30 Similar Words in Japanese and Korean

Have you heard that Japanese and Korean are similar languages? They are two different languages, but there are many similarities, especially in grammar and vocabulary. If you know either Japanese or Korean language, it would be much easier to learn the other one.

Here you will find 30 examples of similar sounding words.

English	Japanese		Korean
giraffe	キリン	kirin	기린	girin
insects	昆虫	konchū	곤충	gonchung
cooking	料理	ryōri	요리	yoli
grape	葡萄	budō	포도	podo
condiments	調味料	chōmiryō	조미료	jomilyo
drinks	飲料	inryō	음료	eumlyo
carbonate, soda	炭酸	tansan	탄산	tansan
bag	かばん	kaban	가방	gabang
shoes	靴	kutsu	구두	gudu
furniture	家具	kagu	가구	gagu
washing machine	洗濯機	sentakuki	세탁기	setaggi
air conditioner	エアコン	eakon	에어컨	eeokeon
baseball	野球	yakyū	야구	yagu
family	家族	kazoku	가족	gajog
singer	歌手	kashu	가수	gasu
train	汽車	kisha	기차	gicha
highway	高速道路	kōzokudōro	고속도로	gosogdolo
arrival	到着	tōchaku	도착	dochak
address	住所	jūsho	주소	juso
city	都市	toshi	도시	dosi
free	無料	muryō	무료	mulyo
toll, pay	有料	yūryō	유료	yulyo
Wednesday	水曜日	suiyōbi	수요일	suyoil
Thursday	木曜日	mokuyōbi	목요일	mogyoil
Saturday	土曜日	doyōbi	토요일	toyoil
medium, middle	中間	chūkan	중간	juggan
promise	約束	yakusoku	약속	yagsog
simple	簡単	kantan	간단	gandan
attention	注意	chūi	주의	juui
satisfaction	満足	manzoku	만족	manjog