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극화
dramatization
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
극화되다
be dramatized
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
극화하다
dramatize
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
극히
greatly; extremely
부사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근
geun
의존 명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근간
recent publication
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근거
base; stronghold
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근거리
short distance
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근거지
base
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근거하다
have one's base in
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근검
being frugal and hard-working
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근검절약
thrift and saving
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근검절약하다
be thrifty and frugal
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근검하다
frugal and diligent
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근경
close-range view
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근교
suburb; outskirts
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근근
barely; with difficulty
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근근이
barely; with difficulty
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근년
recent years
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근대
modern times
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근대사
modern history
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근대성
modernity
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근대식
being modern
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근대적
modern
관형사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근대화
modernization
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근대화되다
be modernized
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근대화하다
modernize
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근데
by the way
부사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근동
Near East
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근래
recent days; recent years
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근력
muscular strength
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근로
work; labor
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근로자
worker
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근린
neighborhood
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근면
diligence
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근면성
diligence
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근면하다
diligent
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근면히
diligently; earnestly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근무
work
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근무자
worker
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근무지
workplace
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근무처
working place
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근무하다
work
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근방
vicinity
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근본
essence; base; foundation
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근본적
fundamental
관형사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
근사치
approximate value
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
근사하다
similar; close
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
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Beginner, intermediate, and advanced are the National Institute of Korean Language’s learner vocabulary grades. They are not official TOPIK levels or a prediction of test difficulty.