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a. 平凡 obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality


Spelling Word: banal
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n. バーベキュー a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors


Spelling Word: barbecue
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a. バードバロック complex or bizarre, especially in ornamentation; irregular in shape


Spelling Word: baroque
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v. 日光浴 luxuriate; take pleasure in warmth


Spelling Word: bask
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v. 悩ます besiege or attack; harass; surround with troops


Spelling Word: beleaguer
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a. 好戦 warlike or hostile in manner or temperament; showing or having the impulse to be combative


Spelling Word: bellicose
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a. 困惑 confused; lost in thought; preoccupied


Spelling Word: bemused
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v. 裏切る be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly


Spelling Word: betray
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n. 騒音 loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light


Spelling Word: blare
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a. 気前のよい liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts


Spelling Word: bounteous