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어장
fishing ground; fishery
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어저께
yesterday
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어절
word segment
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어정쩡
vaguely; equivocally
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어정쩡하다
indefinite; ambiguous; obscure
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어제
yesterday
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
어제오늘
(no equivalent expression)
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
어제저녁
last evening
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어젯밤
last night
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
어조
tone
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어족
fish
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어종
fish species
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어줍다
awkward; clumsy; unskilled
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어중간하다
midway; halfway
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어중이떠중이
all sorts of people; Tom, Dick and Harry; the rabble
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어지간하다
fair; considerable
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어지간히
fairly; considerably
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어지러이
dizzily; giddily; dazedly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어지럼증
dizziness; vertigo
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어지럽다
dizzy; giddy
형용사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어지럽히다
make someone dizzy; make someone giddy
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어지르다
mess up; litter
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어질다
benign; kind-hearted; benevolent
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어질어질
giddily; dizzily
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어질어질하다
giddy; dizzy
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어째
eojjae
품사 없음 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어째서
eojjaeseo
품사 없음 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어쨌건
anyway; anyhow; at any rate
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어쨌든
anyway; anyhow; at any rate
부사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어쨌든지
anyway; anyhow; at any rate
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어쩌고저쩌고
blah-blah-blah; yadda-yadda-yadda
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어쩌고저쩌고하다
grumble; talk nonsense
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어쩌다
accidentally; by chance
부사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어쩌다가
accidentally; by chance
부사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어쩌면
maybe; perhaps; possibly
부사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어쩐지
somehow
부사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어쩜
maybe; perhaps; possibly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어쭙잖다
ridiculous; laughable
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어찌
why
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어찌나
so
부사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어찌어찌
somehow; in some way
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어찌어찌하다
do somehow; do in some way
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어찌하다
show why
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어찔하다
dizzy; faint
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어차피
in any case; after all
부사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
어처구니
being unspeakable; being staggering; being absurd
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어처구니없다
absurd; ridiculous; preposterous
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
어처구니없이
absurdly; ridiculously; preposterously
부사 · Advanced · 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.