Learn Korean with Itaewon Class
Updated June 28, 2026
Yes, Itaewon Class is a B2-level pick for Korean learners. An ex-convict builds a bar to take down the family that ruined him in this webtoon-based drama. The modern setting helps, but boardroom, food-service, and legal vocabulary plus rough banmal push it to B2.
- Difficulty
- B2
- Genre
- drama, revenge, business
- Platform
- Netflix
Korean words you'll hear in Itaewon Class
- 복수
- revenge (boksu)
- 소신
- conviction, firm principle (sosin)
- 창업
- founding a business (chang-eop)
- 술집
- bar, pub (suljip)
- 감옥
- prison (gamok)
How to learn Korean with Itaewon Class
Install LingoBinge, set your language to Korean, and play Itaewon Class on Netflix. LingoBinge swaps a few subtitle words into Korean at your level, and you tap any word to translate, hear, and save it for spaced review.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Itaewon Class good for learning Korean?
- Yes, at B2. The story is modern and gripping, but the business and legal vocabulary and casual banmal make it an upper-intermediate listen best paired with graded subtitles.