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 5000 Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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iridescent  Speak Example sentences
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[盗作] theft of another's ideas or writings passed off as original
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[虹] exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors
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[質] full of pores; able to absorb fluids; full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through
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[賛歌] song of praise or joy;  loud and joyous song; the song of triumph
lugubrious  Speak Example sentences
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[風刺] ridicule; subject to abusive ridicule expressed in work of art
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[悲しげな] mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
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[広報] broadcast; announce; make public
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[華やかさは] extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance
migrant  Speak Example sentences
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[主人公] the principal character in a work of fiction; the main character in a drama;  leader of a cause; champion
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[教義] opposite; reversed in order, nature, or effect; turned upside down
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[パーカッション] striking one object against another sharply
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[出稼ぎ] habitually moving from place to place, especially in search of seasonal work; wandering
modulate  Speak Example sentences
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[プロレタリア] member of working class; blue collar person
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[推定] the act of believing that something is true without having any proof; belief upon incomplete proof
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[広報] broadcast; announce; make public
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[万力を] tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
obtrude  Speak Example sentences
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[出しゃばる] push oneself or one's ideas forward or intrude; stick out or extrude
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[農薬] a chemical used to kill pests
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[のろい] curse; evil-speaking; the utterance of curse or execration
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[悲しげな] mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated degree
officious  Speak Example sentences
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[優勢] most frequent or common; having superior power and influence
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[虹] exhibiting or giving out colors like those of rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors
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[前] be or go before something or someone in time or space
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[おせっかい] marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
ornithology  Speak Example sentences
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[不可侵] secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable
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[創世記] command against; banish;  not allow something
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[鳥類] branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds
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[カラカラ] burn the surface of; roast over the fire, as dry grain; dry to extremity
patina  Speak Example sentences
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[緑青] the green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painting
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[根っから] deep-rooted; firmly and long-established; habitual
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[鳥類] branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds
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[賛歌] song of praise or joy;  loud and joyous song; the song of triumph
pesticide  Speak Example sentences
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[農薬] a chemical used to kill pests
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[瀕死] dying; in a dying state; approaching death; about to die
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[不公平] designed to create ill will or envy
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[広報] broadcast; announce; make public
polemical  Speak Example sentences
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[けばけばしい] of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading
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[論争] aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
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[どん底] the lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically
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[華やかさは] extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance