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사설
editorial; column
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
사소하다
trifling; trivial
형용사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
사수
desperate defense; guarding someone with your life; protection; securing
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사수하다
defend desperately; guard someone with one's life; secure
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사슬
chain
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사슴
deer
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사슴뿔
antler
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사시
squinter; cross-eyed person
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사시사철
four seasons; being throughout the year; being all year round; always
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사식
private food for a prisoner
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사신
envoy; diplomatic representative
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사실
fact
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
사실무근
being groundless; being baseless
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사실상
actually; as a matter of fact; de facto
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사실성
reality; being realistic; truth
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사실적
real
관형사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
사실주의
realism
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사심
ulterior motive; being selfish; self-interest
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사십
forty
수사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
사악하다
malicious; wicked
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사안
issue; agenda; matter
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사약
sayak
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사양
twilight; dusk
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사양길
being on the decline; being on the wane
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사양하다
refuse; decline
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사업
business
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
사업가
businessperson; entrepreneur
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
사업비
project cost
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
사업성
business feasibility
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사업소
business office
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사업자
businessperson; business operator
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
사업장
place of business; workplace
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사업주
proprietor
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사업체
company; business entity; business
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사업하다
do business; operate
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
사업화
commercialization
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사역
putting to work; fatigue duty
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사연
story; full story
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
사열
inspection; examination; scrutiny
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사열하다
inspect; examine
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사옥
company building; corporate office; building
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사외
being outside the company; being outside
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사욕
selfish desire; self-interest
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사용
use; usage
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
사용권
the right of usage; license
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
사용되다
be used
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
사용량
usage; use; amount of use
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
사용료
rental fee; usage fee
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.