아기자기
Type: Expression / Adverb
Meaning: Cute, charming, full of small details
Level: Intermediate (TOPIK II)
Arabic: لطيف ومليء بالتفاصيل الصغيرة
Usage:
- 아기자기한 방 (a cozy, cute room)
- 아기자기하게 꾸미다 (decorate charmingly)
Example:
그녀의 방은 아기자기하게 꾸며져 있어요.
→ Her room is decorated in a cute and detailed way.
소품
Type: Noun
Meaning: Prop, small item (used in art, decoration, performance)
Level: Intermediate
Arabic: أداة صغيرة / دعامة
Usage:
- 연극 소품 (theater props)
- 아기자기한 소품 (charming little items)
Example:
가게에 예쁜 소품들이 많아요.
→ There are many cute little items in the shop.
사기
Type: Noun
Meaning: Fraud, scam
Level: Intermediate
Arabic: احتيال
Usage:
- 사기 범죄 (fraud crime)
- 사기를 당하다 (to be scammed)
Example:
그는 인터넷 사기를 당했어요.
→ He was scammed online.
범죄
Type: Noun
Meaning: Crime
Level: Beginner
Arabic: جريمة
Usage:
- 범죄를 저지르다 (commit a crime)
- 범죄 예방 (crime prevention)
Example:
이 범죄는 계획적으로 이루어졌어요.
→ This crime was carried out deliberately.
지시
Type: Noun / Verb (지시하다)
Meaning: Order, instruction, direction
Level: Intermediate
Arabic: تعليمات / أمر
Usage:
- 지시를 따르다 (follow instructions)
- 상사가 지시를 내리다 (the boss gives an order)
Example:
상사의 지시를 따라야 해요.
→ You have to follow the boss’s instructions.
조사
Type: Noun / Verb (조사하다)
Meaning: Investigation, research
Level: Intermediate
Arabic: تحقيق / بحث
Usage:
- 범죄 조사 (crime investigation)
- 자세히 조사하다 (investigate in detail)
Example:
경찰이 사건을 조사하고 있어요.
→ The police are investigating the case.
포착되다
Type: Passive Verb
Meaning: To be captured, detected, caught
Level: Advanced
Arabic: يتم رصده / يتم التقاطه
Usage:
- CCTV에 포착되다 (caught on CCTV)
- 움직임이 포착되다 (movement detected)
Example:
범인의 모습이 카메라에 포착되었어요.
→ The suspect’s image was captured on camera.
남
Type: Noun
Meaning: Other person, stranger, someone else
Level: Beginner
Arabic: شخص آخر / غريب
Usage:
- 남의 물건 (someone else’s stuff)
- 남을 도와주다 (help others)
Example:
남의 돈을 쓰면 안 돼요.
→ You shouldn’t use someone else’s money.
계좌
Type: Noun
Meaning: Bank account
Level: Intermediate
Arabic: حساب بنكي
Usage:
- 계좌 이체 (bank transfer)
- 계좌 번호 (account number)
Example:
계좌로 돈을 보냈어요.
→ I sent money to the account.
사칭하다
Type: Verb
Meaning: To impersonate, pretend to be someone
Level: Advanced
Arabic: ينتحل شخصية
Usage:
- 경찰을 사칭하다 (pretend to be a police officer)
- 남의 이름을 사칭하다 (impersonate someone’s name)
Example:
그는 친구를 사칭해서 돈을 받았어요.
→ He impersonated a friend to get money.
예방하다
Type: Verb
Meaning: To prevent
Level: Intermediate
Arabic: يمنع / يقي
Usage:
- 범죄를 예방하다 (prevent crime)
- 질병을 예방하다 (prevent disease)
Example:
우리는 사고를 예방하기 위해 노력해야 해요.
→ We must try to prevent accidents.
빼내다
Type: Verb
Meaning: To pull out, to take out (by force or effort), to extract
Level: Intermediate
Arabic: يُخرج / ينتزع
Usage:
• 비밀번호를 빼내다
→ To extract/steal a password
• 그는 사람들을 위험에서 빼냈다.
→ He pulled people out of danger.
