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 5000 Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rejoinder  Speak Example sentences
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[渦巻く] cause to revolve or writhe; twist about; turn; twist
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[眠い] half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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[送還] restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
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[返答] retort; comeback; answer to a reply
remunerative  Speak Example sentences
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[比喩] compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
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[鈍感] dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
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[お祭り騒ぎ] merrymaking, especially, festivity or jollity
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[風刺] mocking; exposing human folly to ridicule
resonant  Speak Example sentences
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[共振] echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
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[修理できる] capable of being repaired; admitting of repair
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[調子の良い] oily; composed of oil or fat; characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness
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[放棄] sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs
reticent  Speak Example sentences
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[寡黙] inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative
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[渦巻く] cause to revolve or writhe; twist about; turn; twist
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[熱] relating to outline or diagram; represented simply, as using symbols
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[素朴な] modest; not bold or forward; not arrogant
sacrosanct  Speak Example sentences
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[神聖] regarded as sacred and inviolable
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[報いるは、] repay; revenge; make repayment for or return something
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[墓] burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar
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[休眠] having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed
scurrilous  Speak Example sentences
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[蛇紋岩] winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
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[下品] obscene; indecent; expressing offensive reproach
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[比喩] compensating; rewarding; profitable or paying
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[屈する] give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
sepulcher  Speak Example sentences
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[墓] burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar
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[牧神] gloomy; marked by a tendency to be bitter or sardonic
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[調子の良い] oily; composed of oil or fat; characterized by affected, exaggerated, or insincere earnestness
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[変わる] change from one form, nature, substance, or state into another; transform
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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[風刺] mocking; exposing human folly to ridicule
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[鈍感] dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
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[スタッカート] played abruptly; marked by an abrupt sharp sound
spurious  Speak Example sentences
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[スプリアス] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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[蛇紋岩] winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
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[分岐] act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch
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[不活発になる] make less active or intense; satisfy thirst
staccato  Speak Example sentences
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[分岐] act or process of branching out or dividing into branches; subdivision or branch
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[スタッカート] played abruptly; marked by an abrupt sharp sound
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[屈する] give in; become more compassionate or forgiving; cause to soften in attitude or temper
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[墓] burial vault; a receptacle for sacred relics, especially in an altar