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비몽사몽
being half-asleep; being half-awake; being half-dreaming and half-awake
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비무장
demilitarization; being unarmed
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비밀
secret; covertness
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
비밀리
being in secret; being confidential
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비밀문서
secret document; confidential document
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
비밀번호
password; PIN number
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
비밀스럽다
secretive; clandestine; covert; hush-hush
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비밀스레
secretly; in secret
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비바람
rain and wind
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
비방
secret method; secret recipe
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비방하다
slander; malign
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비범하다
extraordinary; unusual
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비법
secret; magic formula; know-how
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
비보
sad news
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비분강개
sorrowful indignation; sorrowful resentment
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비분강개하다
deplore; resent sorrowfully
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비비다
rub
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
비빔냉면
bibim naengmyeon; cold buckwheat noodles
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
비빔밥
bibimbap
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
비상
emergency; contingency; being in crisis
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비상구
emergency exit
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
비상근무
emergency working; being on emergency duty; emergency operation
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비상금
nest egg; cache; cash reserves
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비상벨
emergency bell; alarm bell
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비상시
emergency; being in a state of emergency
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비상식
absurd
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
비상용
being for emergency; emergency
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비상조치
emergency measure; contingency action
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비상하다
unusual
형용사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
비생산적
being unproductive
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비서
secretary; personal assistant
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비서실
secretary's office
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비석
tombstone; monument
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
비소설
nonfiction
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비속어
slang; vulgarism
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비속하다
vulgar; coarse
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비수기
off-season; being off-peak
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비수도권
non-metropolitan area
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
비스듬하다
askew; oblique
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비스듬히
obliquely
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비슬비슬
falteringly; totteringly
부사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
비슷비슷하다
much the same
형용사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
비슷이
similarly
부사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
비슷하다
similar
형용사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
비실거리다
falter; totter
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비실대다
falter; totter
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비실비실
falteringly; totteringly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
비실비실하다
falter; totter
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
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