User:Matthias Buchmeier/en-ko-k

K2 {prop} (the world’s second highest mountain) :: K2 산 /kei-i san/
kabuki {n} (form of Japanese theatre) :: 가부키 /gabuki/
Kabul {prop} (capital of Afghanistan) :: ^카불 /Kabul/
kabuto {n} (traditional Japanese military helmet) :: 가부토 /gabuto/
kafir {n} (infidel, non-Muslim) :: 카피르 /kapireu/
Kafkaesque {adj} (marked by menacing complexity) :: 카프카적이다 /kapeukajeogida/
Kagawa {prop} (Kagawa, Japan) :: ^가가와 /Gagawa/
Kagoshima {prop} (city) :: ^가고시마 /Gagosima/
Kagoshima {prop} (prefecture) :: ^가고시마 /Gagosima/
kakke {n} (beriberi) SEE: beriberi ::
Kalamazoo {prop} (city) :: ^캘러머주 /Kaelleomeoju/
kalbi {n} (dish) :: 갈비 /galbi/
Kali {prop} (goddess) :: 칼리 /kalli/
Kaliningrad {prop} (Kaliningrad, see also: Königsberg) :: ^칼리닌그라드 /Kallinin-geuradeu/
Kaluga {prop} (city in Russia) :: ^칼루가 /Kalluga/
Kama Sutra {prop} (Sanskrit treatise) :: ^카마수트라 /Kamasuteura/
Kamchatka {prop} (peninsula in the Russian Far East) :: ^캄차카 /Kamchaka/
kamikaze {n} (suicidal attack) :: 가미카제 /gamikaje/, 다이아타리 /daiatari/
kamikaze {n} (suicidal attacker) :: 가미카제 /gamikaje/
Kampala {prop} (capital of Uganda) :: ^캄팔라 /Kampalla/
Kampuchea {prop} (former name for Cambodia, see also: Cambodia) :: ^캄푸치아 /Kampuchia/
Kan {prop} (a Japanese surname) :: ^간 /Gan/ ()
kana {n} (Japanese syllabaries) :: 가나 /gana/
Kanagawa {prop} (Kanagawa, Japan) :: ^가나가와 /Ganagawa/
Kanazawa {prop} (a city of Japan) :: ^가나자와 /Ganajawa/
kancho {n} (game or prank involving thrusting one's hand into another's anal region) :: 똥침 /ttongchim/
Kandahar {prop} (city and province in southern Afghanistan) :: ^칸다하르 /Kandahareu/
kangaroo {n} (marsupial) :: 캥거루 /kaenggeoru/
kangaroo court {n} (an unjust (quasi-)judicial proceeding or group) :: 캥거루 재판 /kaenggeoru jaepan/
kango {n} (a Sino-Japanese word) :: 한어 /haneo/ (漢語)
Kangwon {prop} (province of North Korea) :: 강원도 /gang-wondo/
kanji {n} (Chinese characters in Japanese context) :: [any Chinese character] 한자 /hanja/ (漢字), 일문 한자 /ilmun hanja/ (日文漢字), 일본어한자 /ilboneoui hanja/ (日本語漢字)
Kanji {prop} (kanji) SEE: kanji ::
Kannada {n} (language) :: ^칸나다어 /Kannada-eo/
Kanpur {prop} (city in India) :: ^칸푸르 /Kanpureu/
Kansas City {prop} (a large city straddling the border between Kansas and Missouri, USA) :: 캔자스시티 /kaenjaseusiti/
Kao-hsiung {prop} (Kaohsiung) SEE: Kaohsiung ::
Kaohsiung {prop} (a large city in Taiwan) :: ^가오슝 /Gaosyung/
kaoliang {n} (liquor) :: 고량주 /goryangju/ (高粱酒)
Kapampangan {prop} (language) :: 팜판가어 /pampan-ga-eo/, 팜팡가어 /pampangga-eo/, 카팜팡안 /kapampang-an/
kappa {n} (Greek letter) :: 카파 /kapa/
Karachi {prop} (the capital of the province of Sindh, Pakistan) :: ^카라치 /Karachi/
Karafuto {prop} (Sakhalin) SEE: Sakhalin ::
karaoke {n} (a form of entertainment) :: 노래방 /noraebang/, 가라오케 /garaoke/
karat {n} (unit of fineness of gold) :: 캐럿 /kaereot/
karate {n} (martial art) :: 카라테 /karate/, 가라데 /garade/, 공수도 /gongsudo/
Karelian {prop} (the language) :: ^카리알라어 /Karialla-eo/
Karl {prop} (cognates) SEE: Charles ::
Karl {prop} (transliterations) SEE: Carl ::
Karluk {n} (member of nomadic tribe) :: 카를루크 /kareullukeu/, 가라록 /gararok/ (歌邏祿), 갈라록 /gallarok/ (葛邏祿)
karma {n} (the total effect of a person’s actions and conduct during the successive phases of his existence) :: /eop/, 카르마 /kareuma/
Karnataka {prop} (state in southern India) :: ^카르나타카 주 /Kareunataka ju/, ^카르나타카 /Kareunataka/
karoshi {n} (death from overwork) :: 과로사 /gwarosa/
Kartvelian {n} (Georgian) SEE: Georgian ::
Kartvelian {prop} (Georgian) SEE: Georgian ::
