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남북한
South and North Korea; the Korean peninsula
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남빛
deep blue
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남사당
namsadang; wayfaring male entertainer; actors on the road
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
남사스럽다
shameful
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남산
Namsan Mountain
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
남상
unwomanly face
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남색
deep blue
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남생이
Korean terrapin; freshwater tortoise
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남서
southwest
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
남서부
southwest
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남서쪽
southwest
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
남서풍
south-westerly wind; wind from the southwest
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
남성
male
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
남성미
masculine beauty; manly beauty
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
남성복
men's clothing
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
남성용
for men
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
남성적
masculine; manly
관형사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
남세스럽다
shameful
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남아
son; boy
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남아나다
last till the end
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남아돌다
be enough; be sufficient; be superfluous
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
남아메리카
South America
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
남아시아
South Asia
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
남아프리카
Southern Africa
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
남용
abuse; improper use
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남용되다
be abused; be improperly used
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남용하다
abuse; use improperly
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남우
actor
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남우세스럽다
disreputable; shameful; unsightly; unseemly
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남위
southern latitude
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남자
man; male
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
남자관계
relationships with men; dates with men
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남자아이
son; boy
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
남장
wearing men's clothes; mimicking a male appearance
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남정네
menfolk; husbands
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남존여비
belief in men's superiority over women
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남진
going south; advancing south
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남진하다
go south; advance south
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남짓
namjit
의존 명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남짓하다
being more than something
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남쪽
south; southern area
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
남청색
indigo blue
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남촌
southern village
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남측
south; southern area
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남친
boyfriend
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
남침
invasion of South Korea
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남침하다
invade South Korea
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
남탕
men's section of a public bath house
명사 · Intermediate · 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.