Essential Korean place words

금연 - no smoking

Goshiwon - low monthly fees with no deposit for a very small room

은행, bank

Here is a list of essential words for Korean places, institutions, businesses, and other words you are likely to see on signboards around the city:

한의원 - Chinese medicine pharmacist
주유소 - gas station
노래방 - singing room
분식 - snack food restaurant
식당 - restaurant
가든 - usually used for meat restaurants
전기 - electronics store
홒 - beer house
부동산 - real estate office
치하절 - subway
교회 - church
치과 - dentist (clinic)
은행 - bank
안경 - eyeglasses (store)
할인마트 - discount store
모텔 - motel
당구장 - pool hall
보신탕 - dog soup (restaurant)
자동차 - car (dealership)
안마 - massage place
약국 - pharmacy
여관 - yeogwan (traditional hotel)
여인숙 - yeoinsuk (cheapest hotel)
사우나 - sauna
목욕탕 - bath house
수퍼 or 슈퍼 shop or supermarket
나이트 - night club
학원 - academy
매점 - snack shop
다방 - coffee shop (locally owned and usually with inferior coffee, older clientele and more smoking)
커피숍 - coffee shop (chains and newer espresso-based coffee shops like Starbucks, The Coffee Bean, Ediya and others
문구점 - stationary store
치킨 - chicken (restaurant)
낚지 - bait shop
사무소 - office
외과 - surgeon (clinic)
헬스 - health club
포장마차 - street restaurant
안과 - eye doctor
고시원 - goshiwon dormitory