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schism  Speak Example sentences
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分裂 separation or division into factions; formal division or split within religious body
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気配り worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
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きざ of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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断念する scurry; run with short, rapid steps
scruple  Speak Example sentences
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仮 hesitate as a result of conscience or principle
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ストローク stir up fire; feed plentifully; supply a furnace with fuel
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スケール climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers
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リス a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
scurvy  Speak Example sentences
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誓い affirm or utter a solemn declaration; make a promise or resolve on oath
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スクラップ abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
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シミュレーション make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
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壊血病 fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; worthless; mean; shabby
snivel  Speak Example sentences
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スケール climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers
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同期 happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
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鼻水 run at the nose; snuffle; whine; talk in a tearful manner
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飽和 soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
snobbish  Speak Example sentences
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下位 occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
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きざ of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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買収する persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury
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鼻水 run at the nose; snuffle; whine; talk in a tearful manner
solicitous  Speak Example sentences
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計略 deceptive scheme; military maneuver designed to deceive or surprise enemy
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打ち上げ花火 increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
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スケール climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers
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気配り worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
soliloquy  Speak Example sentences
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独り言 talking to oneself; the act of a character speaking to himself to reveal his thoughts to the audience
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とりとめ tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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主権は the power of a country to control its own government
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気配り worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
staccato  Speak Example sentences
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スクラップ abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
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スタッカート played abruptly; marked by an abrupt sharp sound
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温泉 develop suddenly; jump; move forward by leaps and bounds
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シミュレーション make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks
stagger  Speak Example sentences
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スリット be at an angle; incline
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滅菌 make sterile or unproductive; impoverish, as land; exhaust of fertility.
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よろめき sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
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ストイック indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
stoic  Speak Example sentences
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飽和 soak, fill, or load to capacity; cause to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
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ストイック indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain
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独り言 talking to oneself; the act of a character speaking to himself to reveal his thoughts to the audience
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買収する persuade to act unlawfully, especially to commit perjury