an appetite, wanting to eat.
구성없다 (guseongeopda) - Not befitting.
구성지다 (guseongjida) - Natural and pleasantly folksy.
구순하다 (gusunhada) - To get along well and amicably without trouble.
구실 (gusil) - ① Public or government duties (職務). ② Taxes (稅金). ③ A responsibility one ought to fulfill.
구어박다 (gueobakda) - To keep a person in one place or state so they cannot move or act freely.
구완 (guwan) - Attending to a sick person or a woman who has given birth.
구유 (guyu) - A large container that holds feed for horses and cattle.
국으로 (gugeuro) - Just as one is. Quietly.
굴레 (gulle) - A rope tied around the neck of horses and cattle (말과 소) and connected to the reins.
굴침스럽다 (gulchimseureopda) - To show signs of trying to do something by force.
굴타리먹다 (gultarimeokda) - For insects to eat into cucumbers, pumpkins, watermelons, etc.
굴통이 (gultongi) - An object or person that looks plausible on the outside but is worthless inside.
굼닐다 (gumnilda) - To bend down and straighten up repeatedly.
굽도리 (gupdori) - The lower edge of a wall (in a room).
굽바자 (gupbaja) - A low fence woven from small branches.
궁따다 (gungttada) - To feign ignorance and talk about something else.
커나다 (keonada) - ① For a corner to be crooked rather than straight. ② For opinions to diverge.
귀살쩍다 (gwisaljjeokda) - ① For things to be scattered and messy. ② For matters to be complicated and tangled, making one's mind restless.
그느다 (geuneuda) - For an infant to recognize the need and relieve itself.
그느르다 (geuneureuda) - To protect and look after.
그루잠 (geurujam) - Sleep one falls back into after waking.
그루터기 (geuruteogi) - The remaining root part after a tree or grass is cut.
그악하다 (geuakada) - ① For pranks to be excessive. ② Fierce and cruel. ③ Extremely diligent.
금새 (geumsae) - The market rate or price of goods.
기이다 (giida) - To hide something so it is not revealed.
기를 (gireul) - The most important turning point of a matter.
길라잡이 (gillajabi) - A person who leads the way in front.
길마 (gilma) - A saddle-like device placed on an ox's back to carry loads.
길미 (gilmi) - Money paid in addition on a debt. Interest (利子).
길섶 (gilseop) - The edge of a road.
길제 (gilje) - A secluded spot off to one side. A corner.
길품 (gilpum) - Going somewhere on another's behalf and getting paid for it.
김바리 (gimbari) - A person with the shrewd cunning to see a profit and grab it before others.
까대기 (kkadaegi) - A shoddy structure temporarily attached to a building or wall.
까막과부 (kkamakgwabu) - A widow who never even got to marry because the man who proposed died. 망문과부 (望門寡婦, mangmungwabu)
까막까치 (kkamakkkachi) - Crows and magpies. 오작 (烏鵲, ojak)
깔죽없다 (kkaljugeopda) - With nothing at all lost or thrown away.
깜냥 (kkamnyang) - The ability to accomplish something as one sizes up the task.
깜부기 (kkambugi) - An ear of wheat or barley turned black by smut disease.
깨단하다 (kkaedanhada) - To suddenly realize clearly, through some clue, something one had long been unable to recall.
꺼병이 (kkeobyeongi) - ① A young pheasant chick. ② A person of rough appearance. cf) 꺼펑이 (kkeopeongi) - Something laid over to cover or conceal.
꺽지다 (kkeokjida) - Tough, brave, and decisive.
꼲다 (kkolda) - To examine and decide right from wrong or good from bad.
꾀꾀로 (kkoekkoero) - Stealthily, taking opportunities now and then.
꽃샘 (kkotsaem) - The cold spell around the time flowers bloom in spring.
꿰미 (kkwemi) - A cord for threading and tying objects with holes.
끄나풀 (kkeunapul) - ① A short piece of string. ② A person who acts as someone's lackey.
끄느름하다 (kkeuneureumhada) - For the weather to be cloudy and gloomy.
끌끌하다 (kkeulkkeulhada) - Clear, upright, and clean of heart.

ㄴ (n)

나래 (narae) - ① A tool for rowing a boat. ② A farming tool used to level paddies and fields.
나부대다 (nabudaeda) - To fidget about childishly instead of keeping still.
난든집 (nandeunjip) - A skill one has become practiced at.
남새 (namsae) - Vegetables planted and cultivated, such as radish and napa cabbage.
남우세 (namuse) - Being laughed at or mocked by others.
남진계집 (namjingyejip) - A married servant couple in another's household.
낫잡다 (natjapda) - To estimate (a quantity, amount, age, etc.) somewhat generously.
낳이 (nai) - Weaving cloth.
내남없이 (naenameopsi) - Me and others alike.
내숭 (naesung) - Appearing gentle on the outside but being sly inside.
너널 (neoneol) - Large cotton-padded oversocks worn in the cold.
넉가래 (neokgarae) - A tool for pushing grain, snow, etc. into one place.
넉장거리 (neokjanggeori) - Falling flat on one's back with arms and legs spread out.
넌더리 (neondeori) - A feeling of loathing that gives one goosebumps.
널출지다 (neolchuljida) - For a plant's stems to hang down long and drooping.
노가리 (nogari) - Sowing by scattering seeds.
노드매기 (nodeumaegi) - Dividing goods into several shares.
노닥이다 (nodagida) - To talk on and on, amusingly and chattily.
노량으로 (noryangeuro) - Slowly, dawdling and idling along.
노루잠 (norujam) - Light sleep, waking often.
노적가리 (nojeokgari) - A pile of grain stacked outdoors.
노총 (nochong) - A matter whose date (期日) must not be told to others.
놀금 (nolgeum) - (When buying) a heavily discounted price offered, ready to walk away if refused.
높새 (nopsae) - Sailors' term for the northeast wind (北東風).
눈거칠다 (nungeochilda) - For someone's behavior to be unpleasant to look at and displeasing.
눈비음 (nunbieum) - Dressing up only on the outside to please others' eyes.
눈썰미 (nunsseolmi) - The knack of being able to do something after seeing it once or twice.
눈엣가시 (nunetgasi) - ① A person one hates so much that they are always an eyesore. ② A term for one's husband's concubine.
느껍다 (neukkeopda) - For a certain feeling to arise.
느루 (neuru) - Over a long time, not all at once.
느루먹다 (neurumeokda) - To ration food so it lasts longer than planned.
는개 (neungae) - Fine rain that falls hazily like fog. 연우 (煉雨, yeonu)
늘비하다 (neulbihada) - To be lined up in a row.
늠그다 (neumgeuda) - To husk grain.
능 (neung) - A margin set aside generously.
능갈치다 (neunggalchida) - To have a knack for slyly making excuses.
늦사리 (neutsari) - Harvesting crops late in the season, or those crops.
늦 (neut) - An omen seen beforehand.

