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parachute  Speak Example sentences
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(定期) publication that appears at fixed intervals
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(ポイズ) be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
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(パラシュート) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
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(子孫) descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
periodical  Speak Example sentences
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(襲い) attacks suddenly; seize something swiftly and eagerly; leap into the air intending to seize someone or something
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(プラットフォーム) stage; a raised horizontal surface
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(推進) push; driving force; act of propelling
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(定期) publication that appears at fixed intervals
perishable  Speak Example sentences
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(前向き) being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
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(判例) act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases
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(生鮮) liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
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(孔) gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
politic  Speak Example sentences
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(孔) gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
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(政治) expedient; artful, crafty or cunning; using, displaying, or proceeding from policy
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(パラドックス) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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(多量) in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal
ponderous  Speak Example sentences
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(骨の折れる) extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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(孔) gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
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(重い) slow and laborious because of weight; labored and dull
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(貧困) lack of money; state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts
posterity  Speak Example sentences
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(子孫) descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
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(見通し) possibility of future success; belief about future
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(パラダイム) one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
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(定時) consisting in a point; limited to a point; unexpended; precise
precedent  Speak Example sentences
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(判例) act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases
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(プラネタリウム) apparatus or model representing the solar system; display museum in which images of stars are projected onto a domed ceiling
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(前向き) being within view or consideration, as a future event or contingency; relating to the future: expected
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(子孫) descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations
predict  Speak Example sentences
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(ポイズ) be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
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(予測) state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge
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(プラットフォーム) stage; a raised horizontal surface
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(実用) practical as opposed to idealistic; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
predictable  Speak Example sentences
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(定時) consisting in a point; limited to a point; unexpended; precise
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(プラネタリウム) apparatus or model representing the solar system; display museum in which images of stars are projected onto a domed ceiling
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(予測) expectable; likely; capable of being predicted or foretold
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(骨の折れる) extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
prejudice  Speak Example sentences
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(柔軟) flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
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(偏見) opinion formed without due examination; leaning toward one side of a question
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(パラダイム) one that serves as a pattern or model; system of assumptions, concepts, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality
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(潜望鏡) optical instruments that contain reflecting elements, such as mirrors and prisms; general or comprehensive view