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자치 단체
self-governing body
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자치권
autonomous right; autonomy
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자치제
local autonomy
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자칫
(no equivalent expression)
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자칫하다
fail at the slightest slip
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자칭
self-praise
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자칭하다
praise oneself; speak highly of oneself
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자타
one and others
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자탄
lamenting oneself; complaining about oneself; sighing over one's own matter
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자태
figure; shape; chassis
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자택
one's house
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자퇴
dropping out of school; leaving school voluntarily; voluntary withdrawal
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자퇴하다
drop out of school; leave school voluntarily; give up school willingly
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자투리
remnants of cloth; odds and ends of cloth
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자판
keyboard
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
자판기
vending machine
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
자폐
autism
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자폐아
child with autism; autistic child
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자폐증
autism
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자포자기
giving oneself up; desperation; self-abandonment
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자포자기하다
give oneself up; become desperate; abandon oneself
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자폭
suicidal explosion; self-blasting bombing
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자폭하다
detonate oneself; blow oneself up
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자필
one's own handwriting; holograph
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자학
self-torment; self-torture
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자학하다
torture oneself; be cruel to oneself
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자해
self-injury; self-harm; self-wrong
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자해하다
harm oneself; do wrong to oneself
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자행
committing; perpetration
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자행되다
be committed; be perpetrated
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자행하다
commit; perpetrate
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자형
one's brother-in-law
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자혜롭다
charitable; benevolent
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자화상
self-portrait
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자화자찬
self-praise; self-admiration
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자화자찬하다
praise oneself; boast of oneself
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자활
self-support; earning one's own living
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
자회사
subsidiary company; affiliated company; daughter firm
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
작
work; production
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
작가
writer; author
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
작고
decease
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
작고하다
decease
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
작곡
composition
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
작곡가
composer
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
작곡되다
be composed
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
작곡자
composer
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
작곡하다
compose
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
작금
(no equivalent expression)
명사 · 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.