Kartvelian {adj} (Georgian) SEE: Georgian ::
kasha {n} (porridge) :: 카샤 /kasya/
Kashgar {prop} (prefecture, city) :: ^카스 /Kaseu/, ^카슈가르 /Kasyugareu/
Kashi {prop} (Kashgar) SEE: Kashgar ::
Kashmir {prop} (region) :: ^카슈미르 /Kasyumireu/
Kashmiri {prop} (language) :: 카슈미르어 /Kasyumireu-eo/
kasra {n} (kasra) :: 카스라 /kaseura/
Kasserine {prop} (Tunisian city) :: 카세린 /kaserin/
katakana {n} (Japanese syllabary) :: 가타카나 /gatakana/, 카타카나 /katakana/, 카타가나 /katagana/
katana {n} (type of Japanese longsword) :: 가타나 /gatana/
Katharevousa {prop} (purist variant of Modern Greek) :: ^카타레부사 /Katarebusa/
Kathleen {prop} (Catherine) SEE: Catherine ::
Kathmandu {prop} (Kathmandu) :: ^카트만두 /Kateumandu/
kathoey {n} (in Thailand, a male-to-female transgender person, person of a third-gender, or effeminate homosexual male, see also: ladyboy) :: 카토이 /katoi/
Katyusha {n} (rocket launcher) :: 카추샤 /kachusya/, 카튜샤 /katyusya/
Kaunas {prop} (city) :: 카우나스 /kaunaseu/
kawaii {adj} (cute, in the context of Japanese culture) :: 카와이 /kawai/, 가와이 /gawai/
Kawasaki {prop} (a city in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan) :: ^가와사키 /Gawasaki/
Kawasaki {prop} (a Japanese surname) :: ^가와사키 /Gawasaki/
Kawasaki {prop} (a Japanese motorcycle manufacturer) :: ^가와사키 /Gawasaki/
Kaxgar {prop} (Kashgar) SEE: Kashgar ::
kay {n} (name of the letter K, k) :: 케이 /kei/
kayak {n} (a type of small boat) :: 카약 /kayak/
Kazakh {n} (language) :: 카자흐어 /kajaheueo/
Kazakhstan {prop} (country in Central Asia) :: ^카자흐스탄 /Kajaheuseutan/
Kazakhstani {n} (person of Kazakh origin) SEE: Kazakh ::
Kazakhstani {adj} (of or pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language) SEE: Kazakh ::
Kazan {prop} (city in Russia) :: ^카잔 /Kajan/
Kōbe {prop} (Kobe) SEE: Kobe ::
Kōchi {prop} (Kochi) SEE: Kochi ::
KCIA {prop} :: KCIA
K-drama {n} (Korean TV drama) :: ^한국 드라마 /Han-guk deurama/, K 드라마 /kei deurama/
Keats {prop} (transliterations of the name Keats) :: ^키츠 /Kicheu/
kebab {n} (kebab) :: 케밥 /kebap/
keel {n} (beam along the underside of a ship’s hull) :: 용골 /yonggol/
keel over {v} (to die) SEE: die ::
Keelung {prop} (a city in Taiwan) :: ^지룽 /Jirung/
keep {v} (to maintain possession of) :: 지키다 /jikida/
keep {v} (to maintain the condition of; to preserve) :: 지키다 /jikida/, 유지하다 /yujihada/
keep {v} (to remain in, to be confined to) :: 머물다 /meomulda/, 머무르다 /meomureuda/
keep {v} (to restrain) :: 참다 /chamda/
keep {v} (to continue) :: 계속하다 /gyesokhada/
keep {v} (of livestock: to raise; to care for) :: 기르다 /gireuda/
keep company {v} (court) SEE: court ::
keep quiet {v} (remain silent) :: 조용히 하다 /joyonghi hada/, 침묵하다 /chimmukhada/, 말하지 않다 /malhaji anta/
keep the change {phrase} (instruction to keep the change) :: 잔돈 안 주셔도 됩니다 /jandon an jusyeodo doemnida/
kefir {n} (fermented milk) :: 케피르 /kepireu/
Keijō {prop} (Seoul) SEE: Seoul ::
Keijō {prop} ((historical) the name of Seoul during the Japanese occupation period in the early 20th century) :: ^경성 /Gyeongseong/ (京城)
kek {interj} (indication of laughter or humour) :: ㅋㅋ /keukeu/
kelp {n} (large seaweed of order Laminariales) :: 다시마 /dasima/, 켈프 /kelpeu/
kelpie {n} (spirit) :: 켈피 /kelpi/
kelvin {n} (SI temperature unit) :: 켈빈 /kelbin/
Kemerovo {prop} (city in Siberia) :: ^케메로보 /Kemerobo/
Kemi {prop} (town) :: 케미 /kemi/
kendama {n} (Japanese toy with an attached ball) :: 켄다마 /kendama/
kendo {n} (Japanese martial art) :: 검도 /geomdo/ (劍道)
Kennedy {prop} (surname) :: ^케네디 /Kenedi/
kennel {n} (shelter) :: 개집 /gaejip/
