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얼얼하다
hot; pungent
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얼음
ice
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
얼음낚시
ice fishing
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
얼음덩이
lump of ice; cube of ice; piece of ice
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
얼음물
ice water
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
얼음장
sheet of ice
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
얼음주머니
ice pack
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
얼음찜질
(no equivalent expression)
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
얼음판
icy ground; the ice
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
얼쩡거리다
flatter; fawn over
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얼쩡대다
flatter; fawn over
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얼쩡얼쩡
loiteringly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얼쩡얼쩡하다
flatter; fawn over
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얼추
approximately
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얼큰하다
spicy; hot
형용사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
얼큰히
spicily; hotly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얼토당토아니하다
absurd; ridiculous; nonsensical
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얼토당토않다
absurd; ridiculous; nonsensical
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얼핏
in an instant; in a flash
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얽다
be pockmarked
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얽매다
bind; tie up; fasten
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얽매이다
be bound; be tied up; be fastened
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얽히고설키다
tangle; entwine
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
얽히다
tangle; entwine
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄격
rigidness; sternness; austerity
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
엄격성
rigidness; sternness; austerity
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
엄격하다
strict; stern; rigorous
형용사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
엄격히
strictly; sternly; rigorously
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄금
strict ban; forbidding strictly
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄금하다
forbid strictly
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄동
harsh winter; severe winter
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄동설한
cold spell of winter; frigid winter
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄두
daring to do something; the very thought of doing something
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄마
mom
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
엄명
strict order; stringent command
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄명하다
give a strict order; give a stringent command
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄밀성
strictness; preciseness; closeness
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄밀하다
strict; precise
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄밀히
strictly; precisely
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄벌
severe punishment; heavy punishment
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄벌하다
impose a severe punishment
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄부자모
strict father and loving mother
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄살
exaggeration of pain; feigning pain; great fuss about nothing
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄살꾸러기
crybaby; fussbudget
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄살떨다
exaggerate pain; feign pain; make great fuss about nothing
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄선
careful selection
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄선되다
be selected carefully
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
엄선하다
select carefully
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
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