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머플러
muffler
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
머핀
muffin
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
먹
meok
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹거리
food
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
먹고살다
make a living
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
먹구름
dark clouds
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹구름장
blanket of dark clouds
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
먹다
be deaf
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹먹하다
deafened
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹물
meongmul
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
먹방
(no equivalent expression)
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
먹보
glutton; pig
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹성
appetite
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹을거리
food
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
먹음직스럽다
appetizing
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹음직스레
appetizingly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹음직하다
looking delicious
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹이
feed
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
먹이다
make someone eat; feed
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
먹잇감
prey
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
먹자골목
food alley
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹자판
feast
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹장구름
black clouds
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹지
carbon paper
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹칠
smearing with Chinese ink
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹칠하다
smear with ink
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹통
headstrong person
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹혀들다
work well; be effective
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먹히다
be eaten; be swallowed
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
먼동
break of dawn
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먼바다
far out at sea
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
먼발치
distant place
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먼저
being early
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
먼젓번
being prior
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
먼지
dust
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
먼지떨이
duster
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
먼지투성이
dustiness
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
멀거니
vacantly; blankly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
멀겋다
not clear
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
멀끔하다
neat; clean
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
멀다
distant; far-off
형용사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
멀뚱거리다
look blankly; stare vacantly
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
멀뚱대다
look blankly; stare vacantly
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
멀뚱멀뚱
(no equivalent expression)
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
멀뚱멀뚱하다
blank; dull
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
멀뚱하다
blank; dull
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
멀뚱히
in an absentminded manner
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
멀리
far
부사 · Beginner · 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.