ㄷ (d)

다따가 (dattaga) - Suddenly. All of a sudden.
다락같다 (darakgatda) - ① For prices to be very high. ② Very large in size.
다랑귀 (darangwi) - Grabbing and hanging on with both hands.
다직해야 (dajikaeya) - At most.
닦아세우다 (dakkaseuda) - To scold someone so harshly they cannot move.
단물나다 (danmullada) - For clothes etc. to wear thin with age.
달구치다 (dalguchida) - To drive someone hard so they cannot move cf) 달구질 (dalgujil) - Firmly tamping the ground with a rammer (달구).
달랑쇠 (dallangsoe) - A restless person who fools around a lot.
달포 (dalpo) - A little over a month. = 달소수 (dalsosu), 삭여 (朔餘, sagyeo)
답치기 (dapchigi) - Recklessly charging in haphazardly. Doing things blindly without thought.
당나발붙다 (dangnabalbutda) - To tell outrageous lies.
당도리 (dangdori) - A large wooden seagoing boat.
대갚음 (daegapeum) - Repaying exactly a favor or grudge received from someone.
대두리 (daeduri) - ① A big quarrel. ② A matter that has grown big.
댓바람 (daetbaram) - At once. Immediately, without delay.
댕기다 (daenggida) - To set fire to something; to light.
더껑이 (deokkeongi) - A congealed film on a thick liquid.
더께 (deokke) - Coarse grime on a soiled object.
더치다 (deochida) - For an illness to get worse again.
더펄이 (deopeori) - A person of lively temperament.
덖다 (deokda) - ① To become badly soiled with built-up grime. ② To cook food by roasting it without adding water.
던적스럽다 (deonjeokseureopda) - (Of behavior) very mean and dirty-looking.
덜퍽지다 (deolpeokjida) - Plentiful and luscious.
덤받이 (deombaji) - A child a woman had with her former husband and brought into a new marriage.
덤터기 (deomteogi) - A worry pinned on others or taken over from others.
덧거칠다 (deotgeochilda) - For a matter not to go smoothly, with many hitches.
덧게비 (deotgebi) - Needlessly piling something on top of something else.
덧두리 (deotduri) - ① Money added beyond the set amount (a premium). ② The difference when buying cheap and selling at a high price.
덩둘하다 (deongdulhada) - Very dull and foolish.
덩저리 (deongjeori) - The bulk of an object.
도거리 (dogeori) - Lumping everything together instead of dividing it into shares.
도두보다 (doduboda) - To see something as bigger or better than it is. cf) 도두치다 (doduchida): to count something higher than the market price.
도드미 (dodeumi) ; A sieve with wide holes.
도린결 (dorin-gyeol) - A remote spot where few people go.
도사리 (dosari) - ① Fruit such as persimmons or jujubes that fell before fully ripening. ② Small weeds growing in a rice seedbed.
도섭 (doseop) - Being capricious in a sly and fussy way.
도스르다 (doseureuda) - To pull oneself together to undertake something.
도파니 (dopani) - All together. Altogether.
돈바르다 (donbareuda) - Ungenerous and fussy in temperament.
돈사다 (donsada) - To sell something and convert it into money.
동곳빼다 (donggotppaeda) - To admit one's mistake and submit.
동그마니 (donggeumani) - ① Unencumbered. ② Standing alone, apart.
동뜨다 (dongtteuda) - ① For a gap in time or space to form. ② To be far superior to others.
동아리 (dongari) - A group formed (by people with the same goal).
동이 닿다 (dongi data) - ① For things to follow in good order. ② To make sense (條理).
동자아치 (dongjaachi) - A female servant in charge of kitchen work.
동티 (dongti) - ① A calamity incurred by mishandling soil and angering the earth god (地神). ② Figuratively, bringing worry or harm on oneself by needlessly meddling.
되모시 (doemosi) - A woman who has been married but passes herself off as a maiden.
되술래잡히다 (doesullaejapida) - For the person who should be scolding to be scolded instead.
되지기 (doejigi) - ① Cold rice placed on top of hot rice and steamed or reheated. ② One tenth of a majigi (a unit for measuring paddies and fields).
되퉁스럽다 (doetungseureopda) - Careless in behavior and making frequent mistakes.
된바람 (doenbaram) - A term for the north wind (北風).
될성부르다 (doelseongbureuda) - Showing promise of success.
두남두다 (dunamduda) - ① To take sides. ② To help out of pity.
두동지다 (dudongjida) - For the beginning and end not to match. To be contradictory.
두례 (durye) - ① An organization farmers formed to do rice planting and weeding jointly. ② A device for scooping water from a pond or ditch up to a higher paddy.
두레먹다 (duremeokda) - ① For many people to sit in a circle and eat. ② For farmers to prepare food and gather to have fun.
두멍 (dumeong) - A large cauldron or large jar for storing drawn water.
둥개다 (dunggaeda) - To be at a loss, unable to cope with a task.
뒤란 (dwiran) - The area inside the fence behind a house.
뒤스르다 (dwiseureuda) - (While getting up to tidy things) to swap or rearrange them this way and that.
뒤웅박 (dwiungbak) - A gourd hollowed out without being split.
뒤통수(를)치다 (dwitongsu(reul)chida) - To be very disappointed at failing to achieve one's aim.
뒨장질 (dwinjangjil) - Rummaging through this and that.
뒷갈망 (dwitgalmang) - Handling the aftermath after something has happened. Dwitgamdang (뒷감당).
뒷귀 (dwitgwi) - The ability to grasp reason or the point of what's said.
드난 (deunan) - Temporary employment (usually of a woman) living in another's house and helping with work, without being bound to it.
드레 (deure) - Dignity and weight of character.
드림흥정 (deurimheungjeong) - A deal agreed on paying the price in several installments.
드티다 (deutida) - For a position to shift and leave a gap, or for a date or deadline to be postponed little by little.
들마 (deulma) - Around closing time (of a shop or store).
들메 (deulme) - Tying shoes to one's feet (so they don't come off).
들썽하다 (deulsseonghada) - Restless and unsettled at heart.
들입다 (deuripda) - Recklessly and forcibly.
들피 (deulpi) - Becoming thin and weak from hunger.
듬쑥하다 (deumssukada) - For a person's character to be not frivolous but deep and full.
따리꾼 (ttarikkun) - A person who is good at flattery.
딸각발이 (ttalgakbari) - Meaning someone who wears wooden clogs even on dry days for lack of shoes; a term for a poor scholar.
떠세 (ttese) - Showing off and being pushy, relying on money or power.
떡심이 풀리다 (tteoksimi pullida) - To lose heart. To be deeply disappointed.
떨거지 (tteolgeoji) - A group of relatives, or people who keep company as one clique.
뚝벌씨 (ttukbeolssi) - A disposition of flaring up in anger at the slightest thing, or such a person.
뚱기다 (ttunggida) - ① To pluck an instrument's string etc. to make it vibrate. ② To give a subtle hint.
뚜쟁이 (ttujaengi) - A person who arranges matches between men and women as an intermediary.
뜨께질 (tteukkejil) - Sounding out what's in someone's mind.
뜨악하다 (tteuakada) :Not readily inclined to.
뜯게 (tteutge) - Clothes so torn and worn out they can't be worn.

