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 5000 Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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intricacy  Speak Example sentences
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[新生児] newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old
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[複雑さ] complication; complexity; state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution
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[無脊椎動物] animal, such as an insect that lacks backbone or spinal column
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[駆ける] gallop slowly; run or ride with steady, easy gait; travel at an easy pace with long strides
lampoon  Speak Example sentences
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[柔軟] flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
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[けばけばしい] of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading
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[風刺] ridicule; subject to abusive ridicule expressed in work of art
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[有償] burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing
languor  Speak Example sentences
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[だる] the feeling of lack of interest or energy; depression
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[カラカラ] burn the surface of; roast over the fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity
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[虹] exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors
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[模倣] imitation of another's style in musical composition or writing
loquacious  Speak Example sentences
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[背信] act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of the trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery
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[可塑] ability to be molded, formed, or modeled; quality or state of being plastic
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[尊大] excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; acting like a stuffed shirt
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[おしゃべり] talkative; given to continual talking; chattering
meretricious  Speak Example sentences
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[原始] ancient; primitive; belonging to the first or earliest age; original or ancient
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[背信] act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of the trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery
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[けばけばしい] of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading
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[可塑] ability to be molded, formed, or modeled; quality or state of being plastic
nebulous  Speak Example sentences
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[慰め] comic misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
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[カラカラ] burn the surface of; roast over the fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity
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[呼び出し] prayer for help; calling upon as reference or support
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[漠然と] lacking definite form or limits; hazy; cloudy
neonate  Speak Example sentences
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[もったいぶった] full of unspecifiable significance; exciting wonder and awe; wonderful
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[新生児] newborn infant, especially one less than four weeks old
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[怒り] irritable; easily angered; excited by or arising from anger
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[カラカラ] burn the surface of; roast over the fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity
obsequious  Speak Example sentences
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[駆ける] gallop slowly; run or ride with steady, easy gait; travel at an easy pace with long strides
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[甘美] flowing or dropping like honey; sweetly or smoothly flowing, especially in sound
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[並置] act of positioning close together; side-by-side position
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[媚びる] slavishly attentive; attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
onerous  Speak Example sentences
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[有償] burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing
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[慰め] comic misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound
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[透過] spread or flow throughout; pervade
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[とてもうれしそう] happy; merry; joyful, and proud because of triumph or success
ossify  Speak Example sentences
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[賛辞] formal or high praise; formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment
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[骨化] change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue
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[水銀] capricious; liable to sudden, unpredictable change; quick and changeable in temperament
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[石化] convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike