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 5000 Words Level 4 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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a. [げ] suggesting puzzlement; mocking; curious


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a. [耐火物] stubborn; unmanageable; obstinately resistant to authority or control


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v. [反芻] chew over and over mentally, or like cows physically; mull over; ponder


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a. [定住] requiring sitting; involving little exercise or physical activity; living in one area, not migratory


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n. [シャンティ] a small, badly built house, usually made from pieces of wood or cardboard, in which poor people live


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a. [眠い] half asleep; inclined to drowsiness; tending to induce sleep


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a. [もっともらしい] seemingly reasonable but incorrect; misleading intentionally


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v. [止める] stop or check the flow of liquid; stop the flow of blood from a wound


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n. [爪] claw of a bird of prey; part of the lock that key presses to shoot bolt


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v. [じらす] tease; torture with disappointment; bait someone by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied


Spelling Word: tantalize