ㅁ (m)

마고자 (magoja) - A garment worn over a jeogori (jacket).
마디다 (madida) - For things in use not to wear out or run out quickly. (opp.: 헤프다 (hepeuda).)
마뜩하다 (matteukada) - Fairly pleasing.
마름 (mareum) - ① A person who manages a landowner's land on their behalf. ② A bundle of woven thatch rolled up.
마름질 (mareumjil) - Cutting cloth or lumber (材木) to size.
마수걸다 (masugeolda) - To make the first sale after starting a business.
마장스럽다 (majangseureopda) - For interference (헤살, a hindrance) to come just as something is about to succeed.
마전 (majeon) - Bleaching (cloth by boiling or washing it). Bleaching (漂白).
마파람 (maparam) - Wind blowing from the south. South wind (南風)
말결 (malgyeol) - The moment one is saying something.
말림갓 (mallimgat) - A forest where cutting trees freely is prohibited.
말재기 (maljaegi) - A person who makes up idle talk.
말코지 (malkoji) - A wooden hook hung on a wall for hanging things.
매개 (maegae) - How a matter is progressing.
매골 (maegol) - A person's (shabby) appearance. = 몰골 (molgol)
매나니 (maenani) - ① Having nothing but bare hands to work with, no tools. ② Plain rice without side dishes.
매지구름 (maejigureum) - A dark patch of cloud holding rain.
매캐하다 (maekaehada) - For one's throat to be a bit scratchy from smoke or a musty smell.
맨드리 (maendeuri) - ① The style of how one is dressed and groomed. ② The shape of a made object.
맨망 (maenmang) - Behaving in a frivolous, impish way.
맵자하다 (maepjahada) - For a shape to fit one's build exactly.
맷가마리 (maetgamari) - A person who deserves a beating.
맹문 (maengmun) - The rights and wrongs or circumstances (經緯) of a matter
머드러기 (meodeureogi) - The large, plump ones among many fruits or fish.
머줍다 (meojupda) - Slow in movement. Sluggish.
메꿎다 (mekkutda) - Stubborn and ill-natured.
메지 (meji) - Each individual part of a task, or the point where it ends.
멧부리 (metburi) - The very top of a mountain ridge or peak.
멱차다 (myeokchada) - ① To reach the limit beyond which one can do no more. ② For a task to end.
모가비 (mogabi) - The boss of laborers or entertainers. The head of a low-ranking troupe = 꼭두쇠 (kkokdusoe)
모래톱 (moraetop) - A sandy plain by a river or the sea. A sandy beach.
모르쇠 (moreusoe) - Flatly denying any knowledge.
모주망태 (mojumangtae) - A person who always drinks a lot without restraint.
모집다 (mojipda) - To point out faults or mistakes clearly.
모춤하다 (mochumhada) - (Of length or amount) to reach a certain limit with a little to spare.
목매기 (mongmaegi) - A calf whose nose has not yet been pierced, with a rope tied around its neck.
물강스럽다 (mulgangseureopda) - Looking tough, cruel, and tenacious.
몽구리 (mongguri) - A closely shaved head.
몽니 (mongni) - A spiteful, greedy disposition.
몽따다 (mongttada) - To deliberately pretend not to know while knowing.
몽종하다 (mongjonghada) - ① Prim and cold. ② A little short in volume or length.
몽짜 (mongjja) - Acting spitefully in a sly way, or a person who does so. cf) 몽짜(를)치다 (mongjja(reul)chida) - To pretend to be foolish on the outside while harboring other thoughts inside.
몽태치다 (mongtaechida) - To steal another's things on the sly.
무꾸리 (mukkuri) - Having a shaman or a blind fortune-teller divine one's good and bad fortune (吉凶).
무녀리 (munyeori) - ① The first-born of an animal's litter. ② A person somewhat lacking in words and actions.
무드럭지다 (mudeureokjida) - To be piled high in abundance. (abbr.: 무덕지다 (mudeokjida).)
무람없다 (murameopda) - (Toward elders or in close relationships) overly familiar and ill-mannered. Lacking courtesy.
무릎마춤 (mureummachum) - Confrontation of the parties (對質)
무서리 (museori) - The first thin frost (opp.: 된서리 (doenseori))
무수다 (musuda) - To hit or smash whatever is at hand.
무싯날 (musinnal) - A day when there is no market.
무텅이 (muteongi) - Clearing rough land into fields and planting grain.
묵새기다 (muksaegida) - To stay long in one place, passing time without doing much.
물꼬 (mulkko) - An opening made so water can flow in and out of a paddy.
물보낌 (mulbokkim) - Flogging many people one after another.
물부리 (mulburi) - A holder into which a cigarette is inserted and sucked on. 빨부리 (ppalburi).
물수제비뜨다 (mulsujebitteuda) - To throw a thin round stone so it skips across the water.
물초 (mulcho) - A state of being soaked through, or that appearance.
뭉근하다 (munggeunhada) - For a fire to burn slowly, or for its heat not to be strong.
미대다 (midaeda) - To push a badly done task onto someone else because one doesn't want to do it.
미립 (mirip) - A subtle principle or knack gained through experience.
미쁘다 (mippeuda) - ① Trustworthy. ② Sincere.
미투리 (mituri) - Shoes woven from hemp, ramie, etc.
민낯 (minnat) - A woman's face without makeup.
민둥산 (mindungsan) - A mountain without trees, showing bare yellow soil.
민패 (minpae) - A plain object without any decoration.
민충하다 (minchunghada) - Foolish and immature.
민틋하다 (mintteutada) - Flat and smooth rather than bumpy.
밀막다 (milmakda) - To refuse with an excuse.
밀절미 (miljeolmi) - The fundamental basis.

ㅂ (b)

바자위다 (bajawida) - So strict in temperament as to lack generosity.
바장이다 (bajangida) - To pace back and forth aimlessly over a short distance.
바투 (batu) - ① With two objects very close together. ② With very little time.
반거들충이 (bangeodeulchungi) - A person who quit learning something midway and never mastered it.
반기 (bangi) - Food placed on small wooden trays to distribute to villagers at a feast or ancestral rite.
반살미 (bansalmi) - Relatives inviting a newlywed groom or bride for the first time.
반색 (bansaek) - Being very glad.
반자받다 (banjabatda) - To jump up and down in great anger.
반지빠르다 (banjippareuda) - Arrogant and obnoxious.
받내다 (bannaeda) - To handle the urine and feces (of a person who cannot move).
발림 (ballim) - The gestures performed by the singer in pansori.
발발다 (balbalda) - To have a knack for quickly seizing and making good use of opportunities.
발쇠 (balsoe) - Finding out others' secrets and telling them to someone else.
방물 (bangmul) - Cosmetics, sewing tools, ornaments, etc. used by women.
방자 (bangja) - Praying to spirits that harm or misfortune befall someone.
방자고기 (bangjagogi) - Meat grilled with only salt, no seasoning.
방짜 (bangjja) - Brassware made by casting high-quality brass and then hammering it. (Figuratively, a fine thing.)
방패막이 (bangpaemagi) - Putting something forward to block attacks or influences coming at oneself.
배내 (baenae) - Raising someone else's livestock and sharing them with the owner once grown or after they breed.
배냇짓 (baenaetjit) - A newborn smiling or twitching its eyes, nose, mouth, etc. while sleeping. cf) 배내버릇 (baenaebeoreut) - A habit one has had since birth, i.e., a long-standing habit hard to fix.
배때벗다 (baettaebeotda) - Very arrogant and obnoxious in words and actions.
배메기 (baemegi) - A system in which landowner and tenant split the harvest equally. = 반타작 (bantajak). 병작 (竝作, byeongjak)
버겁다 (beogeopda) - Beyond one's strength and hard to handle.
버금 (beogeum) - Next after ‘the best’ or ‘the first’ (in an order such as rank).
벋대다 (beotdaeda) - To refuse to obey and resist with all one's might.
버덩 (beodeong) - A rough field with only weeds and no trees.
버력 (beoryeok) - Punishment sent by heaven or spirits to chastise human wrongdoing.
버르집다 (beoreujipda) - ① To dig up hidden matters. ② To blow small matters out of proportion.
버름하다 (beoreumhada) - ① For a gap to be somewhat open. ② For people's minds not to agree.
비커리 (bikeori) - A woman who has become thin and shriveled from age, illness, or a life of hardship.
벌충 (beolchung) - Making up for a shortage with something else.
배갯잇 (baegaenit) - A cloth cover over a pillow cf) 베갯밑 공사(公事) (begaenmit gongsa) - A wife whispering her wishes to her husband in bed.
베돌다 (bedolda) - To stay apart and hang around the outside instead of mixing in.
벼리 (byeori) - ① The cord threaded through the top meshes of a net to draw it closed and open. ② The central thread of a matter or text.
벼리다 (byeorida) - To heat a dull tool in the fire and hammer it sharp.
변죽 (byeonjuk) - The rim of a bowl or household article. cf) 변죽(을)울리다 (byeonjuk(eul)ullida) - To talk around something instead of saying it directly, so the other person catches on.
볏가리 (byeotgari) - Neatly stacked sheaves of rice.
보꾹 (bokkuk) - The inside of a roof.
보깨다 (bokkaeda) - For food not to digest well, making one's stomach uncomfortable.
보드기 (bodeugi) - A tree that has not grown large.
보쟁이다 (bojaengida) - For a man and woman who are not married to keep up a secret intimate relationship.
보짱 (bojjang) - Resolute inner conviction.
본치 (bonchi) - One's attitude or appearance as seen by others.
볼멘소리 (bolmensori) - Words spoken sullenly in anger.
볼모 (bolmo) - An object or person held by the other party as security for keeping a promise.
부넘기 (buneomgi) - The back wall of the furnace where the pot sits (where the flames pass into the under-floor flues).
부닐다 (bunilda) - To stay close and be friendly.
부르터나다 (bureuteonada) - For a hidden matter to come to light.
부대끼다 (budaekkida) - To suffer from being harassed by something.
부아나다 (buanada) - To feel resentful anger.
부지깽이 (bujikkaengi) - A stick for poking the fire in the furnace.
북새 (buksae) - Many people making a great fuss and commotion.
붓날다 (bunnalda) - Rash and flighty in words or actions.
붓방아 (butbanga) - Just fiddling with the brush when ideas won't come while writing.
붙박이 (butbagi) - A thing fixed in one place that cannot be moved.
비나리치다 (binarichida) - To flatter and humor someone.
비를 긋다 (bireul geutda) - To take shelter from the rain briefly and wait for it to stop.
비말 (bimal) - Expenses (費用)
비설거지 (biseolgeoji) - (When rain is coming) gathering or covering things so they don't get wet.
빌붙다 (bilbutda) - To cling to someone and fawn to win their favor.
빗물이 (binmuri) - Paying off a debt someone else owes.
빚지시 (bitjisi) - Acting as an intermediary for lending and borrowing money.
빌미 (bilmi) - The cause from which misfortune such as calamity or illness arises.
빙충맞다 (bingchungmatda) - Not bright, and foolish.
뻑뻑이 (ppeokppeogi) - Without fail.
뿌다구니 (ppudaguni) - The protruding pointed part of an object.

ㅅ (s)

사금파리 (sageumpari) - A small broken piece of porcelain.
사람멀미 (sarammeolmi) - Dizziness felt in a crowded place.
사로자다 (sarojada) - To sleep fitfully with an uneasy mind.
사시랑이 (sasirangi) - A frail person or thing.
사위다 (sawida) - For a fire to burn out and turn to ash.
사재기 (sajaegi) - Buying and hoarding more than needed.
사태 (satae) - Meat from the hollow behind a cow's knee.
사품 (sapum) - Means ‘just at that moment (opportunity)’ when some matter or action is in progress.
삭신 (saksin) - The muscles and joints of the body.
삭정이 (sakjeongi) - A branch that has dried and died while still attached to a living tree.
삯메기 (sangmegi) - Farm work done for wages only, without meals.
산돌림 (sandollim) - A shower that moves around in all directions, pouring in streaks.
신망스럽다 (sinmangseureopda) - Frivolous in speech or behavior. cf) 실망스럽다 (silmangseureopda): very mischievous.
살갑다 (salgapda) - ① (Of a house or household goods) more spacious inside than it looks. ② Gentle and affectionate in nature.
살강 (salgang) - A shelf across a kitchen wall for placing dishes. cf) 시령 (siryeong) - A wooden rack laid across a room or floor for placing things.
살거리 (salgeori) - The amount and shape of flesh on the body.
살붙이 (salbuchi) - A close blood relative.
살소매 (salsomae) - The gap between the arm and the sleeve.
