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잘다
small; tiny; fine
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잘되다
go well; work well; work out
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
잘라먹다
bilk; cheat someone out of a loan
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잘랑잘랑
clink; chink
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잘록
in a curved manner
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잘록하다
narrow; curved in
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잘리다
be cut; be severed; be chopped
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
잘못
fault; mistake; misstep
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
잘못되다
go wrong
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
잘못짚다
guess wrong; misjudge; make a miscalculation
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잘못하다
commit an error; blunder; misdo
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
잘살다
be well-off; live in affluence; be rich
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
잘생기다
good-looking; handsome; comely
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
잘잘
busily
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잘잘못
right and wrong
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잘하다
do a right thing; do right
동사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
잠
sleep
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
잠결
being half asleep
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠귀
sensitivity to sound during sleep
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠그다
lock; fasten
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
잠금장치
lock; locking device; latching device
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠기
sleepiness; drowsiness
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠기다
be submerged; be soaked
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
잠깐
while; moment
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
잠꼬대
somniloquy
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠꼬대하다
talk in one's sleep
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠꾸러기
sleepyhead; late riser
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
잠들다
fall asleep; sink into a sleep
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
잠바
jumper; jacket
명사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
잠버릇
sleeping habit
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
잠보
sleepyhead; late riser
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠복
stakeout; lying low; hiding
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠복근무
stakeout
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠복기
latent period; incubation period
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠복하다
be in hiding; lie low
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠수
submergence; submerging
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠수부
diver
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠수하다
submerge; go underwater
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠수함
submarine
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠시
for a while; for a moment; for some time
부사 · Beginner · NIKL learner grade
잠식
encroachment
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠식당하다
be encroached on; be eaten away
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠식되다
be encroached on; be eaten away
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠식하다
encroach; eat away
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠언
aphorism; maxim; adage
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠영
underwater swimming
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
잠옷
nightclothes; sleepwear
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
잠입
infiltration
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.