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어른어른하다
glimmer
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어리광
acting like a baby; child's act of coquetry
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어리굴젓
eoriguljeot; spicy salted oysters
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
어리다
gather in; come to
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어리둥절하다
confused; confounded; muddled
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어리바리
absent-mindedly; in a bumbling manner
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어리바리하다
absent-minded; dazed
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어리벙벙하다
confused; confounded; muddled
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어리석다
silly; stupid; idiotic
형용사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어린것
little child; one's own child
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어린아이
child; kid
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
어린애
child; kid
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어린이
children; kids
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
어린이날
Children's day
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
어린이집
nursery
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어림
estimation; guess
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어림없다
impossible; absurd; preposterous
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어림잡다
estimate; guess
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어림짐작
guess; rough guess
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어림짐작하다
estimate; guess
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어림하다
estimate; guess
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어릿광대
clown; jester
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어마어마하다
enormous; tremendous; huge
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어머
oh my goodness; why
감탄사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어머나
oh my goodness; why
감탄사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어머니
mother
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
어머님
mother; female parent
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
어머머
oh my goodness; why
감탄사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어멈
someone's mother
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어명
royal command; king's order
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어묵
fish cake
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
어문학
language and literature
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어물거리다
move sluggishly
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어물대다
move sluggishly
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어물어물
slowly; sluggishly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어물어물하다
move sluggishly
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어물쩍
evasively; quibblingly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어물쩍거리다
evade; quibble
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어물쩍대다
evade; quibble
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어물쩍어물쩍
evasively; quibblingly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어물쩍어물쩍하다
evade; quibble
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어물쩍이다
evade; quibble
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어물쩍하다
evade; quibble
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어미
ending of a word
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어민
fisherman
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어버이
parents
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어버이날
Parents' Day
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
어법
grammar; diction
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
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