Kent {prop} (the English maritime county) :: ^켄트 주 /Kenteu ju/
Kenya {prop} (country in Eastern Africa) :: ^케냐 /Kenya/
Kerala {prop} (state in southern India) :: ^케랄라 주 /Keralla ju/, ^케랄라 /Keralla/
keratitis {n} (inflammation of the cornea) :: 각막염 /gangmagyeom/
keratoconus {n} (A degenerative disorder of the eye) :: 원추각막 /wonchugangmak/
kerb {n} (edge between pavement and roadway) :: 연석 /yeonseok/
Kerch {prop} (city) :: ^케르치 /Kereuchi/
kerchief {n} (piece of cloth) :: 두건 /dugeon/
Kerch Strait {prop} (Strait of Kerch) SEE: Strait of Kerch ::
kernel {n} (core or essence of an object or system) :: 핵심 /haeksim/
kernel {n} ((computing) central part of many computer operating systems) :: 커널 /keoneol/
kerosene {n} (thin, colorless fuel) :: 등유 /deung-yu/ (燈油), 케로신 /kerosin/
kestrel {n} (Falco tinnunculus) :: 황조롱이 /hwangjorong-i/
Ket {prop} (language) :: 케트어 /Keteu-eo/
ketchup {n} (tomato-vinegar based sauce) :: 케첩 /kecheop/
ketone {n} (organic chemicals with the >CO functional group) :: 케톤 /keton/
kettle {n} (vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food) :: 주전자 /jujeonja/
kettle {n} (teakettle) SEE: teakettle ::
kettle {n} (steam locomotive) SEE: steam locomotive ::
kettlebell {n} (a kind of weight) :: 케틀벨 /keteulbel/
Kevin {prop} (male given name) :: ^케빈 /Kebin/
key {n} (device designed to open and close a lock) :: 열쇠 /yeolsoe/
key {n} (button on a typewriter or computer keyboard) :: /ki/, 버튼 /beoteun/
key {n} :: 열쇠 /yeolsoe/
keyboard {n} (set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.) :: 자판 /japan/ (字板), 키보드 /kibodeu/, 글쇠판 /geulsoepan/
keyboard {n} (component of many instruments) :: 건반 /geonban/
keychain {n} (chain or ring) :: 키 체인 /ki chein/
keyhole {n} (a hole to lock/unlock with a key) :: 열쇠 구멍 /yeolsoe gumeong/
Keynes {prop} (transliterations of the surname) :: ^케인스 /Keinseu/
keynote {n} (tonic) SEE: tonic ::
keyring {n} (ring for holding keys) :: 열쇠 고리 /yeolsoe gori/
keystone {n} (the top stone of an arch) :: 쐐기돌 /sswaegidol/
Kōfu {prop} (Kofu) SEE: Kofu ::
KGB {prop} ((historical) The former Soviet State Security Committee) :: 카게베 /kagebe/, 케이지비 /keijibi/
Khabarovsk {prop} (city in Russia) :: ^하바롭스크 /Habaropseukeu/
khachapuri {n} (cheese pastry from Georgia) :: 하차푸리 /hachapuri/
khan {n} (a ruler over various Turkic, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages) :: /kan/, 가한 /gahan/, 카간 /kagan/
Khan Tengri {prop} (mountain) :: 한텡그리 /hantenggeuri/
Khanty-Mansiysk {prop} (city in Russia) :: ^한티만시스크 /Hantimansiseukeu/
Kharkiv {prop} (city) :: ^하르키우 /Hareukiu/
Kharkov {prop} (Kharkiv) SEE: Kharkiv ::
Khartoum {prop} (capital of Sudan) :: ^하르툼 /Hareutum/
khat {n} (shrub (Catha edulis)) :: 까트 /kkateu/
Khmer {n} (language) :: 크메르어 /keumereueo/
Khmer {adj} (of or pertaining to Khmer people or their language) :: 크메르 /keumereu/
Khmer Rouge {prop} (Cambodian communist guerrilla force) :: ^크메르 루주 /Keumereu ruju/
Khrushchev {prop} (surname) :: ^흐루쇼프 /Heurusyopeu/
khural {n} (parliament or national congress in Mongolia) :: 후랄 /hural/
kibbutz {n} (a community) :: 키부츠 /kibucheu/
kick ass {v} (to be very impressive) :: 대단한 /daedanhan/
kickboxing {n} (sport) :: 킥복싱 /kikboksing/
kick butt {v} (kick ass) SEE: kick ass ::
kick scooter {n} (foot-propelled vehicle) SEE: scooter ::
kick the bucket {v} (to die) :: 죽다 /jukda/, 뻗다 /ppeotda/(stretch out)
kick the bucket {v} (to break down beyond repair) :: 고장나다 /gojangnada/
kid {n} (young person (colloq.)) :: 어린이 /eorini/
