Korean House Vocabulary Flashcards: 28 Cards with Audio and Notes

Korean House Vocabulary Flashcards: Study the 28 Cards

Say each word aloud before you press Show answer. Every card has a short note that explains how the word is used or why it sounds different from its spelling.

How Do I Use These Flashcards?

Use the deck above in four steps. It works with tap, click or keyboard, and nothing plays until you press an audio button.

1. Choose a mode. Start with recognition (Hangul to meaning). Switch to recall (meaning to Hangul) or listening (audio to meaning) once recognition feels easy.
2. Show the answer. Think of the answer first, then press Show answer (or Space). Turn on the romanization toggle only if you need it; the 28-card table below always shows it.
3. Grade yourself. Press Got it if you answered correctly without help, or Not yet if you hesitated or guessed.
4. Finish the session. A session holds up to 20 cards (you can set 10, 20 or 40). With 28 cards, a first-time learner can split the deck over 3 days, using the default limit of 10 new cards a day.

What Do the Three Modes Do?

Recognition shows the Hangul and asks for the meaning, which trains reading. Recall shows the meaning and asks for the Hangul, which trains remembering; you may type the answer with your Hangul keyboard or just recall it in your head. Listening plays a clip and hides the letters, which trains the ear. Listening mode only uses a card once its audio is approved, and cards without approved audio are skipped in that mode with a note.

What Do Got It and Not yet Do?

Got it moves the card up one Leitner box, so it comes back later. Not yet sends the card back to box 1, so it returns in the same session or within 10 minutes. The grades are your own judgement; the deck does not score you or claim fluency.

Deck Scope: What Is and Is Not Covered

The deck covers rooms, furniture, appliances and Korea-specific housing words such as 온돌 and 전세. Chores and daily actions are in the korean daily routine flashcards, and clothes are in the korean clothing flashcards. The topic lesson is house and home in korean.

What Is Left out of This Deck?

The deck gives one word per card and does not teach sentence patterns beyond the notes. The 전세 explanation is simplified, and real contracts have legal details that a vocabulary card cannot cover. All Korean text is generated, and Min-ji Park reviewed and signed off the text and audio on 15 October 2026.

All 28 Cards in One Table

All 28 cards appear below in deck order. The table is plain HTML, so you can use it as a drill without the deck: cover the Meaning column, read each word aloud, then uncover the meaning.

How Do I Read the Table?

Hangul is the word. Revised Romanization (RR) is a learning aid, so try to read the Hangul before you look at it. RR follows the sound of the word, which is why some spellings change. The Meaning column gives the English gloss, and the Note column gives a use or sound hint. The last column lists the audio assetId; a second ID marked slow is a slower clip for the 4 cards whose sound differs from their spelling.

Usage Notes for These Cards

Shoes. Korean homes are entered by taking shoes off in the 현관, and shoes are left there: 신발을 벗으세요 (Please take off your shoes).

Apartments. 아파트 means a high-rise apartment complex in Korean, and a 원룸 is the word for a studio.

Rent. 월세 is monthly rent with a smaller deposit, while 전세 is a large refundable deposit paid in place of monthly rent: 전세로 살아요 (I live on a jeonse lease).

Heating. 온돌 is traditional underfloor heating, and nowadays a 보일러 provides the hot water that runs through the floor.

Counting furniture. Furniture counts use 개: 의자가 두 개 있어요 (There are two chairs).

Which Sounds Do Not Match the Spelling?

부엌 is said [부억]: the final ㅋ is neutralized to ㄱ. With a particle, 부엌에 is [부어케].

옷장 is said [옫짱]: the ㅅ neutralizes to ㄷ and the ㅈ is tensified.

책상 is said [책쌍]: the ㅅ is tensified after a ㄱ final.

These forms follow the 국립국어원 standard pronunciation rules (표준 발음법).

What Mistakes Do Learners Make with House Vocabulary?

• Asking for a bathing room with 화장실. 화장실 is the toilet room, and the room for bathing is 욕실.
• Using 집 for an apartment building. 집 is a house or home, and 아파트 is the building type.
• Stepping into the living area in outdoor shoes. Shoes come off in the 현관 first.

How Does the Review Schedule Work?

The deck uses a simplified Leitner system with five boxes. A new card starts in box 1. Each Got it moves it up one box, and each Not yet returns it to box 1. The box sets how long the card waits before it is due again.

Each session shows due cards first, oldest due first, and then up to 10 new cards a day by default. Progress is saved only in this browser, so clearing site data deletes it. Use the export button to save a small JSON file with card IDs, boxes and due dates, and import it on another device. No account is needed.

Cultural and Practical Context

Heated floors, sleeping on an 이불 on the floor and leaving shoes at the entrance are long-standing parts of Korean home life, and the 전세 lease is a distinctive way of housing.

Next Steps after This Deck

The words and letters on these cards are explained in the korean house vocabulary lesson, so read it first if a card is new. This deck is one of the korean vocabulary flashcards on the site, so browse the full list if you want a different topic. When these cards feel easy, move on to korean clothing flashcards to keep the same routine. If a word here still feels shaky, go back to korean emotions flashcards for the earlier material. After a session, write the same words by hand with the korean daily life vocabulary worksheet. All flashcard decks, including Hangul, vocabulary, phrases, grammar and TOPIK, are listed on the korean flashcards hub.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is 원룸 a Korean Word?

It is a loanword used in Korea for a single-room studio. The English 'one room' is the source. It is said [월룸], because ㄴ before ㄹ is read as ㄹ, so the romanization is wollum.

What Is a 베란다?

A 베란다 is a balcony or sunroom, often used for laundry and storage. It is a loanword, and the card is easy to remember if you know the English word veranda.

How Do You Say Living Room?

The standard word is 거실. The card shows geosil and the note that 거 means to live and 실 means room.

Does 전세 Mean Rent?

Not exactly. 전세 is a large deposit returned at the end of the contract, paid in place of monthly rent. 월세 is the monthly rent with a smaller deposit.

Is My Progress Saved If I Close the Page?

Yes, in the same browser on the same device. Card boxes and due dates are stored locally and nothing is sent to a server. Clearing site data, using a private window or switching browsers removes them, so use the export button to keep a backup file. No account is needed.