Advanced Korean Vocabulary List (TOPIK 6)

All 2,780 Korean vocabulary words at the advanced (TOPIK 6) level, grouped into 7 topic categories — numbers, food, family, travel and more. Near-native — debate, literature and abstract ideas. Every word has romanization and an English meaning, curated by a certified Korean language teacher. Pick a topic to see the full list.

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Sample words

• 관용구 gwanyonggu idiom, set phrase
• 고사성어 gosaseongeo idiom derived from an old story
• 비격식 bigyeoksik informal register
• 화계 hwagye speech level system
• 가까스로 gakkaseuro barely, narrowly
• 첨지 cheomji old man (archaic, disparaging term)
• 임 im beloved one (folk poetic term)
• 야박하다 yabakada to be cold-hearted, stingy
• 인색하다 insaekada to be stingy, miserly
• 대감 daegam honorific for a high official (archaic)
• 거르다 georeuda to strain, to filter
• 거르다 georeuda to skip, to miss (a meal)
• 견과 gyeongwa nut (food)
• 곁들이다 gyeotdeurida to accompany with, to add alongside
• 고다 goda to simmer, to boil down slowly
• 인력거 illyeokgeo rickshaw
• 십리 simni ten ri (approx. 4 km)
• 가로지르다 garojireuda to cut across, to traverse
• 가파르다 gapareuda to be steep, to be precipitous
• 간밤 ganbam last night
• 민주화 minjuhwa democratization
• 아리랑 arirang Arirang (Korean folk song)
• 헤드라인 hedeurain headline, news heading
• 가라앉히다 garaanchida to calm down, to settle, to subdue
• 가려내다 garyeonaeda to sort out, to pick out
• 자아 jaa self, ego
• 진달래 jindallae azalea (flower)
• 잎새 ipsae leaf (poetic)
• 동백꽃 dongbaekkkot camellia flower
• 고갈 gogal exhaustion, depletion
• 관점 gwanjeom perspective, viewpoint
• 모순 mosun contradiction
• 전제 jeonje premise, presupposition
• 가설 gaseol hypothesis, assumption
• 검증 geomjeung verification, validation