kidnap {v} (to seize and detain a person unlawfully) :: 채가다 /chaegada/, 훔치다 /humchida/
kidnap {n} (an instance of kidnapping) :: 납치 /napchi/ (拉致)
kidnapping {n} (the crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom) :: 납치 /napchi/ (拉致)
kidney {n} (an organ in the body) :: 콩팥 /kongpat/, 신장 /sinjang/ (腎臟)
kieserite {n} (hydrated magnesium sulphate mineral) :: 키저라이트 /kijeoraiteu/
Kiev {prop} (Ukrainian city) :: ^키예프 /Kiyepeu/
Kiev {prop} (Medieval principality) SEE: Kievan Rus ::
Kievan Rus {prop} (medieval principality) :: ^키예프 공국 /Kiyepeu gongguk/, ^키예프 ^루시 /Kiyepeu Rusi/
Kigali {prop} (capital of Rwanda) :: ^키갈리 /Kigalli/
kikimora {n} (a female house spirit) :: 키키모라 /kikimora/
kill {v} (to put to death) :: 죽이다 /jugida/
kill {n} (act of killing) :: 죽이다 /jugida/
killer {n} (person who kills) :: 살인자 /sarinja/ (殺人者)
killer {n} (murderer) :: 살인자 /sarinja/ (殺人者)
killer whale {n} (A sea mammal, Orcinus orca) :: 범고래 /beomgorae/
Killing Fields {prop} (sites in Cambodia where mass slaughter was carried out) :: 킬링필드 /killingpildeu/
kill time {v} (make time seem to pass more quickly by doing nothing important) :: 시간을 보내다 /sigan-eul bonaeda/
kill two birds with one stone {v} (solve two problems at once) :: 일석이조 /ilseok-ijo/ (one stone, two birds) (一石二鳥)
kiln {n} (oven, furnace or heated chamber) :: 가마 /gama/
kilo {n} (short form of kilogram) :: 킬로 /killo/
kilo- {prefix} (prefix) :: 킬로- /killo-/
kilobyte {n} (1024 bytes) :: 킬로바이트 /killobaiteu/
kilogram {n} (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams) :: 킬로그램 /killogeuraem/, 키로 /kiro/, 킬로 /killo/
kilojoule {n} (an SI unit of energy) :: 킬로줄 /killojul/
kilometre {n} (unit of measure) :: 킬로미터 /killomiteo/
kilosecond {n} (unit of time equal to 1000 seconds) :: 킬로초 /killocho/
kilt {n} (traditional Scottish garment) :: 킬트 /kilteu/
Kim {prop} (Korean surname) :: ^김 /Gim/ ()
kimbap {n} (a Korean dish) :: 김밥 /gimbap/
kimchi {n} (Korean dish) :: 김치 /gimchi/
kimchi {n} (ethnic slur for Koreans) :: 김치남 /gimchinam/, 김치녀 /gimchinyeo/
kimono {n} (traditional Japanese clothing) :: 기모노 /gimono/, 일본옷 /ilbonot/
kin {n} (relatives collectively) :: 친족 /chinjok/
kin {n} (relative) SEE: relative ::
kind {n} (type, race, category) :: 종류 /jongnyu/
kind {adj} (affectionate, nice) :: 친절하다 /chinjeolhada/, 착하다 /chakhada/
kindergarten {n} (educational institution for young children, usually between ages 4 and 6) :: 유치원 /yuchiwon/ (幼稚園), 유아원 /yuawon/
kindle {v} (to start (a fire)) :: 불붙이다 /bulbuchida/
kindness {n} (being kind) :: 친절 /chinjeol/
kindred {n} (kin) SEE: kin ::
kinesthetics {n} (proprioception) SEE: proprioception ::
kinetic {adj} (relating to motion) :: 운동의 /undong-ui/
kinetic energy {n} (energy from motion) :: 운동 에너지 /undong eneoji/
kinetics {n} (physics) :: 동력학 /dongnyeokhak/
king {n} (a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation) :: 임금 /imgeum/, /wang/ (), 국왕 /gugwang/
king {n} (a powerful or influential person) :: /wang/
king {n} (a playing piece in chess) :: /king/
king {n} (a playing card with the image of a king in it) :: /king/
King Arthur {prop} (legendary king of Britain) :: 아서 왕 /aseo wang/ (아서王 /aseo王/)
kingdom {n} (realm having as supreme ruler a king and/or queen) :: 왕국 /wangguk/ (王國)
kingdom {n} (taxonomic division, below Domain and above Phylum) :: /gye/
Kingdom of Belgium {prop} (official name of Belgium) :: 벨기에 왕국 /belgie wangguk/
Kingdom of Cambodia {prop} (official name of Cambodia) :: 캄보디아 왕국 /kambodia wangguk/
