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 5000 Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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doldrums  Speak Example sentences
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[スランプ] period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity
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[熱狂] excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
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[飾る] adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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[断続的な] intermittently stopping and starting; irregular; variable; unstable
emaciated  Speak Example sentences
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[不調和] not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
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[未然] prevent by taking action in advance
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[フィギュア] small ornamental statuette; small molded or sculptured figure
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[衰弱] very thin especially from disease or hunger
encipher  Speak Example sentences
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[侵略] gradual intrusion; entry into a place that was previously uncommon; advance beyond former borders
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[暗号化する] encode; convert plain message into code
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[異端] unorthodox; unconventional; not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine
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[網羅] surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
exceptionable  Speak Example sentences
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[軽蔑] reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt
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[心に描く] look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
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[網羅] surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
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[反対されそうな] open or liable to objection or debate; liable to cause disapproval
excise  Speak Example sentences
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[不調和] not fitting; lacking in harmony or compatibility
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[熱狂] excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion
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[税] cut away; cut out; remove by or as if by cutting
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[断続的な] intermittently stopping and starting; irregular; variable; unstable
fidget  Speak Example sentences
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[暗号化する] encode; convert plain message into code
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[網羅] surround; form a circle or ring around; enclose; envelop
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[好戦的な] disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement
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[フィジェットを] move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly
flout  Speak Example sentences
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[顔をしかめる] facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust
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[軽蔑] reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt
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[下手な詩] poor verse; of crude or irregular construction
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[荒れ] unpleasant-smelling; having offensive smell; stinking
fluctuate  Speak Example sentences
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[軽薄] not serious or sensible; acting like a clown; something of little value or significance
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[フィジェットを] move uneasily one way and the other; behave or move nervously or restlessly
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[行き詰まり] rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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[解明] explain; make clear the meaning of; unfold meaning or sense of
foible  Speak Example sentences
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[行き詰まり] rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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[弱点] moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
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[老朽化] in the early stage of development; of an organism before birth; related to embryo
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[克服] impossible to overcome; unbeatable
forestall  Speak Example sentences
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[未然] prevent by taking action in advance
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[草食] grain-eating; plant-eating; feeding only on plants
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[国庫] one of the superior courts of law; the government department that receives and gives out public money
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[グリステン] sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam