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n.
(寄生虫) animal or plant living on another


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a. Syn. compliant; inactive
(パッシブ) lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice


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(振り子) a body suspended from fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum


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v. Syn. pierce; permeate
(浸透) pierce; go through; permeate


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n.
(困惑) quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment


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v.
(心を騒がせる) disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion


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a. Syn. mournful; melancholy
(悲しげ) expressing sorrow ;mournful or melancholy; sad


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n.
(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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(プランクトン) all the animals and plants, which live at or near surface of waters; collection of small or microscopic organisms


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n. Syn. pose
(姿勢) position or arrangement of the body and its limbs


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