4000 CPE Vocabulary List

手抜き untidy or slovenly; shabby; great carelessness; done poorly or too quickly

サッカリン having a cloyingly sweet attitude, tone, or character; overly sweet

スパンコール small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation

破壊工作 one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property

口ごもる make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty

シルク avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger

補助金 direct financial aid by the government

お酒 one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection

自然 arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor

衣服 relating to a tailor, tailoring, or tailored clothing

口ごもる make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty

うねりは bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger

征服 quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down

風刺 mocking; exposing human folly to ridicule

苗 young plant or tree that has grown from seed; produced from seed

うねりは bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger

熱 relating to outline or diagram; represented simply, as using symbols

破壊工作 one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property

自然 arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor

お酒 one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection

湧水 pass gradually or leak through, as if through small openings

不機嫌 lonely; solitary; desolate; gloomy; dismal; affected with ill humor

道楽者 person devoted to pleasure and luxury

篩 a bowl-shaped tool with many small holes, used to separate larger from smaller pieces or solids from a liquid

スマート clever; intelligent; showing mental alertness and calculation

お酒 one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection

シル basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, which supports a structure

群れ dense moving crowd; a large group of honeybees

スマート clever; intelligent; showing mental alertness and calculation

争い a minor quarrel; a noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter

スタンダード criteria; basis for comparison

詭弁 the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic

征服 quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down

ふやけた thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink

風刺 mocking; exposing human folly to ridicule

熱 relating to outline or diagram; represented simply, as using symbols

シルク avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger

ふやけた thoroughly soaked; expressionless, stupid, or dull, especially from drink

詭弁 the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic

道楽者 person devoted to pleasure and luxury