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a. どんちゃん騒ぎは drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness


Spelling Word: bacchanalian
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n. 戯れ teasing conversation; good-humored, playful conversation


Spelling Word: badinage
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a. 恥ずかしがり屋 abashed; daunted; very modest, or modest excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice


Spelling Word: bashful
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v. ボウル cry out with a loud, full sound; cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; shout


Spelling Word: bawl
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n. バザー market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East


Spelling Word: bazaar
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v. 悩まさ attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in


Spelling Word: beset
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a. 渦巻く swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms


Spelling Word: billowing
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v. 湯通し cause to turn white or become pale; take color from; bleach


Spelling Word: blanch
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n. 口 combination; mixture; forming a uniform mixture


Spelling Word: blend
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n. 棍棒 short heavy club, usually of wood; heavy-headed weapon


Spelling Word: bludgeon