TOPIK II Vocab List

to leave someone/something alone/unattended

내버려두다

never

절대

to save someone/something from something

구하다; 구해줄게

stimulating/provocative/pungent/strong

자극적인

guilty of a crime (legal sense)

유죄의

guilty (the feeling)

죄책감이 드는; 죄스럽다

to compare

비교하다

to confront, fight, compete, or face off

대결하다

to be disadvantageous/unfavorable

불리하다

to be advantageous/favorable

유리하다

gas

가스

virtual

가상

housework

집안일; 가사

to clean

청소하다

drought

가뭄

motionlessly

가만히 (가만히 있다); 움직이지 않고

to indicate (as in to point, with a finger)

가리키다

to indicate (as in, to mark or display)

표시하다

to indicate (as in, to imply, hint, or suggest)

암시하다

to block, hide, cover, or obscure something from sight

가리다

powdered soap

가루비누

to be itchy

가렵다

to sink (i.e., a physical object under water/underground; submerge)

가라앉다

to sink (i.e., feeling or realization/understanding)

실감나다 (to feel real/sink in); 서서히 납득되다 (to be gradually understood/accepted)

full, filled, to capacity, packed (adv.)

가득 (가득하다); 가득 채우다

possible/possibility/potentiality

가능; 가능성

to be thin

가늘다

poverty

가난 ((가난한) = adj.)

가난을 겪다

가난에서 벗어나다

가난한 사람들

to escape/get out of/break free from

벗어나다

to cultivate/grow (i.e., plants, garden), tend; decorate, adorn, make oneself up

가꾸다

정원을 가꾸다

자신을 가꾸다

close/near

가까이

furniture store

가구점

household accountant book

가계부

humidifier

가습기

entry into a community/club/group via signing up/joining

가입

home appliances

가전제품

home/family/household (i.e., the living unit); implies people living together, which is different from “gajok”, which is used to formally describe blood ties

가정

가정 생활

가정 폭력

to assume/hypothesize

가정하다

family-like/homelike/cozy (often used for atmospheres, feelings, or management styles)

가족적; 가족적인

livestock/cattle/domestic animals

가축

value/worth

가치

separately/each/individually (emphasizes distinctiveness)

각각

each person, individually, separately, or respectively

각자

various/all kinds/every kind

각종

interval/space/gap/distance

간격

eagerly/desperately

간절히

indirect/secondhand/mediated

간접적

간접적으로 듣다

간접적 원인

간접적 경험

sign/signboard (literally); figurehead/representative (figuratively)

간판

nursing; to care for/attend to a sick person

간호 (간호하다)

to change/replace something old for new

갈다

conflict/disagreement/tension

갈등

more and more

갈수록

to change clothes

갈아입다

sense/feeling

감각

to close eyes; to wrap/coil/twine; to suit taste/be palatable; to cling/stick; to wash

감기다

director

감독

touching/moving/heartwarming

감동적

appreciation (i.e., of art or to express emotions/personal feelings)

감상

reduction/decrease

감소

매출 감소

체중 감소

수익이 감소하다

emotion/feeling/sentiment

감정

admiration/awe/wonder/amazement

감탄

river water

강물

riverside/riverbank (i.e., the land alongside a river)

강변

lecturer/instructor/tutor

강사

precipitation

강수량

lecture/talk/speech

강연

rainfall/amount of rainfall

강우량

lecture/class

강의

lecture room/classroom (specifically refers to rooms in universities, colleges, or private academies where lectures are held; distinct from the elementary/high school “gyo-sil”)

강의실

emphasis/stress/highlight

강조 (강조하다)

to prepare/get ready; equip/furnish

갖추다

시설을 갖추다

능력을 갖추다

to return/pay back

갚다

start of a semester/classes

개강

naughty child

개구쟁이

to fold (i.e., fabrics) OR for the weather to clear up

개다

opening ceremony; opening room/hall

개막실

development (i.e., the process of creating something new, such as new technology, products, or ideas)

개발

literally opening doors or gates, but also figuratively means making something open to the public, or political/economic liberalization

개방

being open/open-minded/liberal/inclusive

개방적

improvement/enhancement/reform

개선

troublesome/difficult; awkward

곤란 (곤란하다)

to be distressed

괴롭다

to be bothered/bothersome

귀찮다

to be happy

기뻐하다

to be unfamiliar

낯설다

to be surprising

놀랍다

to hesitate

망설이다

meaningfulness

보람

to be pitiful

불쌍하다

unhappiness/unfortune

불행

to be sad//hurt (emotionally)/disappointed

서운하다

to be valuable/dear

소중하다

to be upset/distressed/disappointed

속상하다

a lack of interest

싫증

to be regrettable/unfortunate

안타깝다

to be relaxed (of an atmosphere); to be free

자유롭다

shock

충격

to be familiar; friendly/cozy

친근하다

regret

후회

interest

흥미