살손(을)붙이다 (salson(eul)buchida) - To press on with a task and put all one's heart into it.
살피 (salpi) - ① A marker indicating the boundary between two places. ② A marker separating one object from another.
심사미 (simsami) - A place that forks into three.
삼짇날 (samjinnal) - The third day of the third lunar month.
삼태기 (samtaegi) - A carrier woven from bamboo or cloth for carrying manure, soil, trash, etc.
삼하다 (samhada) - For a young child to be fierce rather than gentle in nature.
상고대 (sanggodae) - Frost that settles like snow on trees and grass.
새경 (saegyeong) - Grain or money the master gives a farmhand as payment for a year of work on the farm. = 사경(私耕) (sagyeong).
새물내 (saemullae) - The smell of freshly washed clothes just put on.
새룽이 (saerungi) - Speaking or acting in an obnoxious, frivolous way, or such a person.
샛바람 (saetbaram) - Wind blowing from the east. East wind (東風).
생무지 (saengmuji) - A person who is clumsy from lack of experience.
생인손 (saenginson) - A boil on a fingertip.
생채기 (saengchaegi) - A small wound from scratching with fingernails, etc.
생청 (saengcheong) - Contradictory words said while feigning ignorance.
생화 (saenghwa) - Work done to earn a living.
서름하다 (seoreumhada) - ① Not close to others. ② Not familiar with things.
서릊다 (seoreutda) - To sweep away bad things.
섟 (seok) - An intense emotion that flares up suddenly.
섟삭다 (seoksakda) - ① For a sudden anger to subside. ② For suspicion to be resolved.
선겁다 (seongeopda) - ① Surprising. ② Not amusing.
선바람 (seonbaram) - Dressed just as one set out.
선불걸다 (seonbulgeolda) - ① To meddle rashly. ② To get hurt by meddling in unrelated affairs.
선술집 (seonsuljip) - A bar where one can drink standing at the counter. = 목로주점 (mongnojujeom).
선웃음 (seonuseum) - A fake laugh put on (when nothing is funny).
섣부르다 (seotbureuda) - Unskilled and clumsy.
설멍하다 (seolmeonghada) - For clothes to be too short and not fit.
설면하다 (seolmyeonhada) :① A bit unfamiliar from not meeting often. ② Not affectionate.
설피다 (seolpida) - For something woven or knit to be loose and coarse.
섬돌 (seomdol) - Stone steps made for going up and down.
성금 (seonggeum) - The fruit of what one has said or done.
성기다 (seonggida) - Spaced apart rather than dense. (opp.: 배다 (baeda))
성마르다 (seongmareuda) - Hot-tempered and narrow-minded.
세나다 (senada) - ① For goods to sell well. ② For a boil etc. to get worse.
소담하다 (sodamhada) - ① For food to be plentiful and appetizing. ② Luscious-looking.
소댕 (sodaeng) - The lid that covers a pot.
소두 (sodu) - Gifts exchanged on occasions such as birthdays between in-law families recently joined by marriage.
소드락질 (sodeurakjil) - Plundering others' property.
소래기 (soraegi) - A footless earthenware vessel used as a jar lid or bowl.
소롱하다 (soronghada) - To squander one's property carelessly.
소소리바람 (sosoribaram) - The biting, chilly wind of early spring.
소수나다 (sosunada) - For the yield of land to increase. (abbr.: 솟나다 (sonnada))
소양배양하다 (soyangbaeyanghada) - Too young to know better and running wild.
소태같다 (sotaegatda) - Very bitter in taste.
속종 (sokjong) - An opinion held in one's heart.
솎다 (sokda) - To pick out and pull here and there.
손대기 (sondaegi) - A child old enough to run small errands.
손떠퀴 (sontteokwi) - The good or bad fortune that comes whenever one lays a hand on anything.
손 맑다 (son makda) - ① Unlucky, so nothing comes one's way. ② Ungenerous and stingy.
손바람 (sonbaram) - The skill or energy with which one carries out work.
손방 (sonbang) - Lack of the skill to do something.
손사래 (sonsarae) - Waving one's open hand when denying what someone says.
손타다 (sontada) - For part of one's things to go missing. To be stolen.
손포 (sonpo) - The number of people actually working, or the amount of work done.
수발 (subal) - Attending to and caring for someone.
수지니 (sujini) - A hawk tamed by human hands.
수채 (suchae) - A facility made so that waste water or rainwater from the house drains out.
숙수그레하다 (suksugeurehada) - For several things to be almost uniform in size, with little difference.
숙지다 (sukjida) - For a phenomenon or momentum to gradually decline.
숱 (sut) - The volume or amount of something.
스스럼 (seuseureom) - A cautious or shy feeling or attitude.
숨베 (sumbe) - The part of a blade (of a knife, hoe, mattock, etc.) whose end goes into the handle.
습습하다 (seupseupada) - Manly, lively, and generous.
승겁들다 (seunggeopdeulda) - To accomplish something by itself without much effort.
시게 (sige) - Grain traded at the market, or its market price.
시나브로 (sinabeuro) - Little by little, without anyone noticing.
시뜻하다 (sitteutada) - To be tired of something and lose interest.
시래기 (siraegi) - Dried radish leaves or napa cabbage leaves.
시르죽다 (sireujukda) - Unable to recover one's energy. To be dispirited.
시름없다 (sireumeopda) - ① Listless with worry and anxiety. ② Thinking of nothing.
시먹다 (simeokda) - For a young person to be presumptuous and cheeky.
시쁘다 (sippeuda) - Not satisfied.
시세 (sise) - Fine sand. = 모세 (mose), 세사(細沙) (sesa)
시설궂다 (siseolgutda) - To keep chattering, grinning all the while.
시앗 (siat) - One's husband's concubine.
시역 (siyeok) - Hard work.
시위 (siwi) - ① Flood (洪水), ② Short for ‘활시위 (hwalsiwi, bowstring)’.
시적거리다 (sijeokgeorida) - To force oneself to do something one doesn't feel like doing.
시치다 (sichida) - To baste with loose temporary stitches when sewing.
실랑이 (sillangi) - ① Harassing someone unbearably. ② Bickering with each other (승강이, seunggangi).
실큼하다 (silkeumhada) - For a feeling of dislike to arise.
실터 (silteo) - A long, narrow vacant lot between houses.
실팍하다 (silpakada) - For a person or thing to look very sturdy.
심드렁하다 (simdeureonghada) - ① Not pleased with something and having little interest. ② For an illness to drag on without getting worse.
심마니 (simmani) - A person who roams around to dig up wild ginseng.
싸개통 (ssagaetong) - ① Many people surrounding someone and wrangling. ② Being surrounded by many people and verbally abused.
싹수 (ssaksu) - Signs or omens of future promise.
쌩이질 (ssaengijil) - Bothering someone with useless things when they are at their busiest.
쓰레질 (sseurejil) - Leveling the bottom of plowed paddies and fields with a harrow.
쏘개질 (ssogaejil) - Secretly tattling by weaving together true and false things.
쓸까스르다 (sseulkkaseureuda) - To rub someone the wrong way by alternately praising and belittling them.
쓿다 (sseulta) - To husk grain and clean it.
싸도둑 (ssadoduk) - A figure of speech for resembling others rather than one's ancestors in character and appearance.

ㅇ (silent initial)

아귀차다 (agwichada) - Firm of will and thorough in work.
아기똥하다 (agittonghada) - Having an unusually arrogant attitude.
아가씨 (agassi) - ① A term used by those of lower standing for a young woman of marriageable age or one newly married. ② A respectful term a woman uses for her husband's younger sister.
아니리 (aniri) - In pansori, the spoken narration between songs (唱) that explains changes of scene or describes the setting.
아람치 (aramchi) - One's own share.
아름드리 (areumdeuri) - A large tree or object more than an armful around.
아리잠작하다 (arijamjakada) - Short, well-behaved, and childlike.
아우르다 (aureuda) - To combine many into one.
아주버니 (ajubeoni) - A term a woman uses for her husband's brothers.
아퀴짓다 (akwijitda) - To finish up a task.
악도리 (akdori) - A person or animal prone to attacking ferociously.
안날 (annal) - The day just before.
안다미 (andami) - Taking on responsibility that others should bear.
안차다 (anchada) - Fearless and bold.
안를다 (alleulda) - (Of quantity, price, etc.) not to exceed a certain limit.
안팎장사 (anpakjangsa) - Trade in which one buys goods here, takes them elsewhere and sells them, then with that money buys cheap goods there and brings them back here to sell.
알섬 (alseom) - A small uninhabited island.
알심 (alsim) - ① A quietly sympathetic heart. ② Strength greater than it looks.
알짬 (aljjam) - The most important content among many.
알천 (alcheon) - ① The most valuable item among one's property. ② The most delicious food among dishes.
암상 (amsang) - Spite that hates others and is easily jealous. = 양심 (yangsim).
암팡지다 (ampangjida) - Small in body but strong and tough.
앙금 (anggeum) - Powdery matter settled at the bottom of a liquid.
앙달머리 (angdalmeori) - Pretending to be grown-up while harboring ambitions.
앙세다 (angseda) - Tough, though the body looks weak.
앙증하다 (angjeunghada) - Small, out of proportion to its proper form.
애면글면 (aemyeongeulmyeon) - Straining with all one's might to achieve something with little strength.
애물 (aemul) - A thing or person that causes much heartache.
애벌갈이 (aebeolgari) - The first plowing of a paddy or field. (abbr.: 애갈이 (aegari)).
애성이 (aeseongi) - Feelings of resentment and anger.
애오라지 (aeoraji) - Barely, if a little insufficient; only.
애옥살이 (aeoksari) - A hard life of grinding poverty.
앤생이 (aensaengi) - A disparaging term for a frail person or a worthless thing.
앵돌아지다 (aengdorajida) - To sulk.
야바위 (yabawi) - ① A gambling game that cheats people out of money in a plausible way. ② Staging a plausible scene as a means of swindling.
야발 (yabal) - A cheeky and precocious attitude.
야비다리 (yabidari) - Airs put on by an insignificant person carried away with himself.
야수다 (yasuda) - To watch for a chance.
야지랑스럽다 (yajirangseureopda) - Annoyingly sly and nonchalant.
야짓 (yajit) - All of them, without skipping or leaving any out.
약비나다 (yakbinada) - To be utterly sick of something because it has gone too far.
얌생이 (yamsaengi) - Stealing others' things little by little.
양지머리 (yangjimeori) - The bone and meat on a cow's chest.
어거리풍년 (eogeoripungnyeon) - A rare bumper harvest (豊年).
어니눅다 (eoninukda) - To deliberately pretend to be homely.
어엿하다 (eoyeotada) - Confident and dignified in conduct.
어줍다 (eojupda) - ① Unnatural and awkward in speech or movement. ② Clumsy from lack of practice.
언걸 (eongeol) - Suffering or harm one endures because of others.
언구럭 (eongureok) - Toying with people by talking cleverly and boastfully.
언막이 (eonmagi) - An embankment built to irrigate paddies.
얼렁장사 (eolleongjangsa) - A business run by several people pooling their capital.
얼레 (eolle) - A wooden frame for winding thread.
얼레살풀다 (eollesalpulda) - To start squandering one's wealth after falling into debauchery.
업시름 (eopsireum) - Mistreatment from looking down on someone.
엇부루기 (eotburugi) - A bull calf not yet grown into a full-sized ox.
엉거능축하다 (eonggeoneungchukada) - Seeming slow-witted but having the means and manner to slyly deceive others.
엉겁 (eonggeop) - A state of sticky things clinging all over.
엉구다 (eongguda) - To gather various things to make something work.
엉너리 (eongneori) - Using sly tricks to win others' favor.
엉세판 (eongsepan) - A state of extreme poverty and want.
에끼다 (ekkida) - To cancel out goods or money owed to each other. To offset.
에다 (eda) - ① To cut out with a sharp tool. ② To hurt one's heart deeply.
여낙낙하다 (yeonangnakada) - Gentle and kind in temperament.
여남은 (yeonameun) - A number from about ten to a little over ten.
여리꾼 (yeorikkun) - A person who stands in front of a shop and draws in passing customers to buy goods.
여우비 (yeoubi) - Rain that falls briefly and stops while the sun is shining.
여정하다 (yeojeonghada) - Hardly different.
여줄가리 (yeojulgari) - A minor matter attached to an important one.
여루다 (yeoruda) - To use goods or money sparingly and save the rest.
역성 (yeokseong) - Blindly siding with one party regardless of right or wrong.
열고나다 (yeolgonada) - ① To hurry very urgently. ② For a very urgent matter to arise.
열없다 (yeoreopda) - ① A little embarrassed. ② Timid.
영절스럽다 (yeongjeolseureopda) - Plausible in words.
영바람 (yeongbaram) - A boastful, proud attitude or air.
영판 (yeongpan) - Predicting future good and bad fortune (吉凶), or a person who does so.
예제없이 (yejeeopsi) - Without distinguishing here or there.
오금 (ogeum) - The joint on the bending side of the knee.
오달지다 (odaljida) - Firm and substantial.
오례쌀 (oryessal) - Rice from early-ripening rice plants.
오릇하다 (oreutada) - Complete, lacking nothing.
오쟁이지다 (ojaengijida) - For one's wife to commit adultery with another man.
오지랖넓다 (ojiramneopda) - A mocking expression for presumptuously meddling in others' affairs that don't concern one.
옥셈 (oksem) - A miscalculation that works against oneself.
올되다 (oldoeda) - ① To mature earlier than one's age ② For grain etc. to ripen earlier than the season. (abbr.: 오되다 (odoeda))
올무 (olmu) - A snare used to catch birds or animals.
올케 (olke) - What a woman calls ‘the wife of her older or younger brother’. cf) 시누이 (sinui): one's husband's sister.
옷깃차례 (otgitcharye) - An order going around to the right from the person who started.
옹골지다 (onggoljida) - Solidly packed with substance.
옹아리 (ongari) - A baby about 100 days old recognizing people and babbling.
옹추 (ongchu) - A person one always hates and dislikes.
옹춘마니 (ongchunmani) - A narrow-minded, shriveled person.
왕청되다 (wangcheongdoeda) - For a difference to be enormous.
왜골 (waegol) - A person with a large frame and ill-mannered speech and conduct.
왜자하다 (waejahada) - For a rumor to spread widely.
왜장치다 (waejangchida) - To boast idly after something is over.
욕지기 (yokjigi) - A queasy feeling as if about to vomit.
용수 (yongsu) - ① A tool for straining liquor or soy sauce. ② A thing put over a prisoner's head so their face could not be seen when they were taken outside.
용심 (yongsim) - Spite that hates and envies others.
용지 (yongji) - A thing made by winding cloth or old cotton around a stick and soaking it in oil to burn as a light.
용천하다 (yongcheonhada) - Not very good. Having an uneasy feeling.
용춤 (yongchum) - Being pleased by flattery and doing as one is told.
용트림 (yongteurim) - A big, labored burp made while putting on airs.
우금 (ugeum) - A steep, narrow mountain valley.
우꾼하다 (ukkunhada) - ① For some force to rise strongly all at once. ② For many people to shout at once and raise their spirits.
우두망찰하다 (udumangchalhada) - To be dazed, not knowing what to do about something sudden.
우듬지 (udeumji) - The top stem of a tree.
우렁잇속 (ureongitsok) - A figure of speech for a matter so complicated it is hard to fathom.
우멍하다 (umeonghada) - For the surface (面) of an object to be sunken and hollow.
우선하다 (useonhada) - ① For an illness to seem a little better. ② For a pressed or urgent situation to ease somewhat.
우세 (use) - Being teased or laughed at by others.
우수리 (usuri) - ① Change received back after paying for goods. ② The remainder after filling a set number.
우접다 (ujeopda) - ① To become superior to others. ② To surpass one's seniors.
울대 (uldae) - A pole like a post set up in a fence.
울력 (ullyeok) - Many people working together with combined strength, or that strength.
움딸 (umttal) - A term for the new wife of a son-in-law who remarried after one's married daughter died.
웁쌀 (upssal) - A little rice placed on top when cooking with mixed grains.
웃날들다 (unnaldeulda) - For the weather to clear.
웃비 (utbi) - Rain that has stopped briefly while falling heavily.
워낭 (wonang) - A bell hung from the ears of horses and cattle down under the chin.
윗바람 (witbaram) - Cold wind seeping into a room in winter through gaps in doors or walls. = 외풍(外風) (oepung).
으르다 (eureuda) - ① To mash grain soaked in water with something like a club. ② To threaten with words or actions.
은결들다 (eungyeoldeulda) - ① To be injured internally. ② To secretly suffer inside over an unjust matter.
은사죽음 (eunsajugeum) - A matter whose due result fails to appear.
의초 (uicho) - Affection between siblings (同氣間).
이르집다 (ireujipda) - ① To tear off a peel. ② To make up things and stir up trouble.
이물 (imul) - The front of a boat. The bow. (opp.: 고물 (gomul)).
이악하다 (iakada) - Concerned only with one's own interests.
이울다 (iulda) - ① For flowers or leaves to wither. ② To weaken gradually.
이지다 (ijida) - For an animal to be fat and greasy.
입찬말 (ipchanmal) - Boastful assurances made relying on one's position and ability.
잇바디 (itbadi) - The native Korean word for ‘치열 (chiyeol, row of teeth)’.

ㅈ (j)

자닝하다 (janinghada) - So pitiful in appearance or situation that one cannot bear to look.
자리끼 (jarikki) - Water kept by the head of one's bed to drink at night.
자리보전 (jaribojeon) - Lying in bed because of illness.
자맥질 (jamaekjil) - Moving one's arms and legs in the water, bobbing up and down.
자발없다 (jabareopda) - Impatient and rash.
자부지 (jabuji) - The handle of a plow.
자빡대다 (jappakdaeda) - To refuse flatly.
자투리 (jaturi) - A remnant of cloth (left over after selling or using it).
잔다리밟다 (jandaribapda) - To rise gradually from a low position (until achieving success).
잔달음 (jandareum) - Running busily with short, quick steps.
잔질다 (janjilda) - ① Weak and lacking firmness of mind. ② Petty and stingy in behavior.
잡도리 (japdori) - Strict control (so nothing goes wrong).
잡을손 (jabeulson) - The skill to take firm hold of a task.
장맞이 (jangmaji) - Standing at a corner waiting to meet someone.
장족박 (jangjokbak) - A small gourd ladle used for scooping soy sauce.
갖추다 (gatchuda) - To quicken one's movements and urge on repeatedly.
장돌림 (jangdollim) - A merchant who travels around markets in various places selling goods. 장돌뱅이 (jangdolbaengi).
잦히다 (jachida) - After rice boils, to lower the fire briefly and then add a little fire again so the water is absorbed.
재강 (jaegang) - The dregs left after straining liquor.
재우치다 (jaeuchida) - To urge someone to hurry.
저어하다 (jeoeohada) - To fear.
적바르다 (jeokbareuda) - To barely reach a certain standard or limit.
적바람 (jeokbaram) (to look at again later) - Jotting things down briefly.
점지 (jeomji) - A deity or Buddha (神佛) granting a child to a person.
정수리 (jeongsuri) - The spot on top of the head where the fontanelle is.
제키다 (jekida) - For the skin to be slightly injured and peeled.
조라떨다 (joratteolda) - To act rashly and ruin a matter.
조리차하다 (jorichahada) - To use things frugally and carefully.
조치개 (jochigae) - Something that should naturally accompany something else. (Such as side dishes with rice)
족대기다 (jokdaegida) - ① To insist recklessly. ② To pester someone unbearably.
졸가리 (jolgari) - ① A tree branch whose leaves have all fallen. ② The gist of a thing with all the excess removed.
졸들다 (joldeulda) - To develop poorly and become stunted.
좁쌀여우 (jopssallyeou) - A term for a petty child prone to mischief.
종요롭다 (jongyoropda) - So essential that one cannot do without it.
좆다 (jotda) - To twist and tighten.
주니 (juni) - Weariness felt from extreme tedium.
주럽 (jureop) - Symptoms of fatigue and exhaustion.
주릅 (jureup) - A person whose occupation is brokering deals for a commission.
주저롭다 (jujeoropda) - In great difficulty from lack of means.
주저리 (jujeori) - Messy things hanging in disarray or bundled together.
주전부리 (jujeonburi) - A habit of frequently snacking regardless of mealtimes.
주접 (jujeop) - A person or living thing failing to grow properly because of some ailment.
줏대잡이 (jutdaejabi) - The central person.
중절거리다 (jungjeolgeorida) - To mutter chattily.
쥐락펴락 (jwirakpyeorak) - Holding someone in one's grip and controlling them at will.
쥘손 (jwilson) - The part one grips with the hand when lifting an object.
지다위 (jidawi) - ① Relying on others and pestering them. ② Pinning one's own fault on others.
지돌이 (jidori) - A treacherous mountain path one can barely get around with one's back against the rock.
지실 (jisil) - Calamity or harm befalling one.
지위 (jiwi) - A respectful term for ‘carpenter (木手)’.
지청구 (jicheonggu) - Blaming and resenting others for no reason.
직수굿하다 (jiksugutada) - Subdued and meek, no longer defiant.
진솔 (jinsol) - New clothes that have never been washed.
진번질하다 (jinbeonjilhada) - To have ample goods or money and a comfortable living.
질통 (jiltong) - A container made for carrying loads on the back.
짐짓 (jimjit) - Deliberately so, though not meaning it. On purpose.
짜개 (jjagae) - One half of something split in two (beans, red beans, etc.).
짜발량이 (jjaballyangi) - An object crushed and no longer usable.
짜장 (jjajang) - Indeed. Truly.
짝자꿍이 (jjakjakkungi) - ① A matter or plan devised in secret. ② Quarreling with each other.
째다 (jjaeda) - ① For clothes or shoes to be smaller than the body or feet and tight. ② To be pressed with work from a shortage of hands. ③ To cut or tear apart.
째마리 (jjaemari) - The worst dregs among people or things.
쭉정이 (jjukjeongi) - Grain or fruit with only a husk and no kernel.
찌그렁이 (jjigeureongi) - Pestering others unreasonably.
찜부럭 (jjimbureok) - Irritability shown at the slightest thing when suffering in body or mind.

ㅊ (ch)

차돌박이 (chadolbagi) - Fatty meat from the center of the brisket bone.
차반 (chaban) - ① Delicious, well-prepared food. ② Delicious food brought as a gift.
척(隻)을 짓다 (cheogeul jitda) - To create something over which people bear grudges against each other.
천둥 벌거숭이 (cheondung beolgeosungi) - A person who runs wild without knowing fear.
천둥지기 (cheondungjigi) - A paddy where rice can be planted only when it rains. 천수담(天水畓) (cheonsudam).
천세나다 (cheonsenada) - (Of an object) to become quite scarce because it is used in many places.
첫밗 (cheotbat) - The very first phase (of starting an action or task).
초들다 (chodeulda) - To bring something up in conversation.
초라떼다 (choratteda) - To be embarrassed by inappropriate behavior or attire.
추레하다 (churehada) - ① Shabby and worthless in appearance. ② Lacking vitality.
추지다 (chujida) - Very damp from soaked-in moisture.
치사람 (chisaram) - Love for one's elders.
치신없다 (chisineopda) - Frivolous in conduct and lacking dignity.

ㅋ (k)

켕기다 (kenggida) - ① To become taut. ② To become uneasy and afraid.
코뚜레 (kotture) - A ring-shaped piece of wood threaded through a pierced ox's nose.
코숭이 (kosungi) - The end of a mountain ridge.
콩케팥케 (kongkepatke) - A term for things being jumbled up in a mess.
큰상물림 (keunsangmullim) - Food that, after the grand table received at a wedding feast is cleared, is wrapped and sent to the recipient's family home.
킷값 (kitgap) - Behaving in a way that is not shameful for one's height.

ㅌ (t)

타끈하다 (takkeunhada) - Stingy and greedy.
타래버선 (taraebeoseon) - A kind of quilted socks worn by children around their first birthday.
타울거리다 (taulgeorida) - To strive to achieve what one intends.
터럭 (teoreok) - Long, thick hair on the body of a person or animal.
터알 (teoal) - A small field within the fence of a house.
톡탁치다 (toktakchida) - To get rid of everything regardless of right or wrong.
틋 (teut) - A bundle of 40 sheets of laver (gim).
투미하다 (tumihada) - Foolish and dull.
튀하다 (twihada) - To dip (a bird, animal, etc.) briefly in boiling water and take it out in order to pluck its feathers or hair.
트레바리 (teurebari) - A personality fond of opposing what others say for no reason.
들거지 (deulgeoji) - A dignified, imposing appearance.

ㅍ (p)

파임내다 (paimnaeda) - To spoil an agreed-upon decision by later saying something different.
판들다 (pandeulda) - To squander all one's property.
판수 (pansu) - A blind person whose occupation is fortune-telling. cf) 판수 익다 (pansu ikda): to be very familiar with the whole situation.
푸네기 (punegi) - Close blood relatives.
푸닥거리 (pudakgeori) - A gut (shamanic ritual) performed by a shaman.
푸접없다 (pujeobeopda) - Cold in manner toward others.
푹하다 (pukada) - For winter weather to be warm rather than cold.
푼더분하다 (pundeobunhada) - ① For a face to be full and attractive. ② Ample and abundant.
푼푼하다 (punpunhada) - Plentiful, lacking nothing.
풀무 (pulmu) - A device for producing a blast of air when kindling a fire.
품앗이 (pumasi) - Helping each other with laborious work, exchanging labor in turn.
풍년(豊年) 거지 (pungnyeon geoji) - A figure of speech for being the only one left out when everyone else profits.
피새 (pisae) - An impatient, sharp temper that flares up at the slightest thing.
피천 (picheon) - A very small amount of money.

ㅎ (h)

하냥다짐 (hanyangdajim) - A pledge to accept even the punishment of beheading if the matter fails.
하늬 (hanui) - A term used in farming and fishing villages for ‘the west wind (西風)’.
하릅 (hareup) - A one-year-old ox, horse, dog, etc.
하리놀다 (harinolda) - To slander someone to a superior.
하리다 (harida) - ① To indulge in luxury to one's heart's content. ② Very dull-witted.
하리들다 (harideulda) - For an obstacle to arise while something is in progress.
하릴없다 (harireopda) - ① There is no way to help it. ② Without the slightest error.
하비다 (habida) - ① To scratch and dig with fingernails or something sharp. ② To dig up and disparage others' faults.
한겻 (hangyeot) - A period of time that is one quarter of a day.
한둔 (handun) - Spending the night outdoors. Sleeping in the open (露宿).
한사리 (hansari) - The time on the 15th and the last day of each lunar month when the tide comes in highest. cf) 한무날 (hanmunal) - A term for both the 10th and the 25th lunar days, when the tidal range is the same.
한풀 (hanpul) - A certain degree of tenacity or vigor.
할경 (halgyeong) - ① Expressing contempt in words. ② Words exposing someone's disreputable origins.
함진아비 (hamjinabi) - The person who carries the box (ham) that the groom's side sends to the bride's side before the wedding.
함초롬하다 (hamchoromhada) - Neat and pretty.
함함하다 (hamhamhada) - For hair or fur to be soft and glossy.
핫아비 (hadabi) - A man who has a wife. (opp.: 홀아비 (horabi)).
핫옷 (hadot) - Clothes padded with cotton.
해거름 (haegeoreum) - Around the time the sun is almost setting.
해껏 (haekkeot) - Until the sun sets.
해소수 (haesosu) - A span of a little over a year.
해찰 (haechal) - Fiddling with this and that and damaging things.
해찰하다 (haechalhada) - Paying no attention to one's work and doing only pointless things.
행짜 (haengjja) - Spitefully harming others.
허구리 (heoguri) - The narrow part of the waist below the ribs on either side.
허닥하다 (heodakada) - To begin taking from (savings) and using it.
허드레 (heodeure) - Shabby things that can be used freely.
허룩하다 (heorukada) - To dwindle or disappear.
허룽거리다 (heorunggeorida) - Frivolous in words and actions.
허릅숭이 (heoreupsungi) - An unreliable person whose words and actions are not steady.
허물하다 (heomulhada) - To point out someone's faults and scold them.
허발 (heobal) - Eating or lunging at things recklessly from extreme hunger or want.
허방 (heobang) - A sunken hollow in the ground. cf) 허방(을)치다 (heobang(eul)chida): for something hoped for to end in failure.
허섭쓰레기 (heoseopsseuregi) - Leftover things after the good ones have been picked out.
허수하다 (heosuhada) - (Realizing that something has disappeared unnoticed, leaving an empty spot) to feel empty and sad.
허출하다 (heochulhada) - Peckish from hunger.
헛물켜다 (heonmulkyeoda) - To strive in vain for something that won't happen, believing it surely will.
헛장 (heotjang) - Big talk, bragging and boasting.
허대다 (heodaeda) - To go back and forth busily for no reason.
헤먹다 (hemeokda) - For a hole to be too loose for what's in it, so they don't fit.
헤살 (hesal) - Mischievous interference.
헤식다 (hesikda) - ① Not firm and easily falling apart. ② Unsatisfactory.
호다 (hoda) - To sew loosely through several layers of cloth when sewing.
호드기 (hodeugi) - A whistle made from a sap-filled willow twig or a short piece of wheat straw.
호락질 (horakjil) - Farming done by the family alone without borrowing others' labor.
홀앗이 (horasi) - Being in charge of the household alone.
홀지다 (holjida) - Simple, not complicated.
화수분 (hwasubun) - A term for wealth that keeps coming so it never diminishes however much is spent.
홰 (hwae) - ① A wooden bar across the inside of a birdcage or chicken coop for birds or chickens to perch on. ② A pole hung in a room etc. for hanging clothes (횃대, hwaetdae).
확 (hwak) - ① A mortar made of stone or iron. ② The hollow from the mouth of a mortar to its bottom.
회두리 (hoeduri) - The very end of many; the turn that comes last.
훈감하다 (hungamhada) - ① Rich and good in taste and smell. ② Lavish and luxurious.
흥글방망이놀다 (heunggeulbangmanginolda) - To interfere so others' affairs fail.
흐드러지다 (heudeureojida) - ① Very luscious. ② So ripe as to be soft and mellow (흐무러지다, heumureojida).
허벅지다 (heobeokjida) - Lusciously plump and soft.
희나리 (huinari) - Firewood not fully dried.
희떱다 (huitteopda) - ① Showy on the outside though empty inside. ② Generous-handed and broad-minded though penniless.

Pure Korean words related to weather

강쇠바람 (gangsoebaram) - East wind blowing in early autumn
감은바닥 (gameunbadak) - A place where the snow covering the ground has melted, exposing the ground
갑작바람 (gapjakbaram) - Wind that suddenly blows hard
건들장마 (geondeuljangma) - A rainy spell in early autumn when it pours, suddenly clears, rains again, and clears again.
고추바람 (gochubaram) - A cold wind that blows bitingly and harshly
궂 은 비 (gujeun bi) - Rain that falls long and gloomily
까부랑번개 (kkaburangbeongae) - Lightning whose discharge looks bent rather than straight
꽁무늬바람 (kkongmunuibaram) - Wind blowing from behind
누 리 (nuri) - Large raindrops that suddenly meet cold air in the sky, freeze, and fall. Hail
눈까비 (nunkkabi) - Snow that falls while melting
돋을볕 (dodeulbyeot) - The first rays of the rising sun
매지구름 (maejigureum) - A patch of cloud holding rain
미리내 (mirinae) - The Milky Way
도둑눈 (dodungnun) - Snow that falls overnight without anyone knowing
땅거미 (ttanggeomi) - The gradual darkening after the evening sun sets
뙤약볕 (ttoeyakbyeot) - Scorching sun beating down hard
명지바람 (myeongjibaram) - A soft, balmy breeze
모라기 (moragi) - A single gust of something like wind
삿갓구름 (satgatgureum) - A bamboo-hat-shaped cloud hanging near the top of an isolated mountain peak
손돌이추위 (sondorichuwi) - Severe cold around the 20th day of the 10th lunar month
싹쓸바람 (ssakseulbaram) - A wind fierce enough to sweep away everything on land and strong enough at sea to capsize ships
악수 (aksu) - Rain pouring down very hard, as if water were being dumped
자국눈 (jagungnun) - Snow just deep enough to leave footprints
작달비 (jakdalbi) - Thick, heavy, pouring rain
피죽바람 (pijukbaram) - The morning east wind and evening northwest wind that blow for a long time around rice-planting season. It is said that when this wind blows, a great famine follows and even barnyard-millet gruel is hard to come by.
햇무리 (haenmuri) - A colored ring that appears around the sun when sunlight shines through water vapor in the atmosphere

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