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 5000 Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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enlightenment  Speak Example sentences
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[具合が悪い] averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
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[啓発] education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
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[無力] weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
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[除外] leave out of; keep out of; reject
exile  Speak Example sentences
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[ハスラー] one who is active and energetic in business; lively worker; a male prostitute who sells his services to men
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[期限] come to an end; terminate; lose validity; breathe one's last breath; die
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[亡命] force separation from one's native country
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[誘惑] attract by arousing hope or desire
expiration  Speak Example sentences
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[ハスラー] one who is active and energetic in business; lively worker; a male prostitute who sells his services to men
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[期限] act of coming to a close; termination; the act of breathing out; exhalation
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[発揮する] use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise
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[ハイブ] box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees
fanatic  Speak Example sentences
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[熱狂] a person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause; showing evidence of possession by a god or demon
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[ハブ] core port; nucleus; heart; center
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[ハヤブサ] birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight
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[ハイブ] box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees
forte  Speak Example sentences
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[フォルテ] particular skill; special talent
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[啓発] education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
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[無力] weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
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[血みどろ] bloody; full by bloodshed and violence
frisky  Speak Example sentences
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[具合が悪い] averse; disinclined; unwilling to do a task
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[保証] act of endorsing; support; formal and explicit approval; a signature that validates something
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[陽気] playful like a lively kitten; energetic; lively; enthusiastic
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[非人道的な] not human; not governed by feelings proper to human nature; specifically, not humane; hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel
gimmick  Speak Example sentences
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[身の毛もよだつ] frightfully; terribly; inspiring horror
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[仕掛け] gadget; device employed to cheat, deceive, or trick; a small object whose name does not come readily to mind
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[挿入] input; enter; put or set into, between, or among
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[無力] weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
harness  Speak Example sentences
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[ハーネス] stable gear consisting of an arrangement to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
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[雄弁] vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
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[かすか] dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
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[血みどろ] bloody; full by bloodshed and violence
helm  Speak Example sentences
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[ヘルム] the steering gear of a ship, especially a tiller or a wheel; position of leadership or control; director
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[雄弁] vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
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[砂利] small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
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[非人道的な] not human; not governed by feelings proper to human nature; specifically, not humane; hard-hearted; unfeeling; cruel
hiss  Speak Example sentences
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[無力] weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
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[期限] come to an end; terminate; lose validity; breathe one's last breath; die
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[ヒス] prolonged sounds like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth
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[関心] having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad