Unconjugated Verbs

나아가다

move forward/advance

비치다

shine/be reflected/be mirrored

뜨다

open/look at/float/be excited/scoop/depart/leave

올리다

increase/raise/achieve/elevate

건지다

fish/scoop/escape//recover

생각하다/기억하다

to think/recall/remember/be interested in

가지다

hold/possess/own

돌아오다

return/receive/come back

서다

stand/be made/serve

믿다

belief/faith/religious belief/trust in

기르다

raise/breed/cultivate/grow/train/teach

죽이다

kill/put out/make something less strong/make blunt

돌려주다

give back/return/borrow

걸리다

to hang/be locked/be arranged/walk

발견하다

discover/find/locate

베풀다

throw/give/hold/do someone a favor

보답하다

reward/return (a favor)/make requital

들다

come in/enter/move to/raise/lift/take/give

조심하다

practice caution/be cautious

사라지다

disappear/vanish/die/go out of sight

버리다

throw away/get rid of/desert/leave/abandon

태어나다

be born

자라다/나다

to grow/develop (2: also means build/open/form)

지내다

to live/be on certain terms/serve as

날다

to fly

늙다

to become old/be on the decline/be overripe

울다

cry/howl/sing/make a sound

낑낑하다

to groan/moan

쌓다

pile/heap/construct/amass/accumulate

우물쭈물하다

be indecisive/waver/be hesitant

다듬다

trim/fix/mend

부스러지다

broken/smashed/crushed/crumbled

집중하다

concentrate/focus/devote oneself

늘어놓다

arrange/display/scatter/put in disorder/attempt various tasks

따지다

question closely/nitpick/calculate

따르다

follow/equal/match/respect

아끼다

save, cut back on, love, value

빠지다

sink down into/be thrown into/fall into/be deceived/fall out/slip out/be left/be missing/be short

반짝이다

twinkle/glitter/shine

깜짝하다

startle/surprised suddenly/blink

잠자다

go to sleep/lie idle/sleep/get some sleep

잦아들다

subside/dry/ease/abate/seep/overwhelm

신나다

become happy/become delighted/be excited about/become elated

뚫어지다

be punched/be pierced/stare at /fix one’s eyes on/be connected/be made

계속하다

continue/resume

웃다

laugh/smile

놀다

play/have fun/stay unemployed/rest

싸다

wrap/surround/pack

가져가다/데려오다/슬쩍하다

bring/steal (second is bring someone with)

해치다

hurt/damage/injure/kill/ruin/spoil

도망가다

escape/make off/flee

깨우다 (Base is 깨다)

wake up (base also means: sober up/break/smash/hurt/injure)

움켜잡다/잡다

grab/grip/seize (slaughter/butcher)

맞다

be correct/be right/receive/deal with/be beaten/be injected/be hit

낚아채다

snatch/tear/take/hook/attract/steal

엎어지다

fell down/fall/be shattered/be dashed//collapse

구르다/굴러가다

roll/be left neglected/idle/stamp/step on hard

지르다

yell/shout/nudge/poke/stink/cross/cut off

오르다/올라가다/떠오르다

go up/climb/reach/get on/take/rise

주저앉다

sink to one’s knees/settle/collapse/squat on the ground

지저귀다

chirp/chatter/blabber

어루만지다

stroke/touch/caress/waft/brush past/soothe

느끼다

feel/realize/become aware of

일렁이다

waver/sway/shake/quiver/rise

심다

plant/transplant

기다리다

wait

퍼지다

spread out/get fat/swell/overcooked/flare out

열리다

open/be unlocked/be held/take place/start

참다

endure/withstand/fight back/be patient/control/suppress

신다

put on/wear

익다

ripe/be cooked/be fermented

나누다

divide/split/classify/sort/chat with/have a talk with

대하다

face/confront/handle/deal with/consider an opponent/deal harshly with

오글거리다

oggle-worthy/cringe-worthy

터지다

be broken down/be pierced/be chapped/burst open/unravel

부르다

call out for/gesture/read/dictate/full (belly)/bulging

생기다

be formed/come into being/obtain/get/occur/take place

다니다

go continuously/drop in/attend/commute/go around

닮다

resemble/copy/follow

결혼하다

marry/get married

안다

hug/embrace/hold in one’s arms/meet/face

기다리다

wait

입양하다

adopt

출근하다

go to work/arrive at work

-인 척하다 (ex: 학생인 척하다)

pretend (used with a noun) Ex: (pretend to be a student)

깜박깜박하다

blinking/flicker/waver/be blurred

숨다

hide/be hidden

빠져나가다

get out/escape

펴다

open/spread out/stretch/stand tall/straighten/flatten

뛰쳐나오다

rush out/leap out/run out

눈치채다

sense/become aware of/be suspicious of/get wind of/be conscious of

우거지다

be thick/dense (covered)

해내다

win/defeat/make it/achieve/pull off/manage

짓다/만들다

make/write/form

보이다

be viewed/be seen/look/appear/be visible

지켜보다

observe/monitor/keep track of

피어나다

bloom/come out/kindle/burn/glow