Kingdom of Denmark {prop} (official name of Denmark) :: 덴마크 왕국 /denmakeu wangguk/
Kingdom of England {prop} (Kingdom of England) :: 잉글랜드 왕국 /inggeullaendeu wangguk/
Kingdom of Great Britain {prop} :: ^그레이트브리튼 왕국 /Geureiteubeuriteun wangguk/
Kingdom of Heaven {prop} (Christian concept) :: 하느님의 나라 /haneunim-ui nara/, 천국 /cheon-guk/ (天國)
Kingdom of Morocco {prop} (official name of Morocco) :: 모로코 왕국 /moroko wangguk/
Kingdom of Norway {prop} (official name of Norway) :: 노르웨이 왕국 /noreuwei wangguk/
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia {prop} (official name of Saudi Arabia) :: ^사우디 ^아라비아 왕국 /Saudi Arabia wangguk/
Kingdom of Scotland {prop} (Kingdom of Scotland) :: 스코틀랜드 왕국 /seukoteullaendeu wangguk/
Kingdom of Spain {prop} (official name of Spain) :: 스페인 왕국 /seupein wangguk/
Kingdom of Sweden {prop} (official name of Sweden) :: 스웨덴 왕국 /seuweden wangguk/
Kingdom of Thailand {prop} (official name of Thailand) :: ^타이 왕국 /Tai wangguk/
Kingdom of the Netherlands {prop} (monarchy consisting of the Netherlands and the Caribbean independent constituent countries) :: 네덜란드 왕국 /nedeollandeu wangguk/
King Kong {prop} (a fictional giant ape) :: ^킹콩 /Kingkong/
Kings {prop} (book of the Bible) :: ^열왕기 /Yeorwanggi/
king's man {n} (customs officer) SEE: customs officer ::
Kingston {prop} (capital of Jamaica) :: ^킹스턴 /Kingseuteon/
Kingstown {prop} (capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) :: 킹스타운 /kingseutaun/
king tide {n} (spring tide) SEE: spring tide ::
kinkajou {n} (Potos flavus) :: 킨카주 /kinkaju/
kinome {n} (set of all kinases) :: 키놈 /kinom/
Kinshasa {prop} (the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) :: ^킨샤사 /Kinsyasa/
kinship {n} (relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption) :: 친족 관계 /chinjok gwan-gye/
kiosk {n} (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) :: 키오스크 /kioseukeu/, 소매점 /somaejeom/
kip {n} (unit of currency in Laos) :: /kip/
kipfel {n} (croissant) SEE: croissant ::
Kiribati {prop} (Republic of Kiribati) :: 키리바시 /kiribasi/
Kirill {prop} (Cyril) SEE: Cyril ::
Kirill {prop} (Kirill, Russian male given name) :: ^키릴 /Kiril/
kirin {n} (qilin) SEE: qilin ::
Kirov {prop} (Russian surname) :: ^키로프 /Kiropeu/
Kirov {prop} (city in Russia) :: ^키로프 /Kiropeu/
kisaeng {n} (a Korean entertainer) :: 기생 /gisaeng/, 기녀 /ginyeo/
kisel {n} (dessert) :: 키셀 /kisel/
kiss {v} (to touch with the lips) :: 입맞추다 /immatchuda/, 키스하다 /kiseuhada/, 뽀뽀하다 /ppoppohada/
kiss {n} (touch with the lips) :: 입맞춤 /immatchum/, 키스 /kiseu/, 뽀뽀 /ppoppo/
kissing gourami {n} (fish) :: 키싱 구라미 /kising gurami/
kiss me {phrase} (kiss me) :: 키스해 /kiseu-hae/ [informal], 키스해라 /kiseu-haera/ [plain], 키스해요 /kiseu-haeyo/ [more polite]
Kiswahili {prop} (Swahili) SEE: Swahili ::
kit {n} (clothing) SEE: clothing ::
kitbag {n} (large cylindrical holdall) SEE: duffel bag ::
kitchen {n} (room) :: 부엌 /bueok/, 주방 /jubang/
kitchen garden {n} (a garden used for growing fruits, vegetables for use in the kitchen) SEE: vegetable garden ::
kitchen roll {n} (paper towel) SEE: paper towel ::
kitchen towel {n} (sheet of kitchen paper) SEE: paper towel ::
kite {n} (bird of prey of the family Accipitridae) :: 솔개 /solgae/
kite {n} (lightweight toy) :: /yeon/
kite {v} (to move rapidly) SEE: rush ::
kitten {n} (a young cat) :: 나비 /nabi/ 자묘 /jamyo/ 아깽이 /akkaeng-i/
kitty {n} (kitten, small cat) :: 나비 /nabi/, 냐옹 /nyaong/, 고양이 /goyang-i/
kiwi {n} (bird) :: 키위 /kiwi/
kiwi {n} (kiwi fruit) SEE: kiwi fruit ::
kiwi fruit {n} (fruit) :: 다래 /darae/, 키위 /kiwi/
