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본봉
basic salary
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본부
headquarters
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
본부석
box seat
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본부인
one's ex-wife
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본분
duty
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본사
headquarters
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본산
hub; capital
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본색
original color
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본서
headquarters; central office
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본선
final
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본성
nature
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본시
origin
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본심
real intention; one's heart
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본안
main agenda
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본업
main job
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본연
natural shape; innate state
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본용언
main predicate element
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본원
origin; source
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본원적
original; fundamental
관형사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본위
principle
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본의
real intention; one's heart
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본인
person concerned; person in question
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
본적
permanent domicile
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본적지
permanent domicile
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본전
principal
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본전치기
breaking even
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본점
head store; main shop
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본지
basic meaning; basic purpose
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본직
main occupation; principal business
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본질
essence; nature
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본질적
essential; fundamental
관형사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본채
main building
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본처
legal wife
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본체
identity; true nature
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본체만체하다
ignore; pretend not to see
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본토
mainland
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본토박이
native
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본향
original hometown
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본회
head office; headquarters
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
본회의
plenary session
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
볼
cheek
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
볼거리
attraction
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
볼기
buttocks
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
볼때기
cheek
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
볼록
protrudingly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
볼록하다
bulging; protruding
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
볼리비아
Bolivia
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
볼링장
bowling alley
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.