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허비
waste; idling away
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허비되다
be wasted; be idled away
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허비적허비적
scratch scratch
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허비적허비적하다
dig; pick; poke
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허비하다
waste; idle away
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허사
being in vain; coming to nothing
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허상
illusion; delusion; false image
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허세
bluff; brag; ostentation
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허송세월
idling away; wasting time; killing time
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허송세월하다
idle away; waste time
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허송하다
idle away; waste time
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허수아비
scarecrow
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허술하다
shabby; humble
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허술히
shabbily; humbly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허식
ostentation; vanity
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허실
weakness and strength
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허심탄회
frankness; open-mindedness
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허심탄회하다
frank; open-minded
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허약
weakness; fragility; feebleness
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허약하다
weak; fragile; feeble
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허여되다
be allowed; be granted; be permitted
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허여멀겋다
fair
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허여멀쑥하다
fair and clean; fair and neat
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허여하다
allow; grant; permit
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허영
vanity; pretense; show
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허영심
vanity
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허옇다
dimly white
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허욕
vain desire; avarice
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허용
permission; allowing
명사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
허용되다
be permitted; be allowed
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
허용하다
permit; allow
동사 · Intermediate · NIKL learner grade
허우대
figure; physique; outer appearance
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허우적거리다
flounder; writhe; struggle
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허우적대다
flounder; writhe; struggle
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허우적이다
flounder; writhe; struggle
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허우적허우적
in a floundering manner
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허우적허우적하다
flounder; writhe; struggle
동사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허울
disguise; deceptive outward appearance
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허위
falsehood; lie; untruth
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허전하다
empty; forlorn; lonely
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허전히
lonesomely; forlornly
부사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허점
loophole; hole; weak point
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허접하다
sloppy
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허탈
being spiritless; being dejected; being absent-minded; being dazed
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허탈감
spiritlessness; dejection; despondency
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허탈하다
dispirited; dejected; despondent
형용사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허탕
waste of time; no use
명사 · Advanced · NIKL learner grade
허투루
roughly; carelessly; randomly; without a plan
부사 · 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.