klaxon {n} (loud electric horn or alarm) :: 클락션 /keullaksyeon/
Klein bottle {n} (closed surface) :: ^클라인 병 /Keullain byeong/
kleptarchy {n} (kleptocracy) SEE: kleptocracy ::
kleptocracy {n} (corrupt and dishonest government) :: 도둑정치 /dodukjeongchi/
klipspringer {n} (Oreotragus oreotragus) :: 바위타기영양 /bawitagiyeong-yang/
knead {v} (to work and press into a mass) :: 이기다 /igida/
knee {n} (joint in the middle of the leg and area around it) :: 무릎 /mureup/
kneecap {n} (bone) :: 슬개골 /seulgaegol/ (膝蓋骨), 무릎뼈 /mureupppyeo/
knee high {n} (knee sock) SEE: knee sock ::
kneel {v} (to stoop down and rest on the knee) :: 꿇다 /kkulta/
kneepan {n} (kneecap) SEE: kneecap ::
knee sock {n} (a sock that reaches almost up to the knee) :: 무릎양말 /mureupyangmal/, 니삭스 /nisakseu/
knickers {n} (panties) SEE: panties ::
knife {n} (utensil or tool designed for cutting) :: /kal/, 나이프 /naipeu/
knife {n} :: /kal/
knight {n} (warrior, especially of the Middle Ages) :: 기사 /gisa/ (騎士), 나이트 /naiteu/
knight {n} (person on whom a knighthood has been conferred) :: 기사 /gisa/ (騎士)
knight {n} (chess piece) :: 나이트 /naiteu/
Königsberg {prop} (the former capital of East Prussia, see also: Kaliningrad) :: ^쾨니히스베르크 /Koenihiseubereukeu/
Königsberger Klopse {n} (East Prussian dish of meatballs) :: 쾨니히스베르거 클롭제 /koenihiseubereugeo keullopje/
knit {v} (to make fabric from thread or yarn) :: 뜨다 /tteuda/
knitting {n} (activity and process of knitting) :: 뜨개질 //
knitting needle {n} (thin rod used to knit yarn) :: 뜨개질 바늘 /tteugaejil baneul/
knock {n} (abrupt rapping sound) :: 노크 /nokeu/, 노킹 /noking/
knock {v} (to rap one's knuckles against something) :: 노크하다 /nokeuhada/, 두드리다 /dudeurida/
knock back {v} (reject) SEE: reject ::
knock knock {interj} (phrase used in lieu of knocking on a door) SEE: knock-knock ::
knock-knock {interj} (verbal knocking sound) :: 똑똑 /ttokttok/, 노크노크 /nokeunokeu/
knock oneself out {v} (go nuts) SEE: go nuts ::
knockout {n} (act of making someone unconscious) :: 녹아웃 /nogaut/
knot {n} (looping) :: 매듭 /maedeup/, /ko/
knot {n} (difficult situation) :: 난제 /nanje/, 곤경 /gon-gyeong/
knot {n} (whorl in wood left by branch) :: 나무옹이 /namuong-i/
knot {n} (firm swollen tissue caused by injury) :: /hok/, 사마귀 /samagwi/
knot {n} (nautical unit of speed) :: 노트 /noteu/, 해리 /haeri/
knot {n} :: 매듭 /maedeup/
knot theory {n} (branch of topology) :: 매듭 이론 /maedeup iron/
know {v} (be certain or sure about (something)) :: 알다 /alda/
know {v} (be acquainted or familiar with) :: ...와 친한 사이다 /...wa chinhan saida/, 알다 /alda/
know-how {n} (the knowledge and skill to be able to do something correctly) :: 노하우 /nohau/
knowledge {n} (fact of knowing about something; understanding, familiarity with information) :: 지식 /jisik/, /am/
knowledge {n} (total of what is known, product of learning) :: 지식 /jisik/, 지혜 /jihye/
knowledge {n} :: 지식 /jisik/, 학문 /hangmun/
knowledge is power {proverb} (knowledge is power) :: 아는 것이 힘이다 /aneun geodi himida/
know thyself {proverb} (be aware of both your strengths and limitations) :: 너 자신을 알라 /neo jasineul alla/
knuckle {n} (joint of the finger) :: 손가락마디 /son-garak madi/
ko {n} :: /pae/
koala {n} (a tree-dwelling marsupial that resembles a small bear) :: 코알라 /koalla/
koan {n} (zen story) :: 공안 /gong-an/
Kobarid {prop} (town in Slovenia) :: ^코바리드 /Kobarideu/
Kobe {prop} (a city in Honshū, Japan) :: ^고베 /Gobe/
Kochi {prop} (Kōchi, Japan) :: ^고치 /Gochi/
Kodiak {prop} (town in Alaska) :: 코디액 /kodiaek/
Kodiak bear {n} (large species of brown bear) :: 코디악곰 /kodiakgom/
