💡Korean Society & Ideas Vocabulary List

Browse all 5,598 Korean society & ideas vocabulary words, organised by TOPIK level (1–6). Society, economy, ideas and abstract concepts for intermediate to advanced learners. Each word has romanization and an English meaning, curated by a certified Korean language teacher. Pick a level to see the full list.

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• 가지 gaji kind, sort
• 갈비탕 galbitang galbitang, beef rib soup
• 갈아타다 garatada to transfer (bus, subway)
• 감사 gamsa thanks, gratitude
• 것 geot thing
• 계속 gyesok continuously, nonstop
• 금지 geumji prohibition; -forbidden
• 무게 muge weight
• 정리하다 jeongnihada to organize, to put in order
• 출입하다 churiphada to enter and exit, go in/out
• 알약 aryak pill, tablet
• 드시다 deusida to take / eat (honorific of 먹다)
• 계좌 gyejwa bank account
• 깨지다 kkaejida to break, to be shattered
• 단점 danjeom weakness, disadvantage, shortcoming
• 동료 dongnyo colleague, coworker
• 동아리 dongari club, student club, circle
• 문장 munjang sentence
• 의견 uigyeon opinion, view
• 객관적 gaekgwanjeok objective, objective quality
• 결론 gyeollon conclusion
• 경력 gyeongnyeok career, work experience
• 그래프 geuraepeu graph, chart
• 도입 doip introduction, adoption, importation
• 정책 jeongchaek policy
• 비판 bipan criticism, critique
• 감탄 gamtan admiration, exclamation
• 격식 gyeoksik formality, etiquette, decorum
• 공식적 gongsikjeok official, formal
• 금리 geumni interest rate
• 관점 gwanjeom perspective, viewpoint
• 모순 mosun contradiction
• 전제 jeonje premise, presupposition
• 가설 gaseol hypothesis, assumption
• 검증 geomjeung verification, validation
• 격차 gyeokcha gap, disparity