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간소화
simplification
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간소화되다
be simplified
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간소화하다
simplify
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간수
keeping; storage; safekeeping
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간수하다
keep; store; safekeep
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간식
snack
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
간식거리
between-meal snack; munchies
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간신
disloyal retainer; treacherous retainer
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간신배
disloyal retainers; treacherous retainers
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간신히
with difficulty
부사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간악하다
wicked; treacherous
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간암
liver cancer
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간언
expostulation; remonstrance; advice
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간언하다
expostulate; remonstrate; advise
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간여
intervention
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간여하다
intervene
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간염
hepatitis
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간음
adultery
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간음죄
adultery
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간음하다
commit adultery
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간이
simplicity; ease; handiness
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간이식
easy-to-build type
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간이식당
snack bar; diner; cafeteria
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간장
liver
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간절하다
sincere; ardent
형용사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간절히
sincerely; heartily
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간접
indirectness
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간접세
indirect tax
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간접적
indirect
관형사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간접흡연
second-hand smoking
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간조
low tide; low water
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간주
regard; consideration; count
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간주곡
interlude
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간주되다
be considered
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간주하다
deem; regard
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간증
testimony
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간지
sexagenary cycle; Stems-and-Branches
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간지럼
tickle
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간지럽다
feel ticklish
형용사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간지럽히다
tickle
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간직되다
be kept; be stored
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간직하다
keep; store
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
간질
epilepsy
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간질간질
in an itchy state
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간질간질하다
itchy
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간질거리다
itch; be tickling
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간질대다
itch; be tickling
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
간질병
epilepsy
명사 · 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.