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 5000 Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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purloin  Speak Example sentences
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[断念する] scurry; run with short, rapid steps
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[反芻] chew over and over mentally, or like cows physically; mull over; ponder
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[奪う] steal, often in violation of trust; put away; remove
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[趣旨] design or tendency; meaning; import; disguise; covering
purport  Speak Example sentences
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[趣旨] design or tendency; meaning; import; disguise; covering
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[過度] eat until excessively full; be more than full; feed someone to excess
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[休眠] having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
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[奨学金] fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance
reticent  Speak Example sentences
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[寡黙] inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative
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[剛性] stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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[掃気] hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food
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[奨学金] fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance
segregate  Speak Example sentences
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[観] providing general overview; summary
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[分離] isolate; separate; divide from the main body
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[作り笑い] smirk; smile in an artificial way to make an impression
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[断念する] scurry; run with short, rapid steps
slapdash  Speak Example sentences
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[厳しい] demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
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[属国] grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior; feudatory; feudal tenant
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[いいかげん] haphazard; careless; done hastily
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[奨学金] fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance
solicitous  Speak Example sentences
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[分裂] separation or division into factions; formal division or split within religious body
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[貪欲] ravenous; excessively greedy and grasping; devouring or craving food in great quantities
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[素朴な] modest; not bold or forward; not arrogant
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[気配り] worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
sophistry  Speak Example sentences
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[詭弁] the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
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[愛きょう] agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
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[休眠] having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
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[揺れ] play or move to and fro; move one way and the other; swing; be unsettled in opinion
sunder  Speak Example sentences
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[バラバラ] separate; break or wrench apart
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[厳しい] demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
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[くすぶらせる] burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment
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[詭弁] the argument for exercise merely; plausible but misleading argument; art or process of reasoning; logic
teem  Speak Example sentences
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[注ぐ] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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[改装] renovate; make bright by polishing
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[こき下ろす] win by a wide margin; beat thoroughly or heavily; punish or beat severely
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[気配り] worried or concerned; full of desire; expressing care or concern
tendentious  Speak Example sentences
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[愛きょう] agreeable; gracious; charming, often in a childlike or naive way
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[評論] authority on a subject; learned person; expert
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[奨学金] fixed and regular payment, such as salary for services or allowance
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[偏向] having or marked by a strong tendency