연루되다
Type: Verb (Passive)
Meaning: To be involved (usually in a negative situation like a crime or scandal)
Level: Advanced (TOPIK II)
Arabic: متورط
Usage:
• 그는 범죄에 연루되었다.
→ He was involved in the crime.
체포되다
체포되다 (to be arrested)
• Type: Verb (Passive)
• Level: Intermediate
• Arabic: يُعتقل
• Collocations: 경찰에 체포되다 (be arrested by police), 현장에서 체포되다 (be arrested on the spot)
• Usage: 그는 경찰에 체포되었어요.
→ He was arrested by the police.
도용
도용 (identity theft / unauthorized use)
• Type: Noun
• Level: Advanced
• Arabic: انتحال / استخدام غير شرعي
• Collocations: 신분 도용 (identity theft), 명의 도용 (name theft), 계좌 도용 (account theft)
• Usage: 개인정보 도용은 큰 문제입니다.
→ Identity theft is a serious issue.
절차
절차 (procedure)
• Type: Noun
• Level: Intermediate
• Arabic: إجراء
• Collocations: 공식 절차 (official procedure), 입학 절차 (admission process), 신청 절차 (application procedure)
• Usage: 절차를 따라야 합니다.
→ You must follow the procedure.
과정
과정 (process / course)
• Type: Noun
• Level: Intermediate
• Arabic: عملية
• Collocations: 교육 과정 (curriculum), 신청 과정 (application process), 변화 과정 (process of change)
• Usage: 학습 과정이 중요해요.
→ The learning process is important.
막다
막다 (to prevent / block)
• Type: Verb
• Level: Beginner–Intermediate
• Arabic: يمنع
• Collocations: 사고를 막다 (prevent an accident), 범죄를 막다 (prevent a crime), 입구를 막다 (block an entrance)
• Usage: 사고를 막기 위해 노력했어요.
→ I tried to prevent the accident.
처벌을 받다
처벌을 받다 (to be punished)
• Type: Expression / Verb Phrase
• Level: Intermediate
• Arabic: يُعاقب
• Collocations: 법적 처벌을 받다 (receive legal punishment), 강한 처벌을 받다 (receive strong punishment)
• Usage: 그는 범죄로 처벌을 받았어요.
→ He was punished for the crime.
알아차리다
알아차리다 (to notice / realize)
• Type: Verb
• Level: Intermediate–Advanced
• Arabic: يدرك
• Collocations: 변화를 알아차리다 (notice a change), 분위기를 알아차리다 (sense the mood)
• Usage: 나는 그의 거짓말을 알아차렸다.
→ I realized his lie.
도움을 청하다
도움을 청하다 (to ask for help)
• Type: Expression
• Level: Intermediate
• Arabic: يطلب المساعدة
• Collocations: 친구에게 도움을 청하다 (ask a friend for help), 경찰에 도움을 청하다 (ask the police for help)
• Usage: 친구에게 도움을 청했어요.
→ I asked my friend for help.
깔다
깔다 (to install / to spread)
• Type: Verb
• Level: Intermediate
• Arabic: يُثبت / يفرش
• Collocations: 앱을 깔다 (install an app), 바닥에 매트를 깔다 (spread a mat on the floor)
• Usage: 앱을 휴대폰에 깔았어요.
→ I installed the app on my phone.
의심을 받다
의심을 받다 (to be suspected)
• Type: Expression
• Level: Intermediate–Advanced
• Arabic: يُشتبه فيه
• Collocations: 범죄로 의심을 받다 (be suspected of a crime), 거짓말로 의심을 받다 (be suspected of lying)
• Usage: 그는 범죄자로 의심을 받았어요.
→ He was suspected as a criminal.
범죄에 휘말리다
범죄에 휘말리다 (to get involved in a crime)
• Type: Verb (Passive)
• Level: Advanced
• Arabic: يتورط في جريمة
• Collocations: 사건에 휘말리다 (get caught up in an incident), 사고에 휘말리다 (get involved in an accident)
• Usage: 그는 범죄에 휘말렸어요.
→ He got caught up in a crime.