Korean Vocabulary 2

처음 뵙겠습니다.

Nice to meet you. (polite)

오랜만이에요.

It's been so long.

와 주셔서 감사합니다.

Thanks for coming.

나중에 뵙겠습니다.

See you later. (polite)

정중히 거절하겠습니다.

I politely decline.

어쩔 수 없었어요.

It was unavoidable. / I couldn't help it.

죽었다 깨어나도 못합니다.

It's absolutely impossible.

폐를 끼쳐 송구스럽습니다.

I'm very sorry to have troubled you.

귀하의 앞날에 무궁한 발전을 기원합니다.

I wish you tremendous success in everything you do.

(득남을 / 득녀를) 축하드립니다.

Congratulations on the arrival of your new (son / daughter).

새해 복 많이 받으세요!

Happy New Year!

실례합니다.

Excuse me.

고인의 명복을 빕니다

rest in peace

당신의 충고를 가슴에 새기겠습니다.

I will take your advice to heart.

자나 깨나 당신을 생각해요.

I think of you night and day.

간 떨어질 뻔 했어요!

You scared me!

아무것도 안하고 그냥 있어.

I am just chilling.

와! 불금이다!

Wow! Thank God it's Friday!

배고파 죽겠어요.

I am starving.

새치기 하지 마세요.

Don't cut in line.

바가지 씌우지 마세요.

Don't rip me off.

선배

upper classmate

후배

under classmate

남

person

아줌마

older woman

이모

middle-aged woman

아가씨

young woman

처녀

young woman, virgin

아저씨

older man

삼촌

middle-aged man

총각

young single man

(친) 할아버지 / 할머니

grandfather / grandmother (father's side)

(외) 할아버지 / 할머니

grandfather / grandmother (mother's side)

큰아버지

uncle (father's older brother)

작은아버지

uncle (father's younger brother)

고모

aunt (father's side)

(외) 삼촌

uncle (mother's side)

이모

aunt (mother's side)

남편

husband

형님

husband's older sister (married)

/ husband's older brother's wife

아우

husband's younger sister (married)

아가씨

husband's unmarried sister

아주버님

husband's older brother

서방님

husband's younger married brother

도련님

husband's younger unmarried brother

시아버지 / 시아버님

husband's father

시어머니 / 시어머님

husband's mother

부인 / 아내 / 자기 / 여보

wife

처형

wife's older sister

처제

wife's younger sister

형님

wife's older brother

처남

wife's younger brother

장모님

wife's mother

장인어른

wife's father

높임말

honorific speech

존댓말

formal speech

반말

casual speech

진지

meal, cooked rice (honorific)

성함

name (honorific)

연세

age (honorific)

생신

birthday (honorific)

말씀

speech, words (honorific)

병환

sickness (honorific)

분

person (honorific)

댁

home, house (honorific)

저희

we/us/our (honorific)

님

Mr., Mrs. etc (honorific)

알

egg (round objects)

형제

brothers

말

horse

우산

umbrella

헬스장

gym

정신

mind, spirit

힘

power, energy

냄새

smell, odor

햇빛

sunlight

눈빛

gaze, glare of eye

휴가

vacation, day off

휴식

short break

먼저

first of all, before anything else

계획

plan

사무실

office

회의실

meeting room

월급

salary

출근

go to work

퇴근

get off work

회의

meeting

발표

presentation, speech

출장

business trip

퇴직

retirement

초등학교

elementary school

중학교

middle school

고등학교

high school

대학교

college, university

사이

relationship, between

게릴라 전투

guerrilla warfare

어떻게

how? in what way?

아직도

still (not), even now

연말

the end of the year

주소

address (for houses, businesses)