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자동차
car; automobile
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
자동판매기
vending machine
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
자동화
automation
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자동화되다
be automated; become automatic
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자동화하다
be automated; automate
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자두
plum; prune
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
자라
softshell turtle
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자라나다
grow
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
자라다
grow
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
자락
hem; skirt; bottom
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자랑
boast; brag; showing off
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
자랑거리
something to be proud of
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
자랑삼다
boast of
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자랑스럽다
proud
형용사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
자랑스레
boastfully; proudly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자랑하다
boast; brag; make a boast of
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
자력
one's own efforts
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자료
material; data; reference
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
자료실
reference room
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
자료집
source book; information package
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자루
bag; sack
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자르다
cut; sever; chop
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
자르르
glossily; lustrously
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자르르하다
greasy; oily
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자리
mat
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
자리매김
positioning
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자리매김하다
be positioned as; establish oneself as
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자리보전
lying in one´s sickbed
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자리보전하다
be sick in bed; be bedridden; lie in one's sickbed
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자리하다
be located; be situated
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
자린고비
miser; penny pincher
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자립
independence; self-reliance
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자립성
independence
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자립심
sense of independence
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자립적
independent
관형사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자립하다
become independent; rely on oneself; stand on one's own feet
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자릿수
digit
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자막
subtitles; caption
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
자만
conceit; pride; vanity
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자만심
conceit; vanity; pride
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자만하다
show off oneself; be conceited
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자매
sisters
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
자맥질
dipping
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자맥질하다
dip
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자멸
self-destruction; self-ruin
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자멸하다
destroy oneself; ruin oneself
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자명종
alarm; alarm clock
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
자명하다
obvious; self-evident; self-explanatory
형용사 · 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.