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 5000 Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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disinfectant  Speak Example sentences
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[早める] accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
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[砥石] revolving stone disk used for grinding, polishing, or sharpening tools; millstone
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[派手] very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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[消毒] a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine
dissent  Speak Example sentences
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[遍歴] wandering; deviating from an appointed course, or a direct path; roving; irregular in motion
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[侵食] eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
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[光る] color; appearance; particular gradation of color
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[反対] differ in opinion or feeling; withhold assent or approval
douse  Speak Example sentences
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[身もだえ] move or act clumsily and in confusion
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[びしょぬれ] plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
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[記念碑的な] massive; bulky; great in size
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[勅令] the decree, especially issued by a sovereign; official command
elixir  Speak Example sentences
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[したfop] vain man; one who wants to get admiration by dress; man excessively concerned with his clothes and appearance
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[進取] full of initiative; marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative
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[滑空] slide; move in a smooth, effortless manner
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[秘薬] a substance believed to cure all ills
emancipation  Speak Example sentences
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[解放] freeing someone from the control of another
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[早める] accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
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[模索] search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way
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[戯れる] engage in merrymaking, joking, or teasing
epitaph  Speak Example sentences
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[雄弁] powerful and effective language; persuasive speech
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[碑文] inscription on a tombstone in memory
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[勅令] the decree, especially issued by a sovereign; official command
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[びしょぬれ] plunge into water; wet thoroughly; extinguish
equivocal  Speak Example sentences
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[問題] open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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[グルコース] monosaccharide sugar, occurring widely in most plant and animal tissue
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[均質] of the same or similar nature or kind
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[フーリガン] tough and aggressive or violent youth
erode  Speak Example sentences
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[侵食] eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
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[注射] of or pertaining to the parts under the skin; injected beneath the skin
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[問題] open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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[派手] very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
feign  Speak Example sentences
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[グルコース] monosaccharide sugar, occurring widely in most plant and animal tissue
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[注射] of or pertaining to the parts under the skin; injected beneath the skin
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[装う] make the false appearance of; disguise; conceal; invent or imagine
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[除外] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
fictitious  Speak Example sentences
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[架空] existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
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[掘り出す] dig out of ground; remove from grave
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[雄弁] powerful and effective language; persuasive speech
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[問題] open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead