diurnal | a. [周は] daily; relating to or occurring in a 24-hour period |
diverge | v. [発散] vary; go in different directions from the same point |
divergence | n. [発散] difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in a different direction |
doctrinaire | a. [教条は] unable to compromise about points of doctrine; unyielding |
doff | v. [ドフィング] take off; remove; tip or remove one's hat in salutation; put aside; discard |
doggerel | n. [下手な詩] poor verse; of crude or irregular construction |
dogmatic | a. [独断的な] stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proven beliefs; inflexible, rigid |
doldrums | n. [スランプ] period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity |
doleful | a. [憂鬱] sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful |
domesticate | v. [飼い慣らす] cultivate; make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
draconian | a. [過酷な] extremely harsh; very severe, oppressive, or strict |
drawl | n. [ドロール] speaking with the slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit; lengthened, slow monotonous utterance |
dross | n. [抑えのきかないドロス] waste or impure matter; worthless, commonplace, or trivial matter |
ductile | a. [延性] easily influenced; flexible; pliable |
dunce | n. [劣等] backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt |
duplicity | n. [二枚舌] double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith. |
dwindle | v. [萎縮] shrink; reduce in size; become less |
ebullient | a. [沸騰] showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm |
eccentricity | n. [偏心] oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center |
eclecticism | n. [折衷] any form of art that borrows from multiple other styles |
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