Japanese Loanwords from Korean

A Korean martial art and combat sport.

Won; the currency of South Korea and North Korea.

Korean fermented vegetables, usually spicy and seasoned.

The alphabetic script used for writing the Korean language.

A traditional Korean milky alcoholic drink made from fermented rice or similar grains.

An obsolete name for the Korean hangul script.

Traditional Korean underfloor heating system.

Large family-owned business conglomerate in South Korea.

Korean-style marinated or grilled beef ribs.

Korean rice dish with vegetables, meat, and chili paste.

A colloquial term for an unmarried or single man.

Traditional Korean female entertainers, similar to geisha.

A spicy Korean stew-like dish typically containing meat, seafood, or vegetables.

Walleye pollack or its spiced roe.

Korean dish of thin, marinated slices of beef grilled or stir-fried.

Savory, sweet, and spicy fermented condiment made from chili powder and glutinous rice.

A Korean soup consisting of a whole young chicken stuffed with garlic, rice, jujube, and ginseng.

A Korean dish made by putting cooked rice into a hot soup or boiling rice in soup.

Korean dish of seasoned raw beef topped with an egg yolk.

Korean dishes consisting of seasoned vegetables.

A variety of lettuce commonly used in Korean cuisine for wraps.

Korean stir-fried rice cakes in a spicy sauce.

Korean term for father.

A celebratory cheer or exclamation, often associated with Korea.

A predatory freshwater fish native to East Asia.

A class of Korean rice cakes made with steamed flour of various grains, including glutinous or non-glutinous rice.

The North Korean name for the Hangul script.

A type of Korean kimchi made with cucumbers.

A term for mother, borrowed from Korean.

The traditional ruling class of Korea during the Joseon dynasty.

A blow struck with the head.

Kimchi made from diced white radish (daikon).

Salted Pacific cod entrails in a spicy sauce.

Korean somatization disorder arising from repressed anger.

A Korean interjection expressing distress, surprise, or relief.

A series of North Korean ballistic missiles.

South Korean comic books and graphic novels.

Soup, often used as a suffix in names of Chinese or Korean dishes.

The cartilage of the cow's windpipe used in yakiniku.

Beef large intestine, typically served grilled in Korean-style barbecue.

Korean-style grilled or stewed beef small intestine.

Internal organs of cows or pigs used as food.

A popular Korean street food made from boiled or steamed silkworm pupae.

Derogatory term for things Koreans claim as their own invention.

Common Korean greeting meaning 'hello'.

A heavily spiced Korean barbecued chicken dish.

Jurchen pirates who invaded northern Kyushu in 1019.

The first-person plural pronoun (we/us) loaned from Korean.