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badinage  Speak Example sentences
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戯れ teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation
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失策 serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion
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ブローチ cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated
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束 clump; cluster; gathering
bandy  Speak Example sentences
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傷 mark with deformity; injure or impair, as anything excellent; make defective, either the body or mind
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不毛 desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking
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言いふらす discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
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見事 brightly; very well, in a way that shows great intelligence or skill or great success
beeline  Speak Example sentences
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直行 direct, quick route; direct, straight course
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失っ deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss
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防波堤 earthwork or other strong defense; a person who defends
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胆汁 suffering from indigestion; appearing as if affected by disorder; sickly
bequest  Speak Example sentences
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ボニー handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful
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遺産 inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another
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隔年 every two years; lasting or living for two years
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ビート biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seeds the second year
botany  Speak Example sentences
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空白 advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being; welfare; gain
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植物 the science which treats the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, places of growth, and classification
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束 clump; cluster; gathering
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ボーク stop short and refuse to go on; refuse obstinately or abruptly
braggart  Speak Example sentences
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虚勢 defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery
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天狗 boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; a very talkative person
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群れは large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail
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ボヘミアン unconventional in an artistic way
bravado  Speak Example sentences
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空白 advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being; welfare; gain
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虚勢 defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery
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見事 brightly; very well, in a way that shows great intelligence or skill or great success
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ビート biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seeds the second year
brawn  Speak Example sentences
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腕力 solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs
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ブーム bonanza; prosperity; prosper; expand; flourish
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あふれ full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow
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ビート biennial plant of the genus Beta, which produces an edible root the first year and seeds the second year
brilliantly  Speak Example sentences
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見事 brightly; very well, in a way that shows great intelligence or skill or great success
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失っ deprived of; lacking; desolate because of loss
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あふれ full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow
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言いふらす discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
brimful  Speak Example sentences
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あふれ full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow
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天狗 boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; a very talkative person
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小川 creek; a small stream
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群れは large group; a group of animals or birds, especially larks or quail