Korean Vocabulary vài trăm từ

과정

process or course

즉

in other words; namely, that is to say

더욱

more and more

채

(1) in that state (ex: 벗은 ~ = naked); (2) stick/racket

자체

(1) itself, in an unaltered state; (2) one's own body

중심

(1) the nucleus, the focus, the heart; (2) balance

역시

as expected, likewise; no less; wouldn't you know

이르다

(1) to reach/arrive at (a destination/limit); (2) to tattle/rat on; (3) to be early/premature

현상

(1) phenomenon; (2) the present situation, state

듯

like; as if; as…as

구조

(1) construction, structure; (2) rescue

오히려

rather, preferably; if anything (ex: ~ 제가 미안하다 = if anything I should apologize)

적

the time, the occasion, when

바라보다

look at; to hope for/look forward to

일부

part, portion

고개

(1) head (lit. "nape of the neck"); (2) hill or mountain pass

향하다

to face, look out on

형태

form, shape

작업

work; operation (esp. military/medical)

역할

part, role

만하다

be worth (ex: 볼~하다 = worth seeing); be the extent of

영향

influence, consequences

조건

condition (ex: 필요~~ = nec. condition), stipulation

능력

ability, capability (ex: 초~ = superpower)

주장하다

to assert, maintain, claim, contend

자체적으로

by one's self; autonomously

존재

existence, being

분야

area/field (of study)

행위

act, action, deed

수준

level, standard

가치

value, worth

집단

group of ppl, esp. of peers, not nec. organized (NOT 단체 or 조직)

살펴보다

to examine; to check out/take stock of; to keep an eye on/look out for (an inferior)

장관

(1) cabinet minister/secretary; (2) grandeur/great spectacle

끌다

to pull, drag, haul; to prolong

시기

(1) time; (2) opportunity, chance

마치

as though, as if (not 듯; this precedes the clause)

생산

(1) production (2) birth

바라다

to hope/wish

나타내다

to show, display

질서

order, system (NOT 순서; ex: ~ 지키다 = maintain order/proper decorum or procedures)

벌이다

to stage (protest, demonstration, campaign); to throw (a party); to wage (a conflict)

자세

bodily position, posture, stance (esp. sports)

강조하다

to emphasize, highlight

주로

principally, mainly

요구하다

to demand/require; to claim (sth that one seeks)

삼다

to make [a friend/an issue of] (ex: 문제로 ~)

조직

(1) organization/group (not 단체); (2) [bodily] tissue; system/machinery [of govt] ("정부 ~")

다만

only, merely, simply, nevertheless

대다

(1) put, place up to (ex: 자를 ~ = to park a car); (2) to provide (ex: 생활비를 ~ = to provide living expenses)

무대

stage

과연

indeed, really (ex: ~ 듣던 대로다 = it is indeed as I have heard)

인정하다

to acknowledge, recognize, approve, accept, concede

불구하다

to be deformed, malformed

기르다

to rear (a child); raise/grow (an animal, plants)

물질

matter, substance, material

살아가다

to live, make a living, get by (ex: 근근이 ~ = to barely get by)

펴다

to spread out, unfold; (idiom: 꿈을 ~ = to attain a dream)

제시하다

to suggest, present (evidence, price, license), propose

불과하다

merely, nothing more than (usage: X에 ~ = it's just X)

혹은

or (not 또는)

파악하다

to grasp, seize, understand (not 이해하다)

공동

joint, communal (共同); (n.) cavern (空洞)

까닭

reason, cause, grounds (NOT 이유)

방안

(n.) way, plan, scheme

분명하다

to be clear, distinct, plain, obvious, certain

분석

analysis

한계

boundary, limit (ex: ~를 짓다/넘다 = set/exceed a limit)

흔히

ordinarily, commonly, often

바탕

(1) foundation, basis (~이 좋은 사람 = man of good disposition); (2) background/field; (3) natural disposition; (4) a bout (wrestling); (5) be based on (x에 ~을 두다 = is based on x)

시선

gaze, line of vision (ex: ~이 쏠렸다 = attention leaned toward (was focused on); ~을 끌다 = to draw attention)

아무런

any sort of -- with negative (usage: ~ X 없이 = without any sort of X)

언론

the mass media

성장

growth, development (NOT 발전)

얼른

quickly, at once, promptly (NOT 빨리)

임금

(1) wages, pay (ex: 최저~ = minimum wage); (2) king, monarch

대책

countermeasure, contingency plan (ex: ~이 없다 = a mess, without a proper plan, senseless)

발생하다

to happen; to originate, come from

어쩌다

(1) accidently, by chance; occasionally (2) ~면 = perhaps; (3) ~서 = why/how come

결코

never, by no means (~ 늦지 않다 = never too late; ~ 나쁘지 않다 = not bad at all)

구체적

specific, concrete

실시하다

to implement, impose enforce, carry out

규모

scale, magnitude (ex: 대~ = large scale; ~의 경제 = economy of scale)

갖추다

(1) to prepare, get ready, equip; (2) to possess [a characteristic] (ex: 겸손을 ~ = to have modesty)

현장

site; on site, on location (~ 연구/조사 = field study/investigation)

맞다

(1) to be right (~히다 = to guess); (2) to be hit/struck; (3) to greet, welcome

유지하다

to preserve, maintain

대중

the public, the masses

각종

all kinds of; a variety/assortment of

피하다

to avoid, to keep away from

거치다

to pass [through a place, a test--but 시험을 치르다 is more common]

여전히

still; as before

발견하다

to discover

형식

form, formality, convention

마련하다

to prepare, arrange (ex: 음식을 ~ = to prepare food/do the catering)

걸치다

(1) to wear (coat, shirt, scarf), drape across (2) to span, range from A to B; (3) to go for a drink (rarely used)