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고스란히
just as it is; in its totality
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고스톱
go-stop
명사 · NIKL learner grade not listed
고슬고슬
in a properly cooked state
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고슬고슬하다
properly cooked
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고슴도치
hedgehog
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
고승
great monk; venerable monk
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고시
state examination
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고시되다
be notified; be announced
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고시랑거리다
grumble
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고시랑고시랑
in a grumpy manner; in a grumbling manner
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고시랑고시랑하다
grumble
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고시랑대다
grumble
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고시생
someone preparing to take a state exam
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고시원
accommodations for students studying for exams
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
고시조
gosijo; old traditional Korean poem
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고시하다
notify; announce
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고식적
being makeshift; being stopgap; being temporary
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고심
consideration; contemplation; deliberation
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고심하다
take pains; rack one's brains
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고아
orphan
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고아원
orphanage
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고안
designing; inventing; creating
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고안되다
be designed; be invented; be created
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고안하다
design; invent; create
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고압
high pressure
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고압선
high-tension cable
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고압적
high-handed; oppressive; domineering
관형사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고액
large sum
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
고액권
large denomination bill; large bill
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고약
ointment
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고약스럽다
ill-natured; evil; wicked
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고약하다
bad; nasty; disgusting
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고얀
ill-natured; evil; wicked
관형사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고양
boosting; encouragement
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고양되다
be enhanced
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고양이
cat
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
고양하다
enhance
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고어
archaic word
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고역
toil; drudgery
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고역스럽다
being a drudgery; being a backbreaker
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고열
heat; high temperature
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고온
high temperature
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고요
silence; quiet; stillness
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
고요하다
silent; quiet
형용사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
고요히
silently
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고용
employment
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고용되다
be employed
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
고용률
employment rate
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