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Eighty-eight TOPIK I words: home, clothes and chores, food and shopping, places and getting around, the body and health, nature and the seasons, people and jobs, feelings, messages and memory, and free time — each with an original polite sentence on the front.

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  1. 저번 (jeobeon) (n.)
    저번 주에 친구랑 영화를 봤어요.
    last time, the other time

    I saw a movie with a friend last week.

    Note: 저번 주 means the same as 지난주.
    Time & Days
  2. 신호등 (sinhodeung) (n.)
    신호등이 바뀔 때까지 기다리세요.
    traffic light

    Wait until the traffic light changes.

    Note: The green light is 파란불 (literally "blue light"); the red light is 빨간불.
    Places & Transport
  3. 한가하다 (hangahada) (adj.)
    이번 주말에는 조금 한가해요.
    free, not busy

    I'm fairly free this weekend.

    Note: The opposite is 바쁘다.
    Common Verbs & Adjectives
  4. 친절 (chinjeol) (n.)
    직원들의 친절에 기분이 좋았어요.
    kindness, friendliness

    The staff's kindness put me in a good mood.

    Note: The everyday form is the adjective 친절하다: 직원이 친절해요.
    People & Family
  5. 기타 (gita) (n.)
    주말마다 기타를 배우고 있어요.
    guitar

    I've been learning guitar every weekend.

    Watch out: Playing it is 기타를 치다, not 기타를 하다.

    Homograph: 기타 (others, etc.) is a different word.
    Hobbies & Culture
  6. 슬퍼하다 (seulpeohada) (v.)
    아이가 강아지를 잃어버려서 많이 슬퍼했어요.
    to grieve, be sad (usually of someone else)

    The child was very sad after losing the puppy.

    Watch out: 슬프다 usually states your own feeling; 슬퍼하다 usually describes someone else's, seen from outside.
    Feelings
  7. 가위 (gawi) (n.)
    가위를 잠깐 빌려줄 수 있어요?
    scissors

    Could you lend me the scissors for a second?

    Note: In 가위바위보 (rock-paper-scissors), 가위 is the scissors.
    Home & Belongings
  8. 무궁화 (mugunghwa) (n.)
    무궁화는 한국을 대표하는 꽃이에요.
    rose of Sharon (Korea's national flower)

    The rose of Sharon is the flower that represents Korea.

    Note: The children's game 무궁화 꽃이 피었습니다 ("red light, green light") is named after it.
    Nature & Weather
  9. 배 (bae) (n.)
    제 방은 동생 방보다 두 배 커요.
    times, -fold (두 배 = twice)

    My room is twice as big as my younger sibling's.

    Note: Small numbers are native: 두 배 (twice), 세 배 (three times); large ones are Sino-Korean: 백 배.

    Homograph: 배 (stomach), 배 (boat) and 배 (pear) are different words.
    Amounts & Measures
  10. 수고 (sugo) (n.)
    오늘 하루도 수고가 많으셨어요.
    effort, hard work, trouble

    You worked so hard again today.

    Note: 수고하셨습니다 thanks someone for their work; avoid 수고하세요 to a senior.
    Function Words & Expressions

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  • Word selection follows the TOPIK public vocabulary list (2015, 토픽 어휘 목록 공개 목록) for TOPIK I (초급), ordered by the National Institute of Korean Language's learner word list (2003, KOGL Type 1); both via julienshim/combined_korean_vocabulary_list. Spelling, spacing and meanings checked against the Standard Korean Dictionary (표준국어대사전); romanization follows the Revised Romanization of Korean (2000). Reference only; all glosses and example sentences are original.

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