Kofu {prop} (a city of Japan) :: ^고후 /Gohu/
Kohima {prop} (capital of Nagaland, India) :: ^코히마 /Kohima/
kohlrabi {n} (cabbage variety) :: 콜라비 /kollabi/
Koine {prop} (common Greek language) :: ^코이네 ^그리스어 /Koine Geuriseueo/, 공통 ^그리스어 /gongtong Geuriseueo/
kokuji {n} (kanji characters invented in Japan) :: ^일문한자 /Ilmunhanja/ (日文漢字)
Kola Peninsula {prop} (peninsula in Russia) :: ^콜라 반도 /Kolla bando/
kolinsky {n} (Siberian weasel) SEE: Siberian weasel ::
Kolkata {prop} (city) :: ^캘커타 /Kaelkeota/, ^콜카타 /Kolkata/
kolkhoz {n} (farming collective) :: 콜호스 /kolhoseu/, 콜호즈 /kolhojeu/
Kolyma {prop} (area) :: ^콜리마 /Kollima/
Kolyma {prop} (river) :: ^콜리마 강 /Kollima gang/
Komi {prop} (language) :: 코미어 /komieo/
kompromat {n} (dirt, compromising material) :: 콤프로마트 /kompeuromateu/
Komsomol {prop} (Young Communist League in the USSR) :: 콤소몰 /komsomol/
Komsomolsk {prop} (Komsomolsk-na-Amure, Russia) :: ^콤소몰스크나아무레 /Komsomolseukeunaamure/
Komsomolsk {prop} (Komsomolsk, towns and rural localities in Russia and Ukraine) :: ^콤소몰스크 /Komsomolseukeu/
Konkani {prop} (language) :: 콘칸어 /Konkan-eo/
kookaburra {n} (kingfishers) :: 쿠카부라 /kukabura/
kopek {n} (one-hundredth of a ruble) :: 코페이카 /kopeika/
kopi luwak {n} (coffee made from eaten berries) :: 코피 루왁 /kopi ruwak/
Koran {prop} (the Islamic holy book) SEE: Qur'an ::
Korea {prop} (South Korea) SEE: South Korea ::
Korea {prop} (North Korea) SEE: North Korea ::
Korea {prop} (ancient country or both Koreas as a whole) :: 고려 /goryeo/ (高麗), 조선 /joseon/ (朝鮮), 한국 /han-guk/ (韓國), 코리아 /koria/, 우리나라 /urinara/
Korean {adj} (relating to the Korean Peninsula) :: 조선 /joseonui/, [North Korea], 한국 /han-gugui/, [South Korea] /han/
Korean {n} (language) :: 조선어 /joseoneo/ (朝鮮語) [North Korea], 한국어 /han-gugeo/ (韓國語), 한국말 /han-gungmal/, 국어 /gugeo/, 우리말 /urimal/, 한글 /han-geul/ [informal, careful speakers regard this usage as incorrect] [South Korea]
Korean {n} (person) :: 조선인 /joseonin/ (朝鮮人), 조선 사람 /joseon saram/ [North Korea], 한국인 /han-gugin/ (韓國人), 한국 사람 /han-guk saram/ [South Korea], 우리나라 사람 /urinara saram/
Korean melon {n} (fruit) :: 참외 /chamoe/
Koreanology {n} (the study of Korea) :: 한국학 /han-gukhak/
Korean Peninsula {prop} (peninsula) :: ^한반도 /Hanbando/ (韓半島), [North Korea] ^조선반도 /Joseonbando/ (朝鮮半島)
Korean War {prop} (war lasting from 1950 to 1953) :: ^한국 전쟁 /Han-guk jeonjaeng/ (韓國戰爭), 6.25 /yugio/, 육이오 /yugio/ (), ^조선전쟁 /Joseonjeonjaeng/ (朝鮮戰爭), ^조국해방전쟁 /Jogukhaebangjeonjaeng/ [North], 6·25 /yugio/
Korean Wave {prop} (popularity of South Korean culture elsewhere) :: 한류 /hallyu/ (韓流)
Korea Strait {prop} (a strait between Korea and Japan) :: ^대한 해협 /Daehan haehyeop/ (大韓海峽), [North Korean] ^조선 해협 /Joseon haehyeop/ (朝鮮海峽), ^부산 해협 /Busan haehyeop/ (釜山海峽)
Koschei {prop} (Koschei the Immortal) :: ^카셰이 /Kasyei/
kosher {adj} (in accordance with Jewish law) :: 코셔 /kosyeo/
K'o-shih {prop} (Kashgar) SEE: Kashgar ::
Kosovo {prop} (disputed region in the Balkans) :: ^코소보 /Kosobo/
kosovorotka {n} (traditional Russian skewed-collared shirt for men) :: 루바슈카 /rubasyuka/
Kostroma {prop} (city in Russia) :: ^코스트로마 /Koseuteuroma/
kotatsu {n} (a knee-high table with an electric foot-warmer) :: 고타쓰 /gotasseu/
koumiss {n} (fermented drink) :: 마유주 /mayuju/ (馬乳酒), 쿠미스 /kumiseu/
Kowloon {prop} (area of Hong Kong) :: ^주룽 /Jurung/
kowtow {v} (kneel such that forehead touches ground) :: 머리를 조아리다 /meorireul joarida/, 고두하다 /goduhada/
kowtow {n} (kowtowing) :: 고두 /godu/ (叩頭)
