Flat, level, even (平)

평화 = peace
태평 = tranquillity, quiet

평온 = calm

공평 = fairness, justice (공= together, public)   
평균 = average, mean (균= equal)

평생 = a lifetime

평소 = usually, ordinarily, everyday (소 = normally)  

평범하다 = plain, simple (범 = general)  

평일 = a weekday

평복 = plain clothes
평민 = commoner

불평 = complaint, dissatisfaction   

평양 = capital of North Korea

평등 = equality (등 = rank)  
불평등 = inequality

복잡하다 = complicated, intricate, tangled, busy (복 = repeated, double, 잡 = mixed, blended) 

회사를 설립하려면 복잡한 행정절차를 거쳐야 한다 = To set up a company, you have to go through some complicated administrative procedures.
그녀만 생각하면 그는 감정이 복잡해졌다 = Whenever he thought of her his emotions became tangled.

부족하다 = lacking, insufficient, shortage (부 = negative prefix, not, in/un-, 족 = sufficient, enough, satisfy)

그는 부족한 게 별로 없는 사람이다 = He is a man of few wants.
자금 부족으로 프로젝트가 중단되었다 = A shortage of capital brought the project to a halt.

Law

법 = law
법학 = law, Jurisprudence
법률 = law

법률 용어 = law term
법률 위반 = breach of the law
법률에 위배되는 = unlawful, illegal, against the law

법원 = court 
헌법 = constitution
불법 = unlawfulness, illegality

불법적 = illegal, unlawful

합법 = lawfulness, legality

합법적 = lawful, legal

법학도 = law student
법학대학/법대 = law school

Method

문법 = grammar
법칙 = rule
방법 = way, method
방식 = way, means, method
공법 = method of construction 
기법 = technique 
방안 = way, plan

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Clothes

한복 = traditional Korean clothes
아동복 = children´s clothing
군복 = military uniform
임산복 = maternity clothes 
환자복 = patient’s clothing/uniform
내복 = underclothes (내복약 = medicine for internal use)
수영복 = swimwear
방한복 = winter clothes (against the cold)
작업복 = working clothes

양복 = suit
교복 = school uniform
동복 = winter uniform
하복 = summer uniform

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Repeat, recover

복사(하다) = copy, Xerox

복사기 = copy machine

복잡(하다) = complicated, complex, crowded
중복(되다) = overlapping, repetition
복제(하다) = reproduce, clone
반복(하다) = repeat
복원(하다) = be restored to the former state
복습(하다) = review (lessons)
복귀(하다) = return to (work, regiment…)
회복하다 = recover (economic, health…)

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Stomach

복통 = stomach ache
공복 =empty stomach
복근 = abdominal muscle
이복 = different mother
이복형제 = half sibling

Public, official 

공개(하다) = open to the public
공고(하다) = public announcement
공지(하다) = notice
공연(하다) = public performance
공원 = park (원 = garden, park, place) 
공중화장실 = public toilet
공중전화 = public telephone, pay phone
공주 = princess
공평(하다) = fair, impartial
공식 = formal, official
공식적으로 = formally, officially

비공식 = unofficial
비공식적으로 = unofficially, off the record 
(비 = in~, un~, not) 

Together 

공동 = public, collaboration
공동묘지 = public cemetery
공동작업 = group work
공동소유 = joint ownership
공통 = common (통 = common, pass through)
공통점 = common feature
공익 = public good, common benefit
공용 = common use (용 = use)
남녀공용 = unisex
공감(하다) = sympathy, sympathise (감 = feeling)

Sky, empty

공기 = air
공중 = midair
공군 = air force
공항 = airport
항공 = aviation
항공사 = aviator
공복 = empty stomach
공짜 – free (of charge)
공CD – empty cd

Labour, industry 

공장 = factory
공부 = study, to study
공업 = the manufacturing industry
공사(하다) = construction
완공 = completion of a construction work
인공 = unnatural (인공위성 = artificial satellite, 인공수정 = artificial insemination, 인공호흡 = mouth-to-mouth resuscitation)