Koxinga {prop} (Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist) :: ^국성야 /Gukseong-ya/
kozachok {n} (Ukrainian and Russian couple-dance) :: 카자쵸크 /kajachyokeu/
K-pop {n} (Korean pop music) :: K-pop, 한국의 팝음악 /Hangug-ui pap-eumak/, K팝 /Kpap/, 케이팝 /keipap/
Krasnodar {prop} (a city in Russia) :: ^크라스노다르 /Keuraseunodareu/
Krasnoyarsk {prop} (city) :: ^크라스노야르스크 /Keuraseunoyareuseukeu/
Kraut {n} (German) SEE: German ::
Kremlin {prop} (the Moscow Kremlin) :: ^크레믈린 /Keuremeullin/, 크렘린 /keuremnin/
Krishna {prop} (avatar) :: ^크리슈나 /Keurisyuna/
Krishna {prop} (name) :: ^크리슈나 /Keurisyuna/
Kris Kringle {prop} (synonym of Santa Claus) SEE: Santa Claus ::
Krivoy Rog {prop} (Kryvyi Rih) SEE: Kryvyi Rih ::
Krung Thep {prop} (Bangkok) SEE: Bangkok ::
Krym {prop} (Crimea) SEE: Crimea ::
krypton {n} (a chemical element) :: 크립톤 /keuripton/
Kryvyi Rih {prop} (city) :: ^크리비리흐 /Keuribiriheu/
kshatriya {n} (a member of warrior caste) :: 크샤트리야 /keusyateuriya/
Kuala Lumpur {prop} (capital of Malaysia) :: ^쿠알라룸푸르 /Kuallarumpureu/
Kuang-chou {prop} (Guangzhou) SEE: Guangzhou ::
Kuang-shui {prop} (Guangshui) SEE: Guangshui ::
Kuang-tung {prop} (Guangdong) SEE: Guangdong ::
Kuban {prop} (the Kuban river) :: ^쿠반 강 /Kuban gang/, ^쿠반 /Kuban/
kudzu {n} (an Asian vine) :: /chik/
Kuei-lin {prop} (Guilin) SEE: Guilin ::
Kuei-yang {prop} (Guiyang) SEE: Guiyang ::
Ku Klux Klan {prop} (Ku Klux Klan) :: ^쿠 클럭스 클랜 /Ku keulleokseu keullaen/
kulak {n} (prosperous peasant) :: 쿨라크 /kullakeu/, 부농 /bunong/ (富農)
Kumamoto {prop} (a city in Japan) :: ^구마모토 /Gumamoto/
Kumamoto {prop} (a prefecture in Japan) :: ^구마모토 /Gumamoto/
kumbhanda {n} (spirit) :: 구반다 /gubanda/
kumquat {n} (small orange fruit) :: 금귤 /geumgyul/
-kun {suffix} (nominal affix indicating familiarity) :: /gun/
kuna {n} (currency of Croatia) :: 쿠나 /kuna/
kung fu {n} (martial art) :: 쿵후 /kunghu/
K'un-ming {prop} (Kunming) SEE: Kunming ::
Kunming {prop} (a prefecture-level city in southwestern China) :: ^쿤밍 /Kunming/
Kuomintang {prop} (a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China and Taiwan) :: ^국민당 /Gungmindang/
Kurdish {n} (language of Kurdistan) :: 쿠르드어 /Kureudeu-eo/
Kurdistan {prop} (a region in the Middle East inhabited mostly by the Kurds) :: ^쿠르디스탄 /Kureudiseutan/
Kurgan {prop} (city) :: ^쿠르간 /Kureugan/
Kuril Islands {prop} (group of islands) :: ^쿠릴 열도 /Kuril yeoldo/, ^천도 열도 /Cheondo yeoldo/
Kurosawa {prop} (surname) :: ^쿠로사와 /Kurosawa/
Kursk {prop} (city in Russia) :: ^쿠르스크 /Kureuseukeu/
Kuwait {prop} (country in the Middle East) :: ^쿠웨이트 /Kuweiteu/
kvass {n} (traditional Slavic drink) :: 크바스 /keubaseu/
kyat {n} (unit of currency) :: /jjat/
kyūjitai {n} (traditional form of Japanese kanji) :: 구자체 /gujache/
Kyoto {prop} (Kyōto, Japan) :: ^교토 /Gyoto/, ^교또 /Gyotto/ [North Korea]
Kyrgyz {n} (member of a Turkic people) :: ^키르기스 사람 /Kireugiseu saram/
Kyrgyz {prop} (language) :: ^키르기스어 /Kireugiseueo/
Kyrgyz {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz people or the Kyrgyz language) :: ^키르기스 /Kireugiseu/
Kyrgyz Republic {prop} (official name of Kyrgyzstan) :: 키르기스스탄공화국 /Kireugiseuseutan Gonghwaguk/
Kyrgyzstan {prop} (country in Central Asia) :: ^키르기스스탄 /Kireugiseuseutan/
Kyrgyzstani {n} (person of Kyrgyz origin) SEE: Kyrgyz ::
Kyrgyzstani {adj} (of or pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kyrgyz language) SEE: Kyrgyz ::
Kyōto {prop} (Kyoto) SEE: Kyoto ::
Kyushu {prop} (the third largest of Japan's islands) :: ^규슈 /Gyusyu/ (九州)
Kyzyl {prop} (city in Russia) :: ^키질 /Kijil/,